Three Piano Sonatinas
Composed 2016-2017
Duration
No. 1 - 7'
No. 2 - 9'
No. 3 - 11'
All three - 26'
Movements
No. 1
I. Song
II. March
No. 2
I. Calmo, con poco rubato - Con molto forza
II. Semplice con moto
No. 3
I. Molto maestoso - Adagietto e misterioso - Allegro molto barbaro - Lento
II. Adagio espressivo con moto
III. Allegro vivace
IV. Molto maestoso
Performed by
No. 1 and 2: James Anemone
No. 3: Michael Delfin
Piano Sonatina No. 2 was elected a Finalist for the 2019 American Prize for Composition: Instrumental Chamber Music.
The second movement of Piano Sonatina No. 2, renamed Flat Rock Vista, is included in NewMusicShelf's Anthology of New Music: Solo Piano, Vol. 1. Purchase a copy here.
Performance History
Full Set:
07/20/2017 - Private Show, Carlisle, PA | James Anemone, piano
07/19/2017 - Riverside Chapel, Middletown, PA | James Anemone, piano
07/02/2017 - Main Line Unitarian Church, Devon, PA | James Anemone, piano
No. 3:
04/10/2019 - University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music | Michael Delfin, piano
No. 2:
09/11/2019 - Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University | James Anemone, piano
09/13/2017 - Kendall Crosslands Retirement Community | James Anemone, piano
03/04/2017 - West Chester University | James Anemone, piano
No. 1:
03/04/2017 - West Chester University | James Anemone, piano