Four Seasons (solo piano)
Four Seasons
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
solo piano
composed 2019
Composer’s Note
“Spring” draws upon the calm breeze and pleasant feelings of the weather becoming warmer.
“Summer” brings up memories of fun, delight, playing in the green fields and the joy of school going on break.
“Autumn” conjures up feelings of nostalgia, constant pulse of leaves continuously turning and landing on the soil.
“Winter” features atonal clusters of notes played with the full length of the hand. Draws inspiration from four part writing, the bleak but yet beautiful snowy covers of a winter landscape.
Four Seasons started as solo piano and only Spring — the intention was the write three movements of Spring, since it’s my favorite season (although Autumn might be giving it a run for it’s money now!!) But underneath my piano teacher’s encouragement, I developed this to all four seasons and wrote it during the duration of my AP Music Theory final class project. I later wrote an adaption for string orchestra and piano since it was on the program for my high school’s spring orchestra concert, but sadly covid hit and it didn’t get it’s premiere. However, I was able to get a couple of friends together to record it (not much rehearsal time!) as a small chamber string orchestra.
Album cover edited by my friend, Jane.
Audio for video score below is computer generated. Check out my youtube for video of my performance of it or streaming services to hear my recording.
