FORREST EIMOLD, piano/organ
CHARLES STACY, celeste
SERGIO DE IUDICIBUS, harpsichord
CHRISTOPHER WALTER. piano

Broken Suite for Keyboards is an experiment in a variety of techniques for repetition from aleatory and tone-rows to fugues. Each movement starts with a tonal exposition, but quickly transforms into separate section that explores different styles, sets of notes, and tempos. The first movement, for organ, explores chromaticism, and more specifically, how pitches a semi-tone apart played by the organ interact. The short second movement explores different modes and utilizes the fantastical sounds of arpeggiated celeste. The longer third movement, for piano, inspired by the music of Messiaen, explores the repetition of motifs and note sets. The minimalist fourth movement, for harpsichord, draws inspiration from Bach. The fifth movement combines the four instruments – and the four musicians use stopwatches in order to correctly change the group of notes being played. In the entire piece, the chords of E minor, A♭major, F# minor, and B♭major (in that order), recur, mostly at the conclusion of each movement, and complete, in the bigger pictures, the final tone-row of the piece:
E, G, B,   A♭, C, E♭,   F#, A, C#,   B♭, D, F

Alliteration (Piano)

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Alliteration (Piano)

Charles Stacy