Kocab: Sonata for piano + CD

Publisher | EDITIO KAREZ |
Genre: |
jazz, blues, ragtime & swing
classical & sacret |
Arrangement: | piano |
Cast: | solo |
Difficulty: |
Intermediate
Advanced |
Format: | book + CD |
Series: | Czech composer |
Parameters
Product code: | EK545332 |
Composer: | Kocáb, Michael |
No. of songs: | 3 |
Pages: | 24 |
Language: |
English
Czech |
Size: | 21 x 30 cm |
Audio examples
Songlist (3)
- Allegro nontroppo
- Quasi Blues
- Con brio
Product description
Michael Kocáb wrote the three-movement Sonata for piano in 1975 while studying at the Conservatory in the composition class of Professor Ilya Hurnik. It was a time when he was fascinated by jazz and tried to transfer elements of jazz into classical music. The piece is rhythmically beautiful, with stark harmonies using spare neoclassical devices, a bluesy contrasting middle movement and lyrical parts in the first and third movements. The recording, performed by pianist Tomáš Víšek, can be heard on the enclosed CD.
Michael Kocáb (*1954) is a Czech composer, keyboard player, pianist, singer, civil activist, politician and businessman.