Three Interludes for Beth (2021) Solo Piano * [Friday, Sunday]

Rose Chancler, piano

The newest composition on the program, the "Three Interludes" set was composed for pianist Beth Levin and originally intended to join Moussorgsky’s "Pictures at an Exhibition" with Liszt’s B-minor Piano Sonata. Because the program's content changed, the "Interludes" no longer made sense and she never played them. Rose Chancler's insane decision to play them at "Singing Noise Colors" was a good choice!

The opening and closing chords of Interlude #1 are actually an inverted version of the opening “Promenade” of "Pictures", and the changing moods of this interlude reflect the changing paintings by Viktor Hartmann in the exhibition. Then the music moves forward into Interlude #2 through a delicate playing with sonic images that are almost lullaby-like (as in slow parts of the Liszt Sonata). It ends up in Interlude #3 that is similar to the intensity found about a third through the Liszt, allowing the jump back into the more substantial Sonata as if it were presaging Bartók’s "Allegro barbaro"—and is a tour-de-force for the performer!

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