Roger Smalley: Piano, Vocal & Chamber Music

Featuring

Daniel Herscovitch
Taryn Fiebig
Scott Davie
James Cuddeford
Darryl Poulsen
Roger Smalley

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Composition History

The Albumblatt for piano by Roger Smalley was originally intended as a congratulatory piece for his friend Andrew Ford, but it later turned into a passage from his Piano Trio.

Compositional Technique

Roger Smalley's 'Three Studies in Black and White' for piano includes a piece for left hand alone, 'Gamelan', which was influenced by Indonesian music and ends with a lament for the victims of the 2002 Bali bombing.

Performer Biography

Darryl Poulsen, a performer on this album, is a specialist in Classical hand-horn playing and has published the first English translation of Heinrich Domnich's important primary source on the subject.

Composer Biography

Roger Smalley, a distinguished composer, pianist, chamber musician, conductor, and educator, moved to Australia in 1974 to take up a Composer-in-Residence position at The University of Western Australia (UWA).

Composer's Artistic Vision

Roger Smalley's move to Perth, Australia, inspired him to incorporate visual arts, landscape, and vastness into his compositions, a side of his creativity not evident before.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Roger Smalley aimed to get away from the feeling of 'composing the music' and closer to the sensation that 'the music is composing itself', by disturbing musical materials to release their energy.

Compositional Technique

Roger Smalley's creative career is divided into three periods, moving from avant-garde influences to integrating modernist strategies with traditional techniques, and finally embracing tonality and functional harmony.