NIGHT SPIRITS (2014)
Jules Pegram NIGHT SPIRITS for Piano (2014) Duration: ca.6 minutes Alin Melik-Adamyan (piano) Performed on October 28, 2014 at Alfred Newman Hall, Los Angele...
INSTRUMENTATION
Solo Piano
DURATION
6 minutes, 30 seconds
AWARDS
Winner, Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival’s Music Now contest
PROGRAM NOTE
Night Spirits for Solo Piano was commissioned and premiered by pianist Alin Melik-Adamyan. Night Spirits is a high-intensity, virtuosic work that serves as a showpiece for the pianist, requiring great dexterity in the hands, rhythmic precision throughout, and a special attention to clarity of phrasing and articulation. The title is something of a double entendre — it refers both to nighttime images of ghostly figures dancing in the dark as well as to bubbly evening libations.
–Jules Pegram (2014)