Piano (Piano) SKU: HL.50581478
For Solo Piano. Composed by Jonathan Cole. Ricordi London. Contemporary Music. Book Only. Composed 2002. Ricordi London #RICL11. Published by Ricordi London (HL.50581478). English.
One of the most exciting composers of his generation, Jonathan Cole was awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize in 1999.
Trapdoor was written as a tribute to the great film director Alfred Hitchcock in the year of hiscentenary, 1999. The piece has four sections: Fanfares, Trap, Nervous Shadows and Trapdoor. The last being after the music falls through a trapdoor and into a totally different world. It is a skittish piece and works with a backdrop provided by theresonance of silent chords held with the sostenuto pedal.
