Waterways (Vandveje) - Three Pieces for Piano by Per Nørgård (2008-09). Written for Anne Marie Fjord Abildskov. Preface / Programme NoteThe three small piano pieces collectively called WATERWAYS was composed in 2008-2009 for Anne Marie Fjord Abildskov and they are dedicated to her.You will hear traces of earlier piano works of mine – GROOVING from 1968 and ACHILLEUS AND THE TORTOISE from 1983 – in these new pieces. The first movement is characterized by echo-like sounds which also appear in GROOVING. Semitones are overlayered and soundsimultaniously and then they are muted one by one to give a reminiscence of the initial sound. In this new movement an extra echo is added like an extra skim of the stoneacross the water surface – three skims actually. In the second movement you may hear traces of ACHILLEUS AND THE TORTOISE. The left and right hand both play arpeggio-like scale patterns. The music is shimmering like a moiré on a water surface with constantly changing very short durations.In the third movement the pattern of irregular durations is maintained and expanded but only in fragments – and you may catch a glimpse of a new melody emerging. Per Nørgård
