Miniatures

SKU: P2.90039

Miniatures for Tuba and Piano (2001) was written while Patrick was pursuing graduate work at Arizona State University. His intent was to create a new and exciting recital work for tuba. All four movements are linked by a set of common intervals used to construct both melodic lines and harmonies (minor seconds, minor thirds, tritones, and their inversions). The first movement, Driving; barbaric uses two contrasting ideas, one loud, intense, and powerful and the other softer and more lyrical, to introduce many of the ideas used in subsequent movements. Playful, with intensity is a scherzo-like amusement that demands precise rhythmic interplay between the tuba and piano. Somber; crystalline builds to a violent climax and takes the remainder of the movement to wind down to a soft and delicate ending. The final movement, Primal; machine-like, is a relentlessly driving romp that makes use of effects like rips, glissandi, and funk rhythms to propel the work to a banging close.