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18 December 2005
Written in remembrance of the tsunami of 26 December 2004, the news of which affected me greatly
during the solitude of my winter holidays in the Netherlands. Writing this piece
took me out of the helplessness I felt as a musician.
However, it took me three months
to finish this piece with much coaching from both the Amsterdam-based composer Allan Segall and my composition
teacher at Utrecht
. After the concert, an organist friend asked me to arrange it for organ which has yet to be performed.
premiered by Elwin Hendrianto, 22 March 2005, Utrecht Conservatory concert hall
PDF (4 pages, contact Anne Ku for access)
MP3 file (4.3 MB , 4 min 48 sec) live recording of Hendrianto's premiere, 22 March 2005
MP3 file (2.26MB, 3 min 49 sec) home recording of Anne Ku's interpretation, April 2005
Elwin Hendrianto, also spelled Elwin Hendrijanto, is a talented young pianist from Indonesia. I asked him to play debut the Interval Scherzo and Toccata on an Elegie Theme after watching him perform in a concert. No matter what I wrote, I knew he would be able to interpret it well. I was right.
Comments gratefully appreciated. Please contact me using this form.
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