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Six Pieces

Instrumentation: piano
Duration: 16:00
Year Composed: 2007
  1. Intermezzo
  2. Scherzo
  3. Elegy
  4. March
  5. Intermezzo
  6. Nocturne

Six Pieces is dedicated to Michael Esch.


Audio Samples (mp3)

  Duration Size (Mb)
1. Intermezzo* 3:13 3.0
4. March** 1:47 2.6

Performers: *Jean Desmarais / **Michael Esch


Program Notes


Performances

  • [complete] Oct 31, 2007—Michael Esch
    Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto)
  • [Nos.1-3] Aug 31, 2007—M.Esch
    Rice University (Houston, TX)
  • [No.1] Jun 11, 2006—CBC Radio 2 broadcast
    "Music Around Us" (Keith Horner)
  • [No.1] Mar 20-21, 2006—Jean Desmarais
    Maxwell's Bistro "New Music in New Places" (Ottawa Chamber Music Society)

Reviews

"Other pieces of interest included Robert Rival's piano Intermezzo in A-flat [No.1 from Six Pieces], a work reminiscent of Chopin and Fauré with a light polytonal accent."
— Richard Todd (Ottawa Citizen)

Complete Audio & Score

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