Philippe MABBOUX
VARIATIONS CHROMATIQUES
Duration: 4'
Solos:
piano
VARIATIONS CHROMATIQUES
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Work introduction
This 4-minute piece is one of around thirty works for solo piano composed for my concerts or for educational purposes.
All these pieces have stylistic common points:
- a harmonic search mixing classic chords and other more dissonant ones
- the most often discreet integration in the same piece of several different influences or references (baroque, classical, jazz, pop, etc.)
- a musical discourse that is always melodic, coherent and expressive
- an implementation of irregular rhythms within traditional measures
- a playing technique that plays a lot on highlighting accented notes
This is why all these pieces require good technique and a certain physical commitment.
“Variations Chromatiques », a piece composed in 1993, presents a series of variations on a very classic 8-bar descending chromatic bass, incorporating rhythm and harmony inspired by tango.
Great freedom of execution is left to the performer with great fluidity in the tempi.
Metronome prohibited!
Parts F and G were developed and orchestrated, in 2000, in the musical fresco « Il y a 2000 ans, Jésus de Nazareth… » for the painting evoking the Beatitudes.
More information on my compositions on www.philippemabboux.com
Hoping that this piece will give you as much pleasure as its composition gave me…