Analysis & Critique

'Apparition' - Fugue for Piano - (3'30

Posted by gregrorio j on September 21, 2023 at 1:21am

Three cacophonous cheers for Kristofer for getting CF rolling again!

This is my latest. The subject - the Idea of an apparition - huanted me, steered me (compositionally), - maybe even frightened me Haha - from one moment to the next.

For best results, listen in quiet darkness :0 :))

I'd love to hear your impressions!

Cheers!

https://soundcloud.com/gregoriox88/apparition-fugue-for-piano-f3c

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HS Teoh September 21, 2023 at 11:31am

Can we have a look at the score, by any chance? It was hard to pick out the lines because of the irregular texture. Very interesting piece, though! Sounds like the stuff of nightmares. :-D

Also: hurray for another Gx fugue!
- gregrorio j > HS Teoh September 21, 2023 at 1:13pm
  
  Hi HS.
  Thank you for offering your thoughts!
  I have posted the score and Im sure it will be much easier to follow the lines, despite the rhythmic 'displacement'.
  - HS Teoh > gregrorio j September 21, 2023 at 2:41pm
    
    Hmm nice! With the score it's easier to tell what's going on. I think the sustain threw me off because it blurred some of the lines.
    
    But yeah, some of the LH parts are pretty brutal. No problem for a pianist of your prowess, I suppose; but I'd have a hard time with it. :-D
    - gregrorio j > HS Teoh September 21, 2023 at 3:01pm
      
      Thank you, but I must admit this would take some serious working over, but for pianists that are comfortable with Liszt and Legeti, and Bartok, (lions, tigers and bears;) it should be pretty workable.
      - HS Teoh > gregrorio j September 21, 2023 at 3:23pm
        
        And apparitions, like Rachmaninoff. ;-)
Kristofer Emerig September 21, 2023 at 2:02pm

I love the overall spirit and texture, but my God, the left hand part in the 5th bar from the end..have you no mercy?
- gregrorio j > Kristofer Emerig September 21, 2023 at 2:39pm
  
  Hi Kristofer.
  Haha!
  Im glad to hear it worked for you! As far as the left hand, I figured Id let the demon write what it needed:)
  This piece, for me, touches a nerve I sometimes feel when watching a David Lynch film :)
  Thanks for listening!
  - Kristofer Emerig > gregrorio j September 21, 2023 at 6:05pm
    
    Gx, you're talking to an avid Lynch fan. He's my favorite filmmaker of all time. The quirkiness, the macabre humour, the nearly subsonic groaning, moaning, creaking soundtracks lurking beneath upbeat cool jazz. Nobody in film has made me laugh as hard whilst simultaneously traumatizing me emotionally and psychologically.
    - gregrorio j > Kristofer Emerig September 21, 2023 at 8:54pm
      
      Yes. Im amazed at what he can evoke . Strangest mix of casual/banal (white picket fence) with a darkest 'dreamtime' logic. Certainly uncharted territory - on the level he is talking about.
      Recently I came across some of his paintings from an exhibit. You might want to take a look. Here's a link:
      https://knightfoundation.org/articles/david-lynch-unified-field-pafa/
      There is an interesting commentary on the paintings there.
      
      David Lynch at PAFA is a filthy froth of unconscious desire and fear
      
      The atmosphere of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is as viscous as it is visceral – at…
Mike Hewer September 23, 2023 at 1:27am

I'm sold Gx. An ultra contemporary take on an old discipline re-imagined with flair, invention and imagination imo. I don't know how you formalised your language but even if it was utterly free - random even - it still felt as though it was under control, considered. and intended. Really neat, we need a Prelude to go with it so get on with it.