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Lori Laitman

The Music of Lori Laitman, now available as PDFs

A Party for Kevin (the piglet) for contralto and piano — priced for 2 copies

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Komponist
Lori Laitman
Texter
Susan de Sola
Verleger
Enchanted Knickers Music
Genre
Klassische Musik / Lied
Instrumentierung
Klavier, Alt
Partitur für
Solo, Klavierbegleitung
Art der Partitur
Klavierauszug mit Singstimmen
Länge
6'30"
Sprache
Englisch
Schwierigkeitsgrad
Fortgeschritten
Jahr der Komposition
2020

Beschreibung
In 2020, when Covid-19 basically shut down the world, Lyric Fest of Philadelphia asked me to compose some humorous songs to premiere in March of 2021. My colleague Dana Gioia recommended the works of Susan de Sola as a potential poetic source, and I was immediately drawn to her ode to a piglet, A Party for Kevin.

Susan brilliantly details the chaotic nature of Kevin’s introduction to human society in Only A Piglet. The song opens with waltzing rhythms and harmonies reminiscent of parlor music. The piano’s frequent use of grace notes contributes to the general humorous atmosphere. A change to a duple meter in the center of the song creates an ambling feeling. The singer’s motif underscoring “only a piglet/he blithely ignores us” is picked up by the piano and runs rampant through various tonal centers, creating an aural representation and reminder of Kevin’s inquisitiveness and insouciance.

Clever Kevin focuses on Kevin’s eventual relocation to a petting farm. I recycle many musical themes from the first song, and in a flight of imaginative fancy, I give Kevin the chance to sing as he begs for an apple. The opening waltz returns to close the cycle, as Kevin is (perhaps) reminiscing about his early days.

The events described in the poem are based on real life — with the exception of a pig’s capacity to sing words.

Datum des Uploads
12.09.2024

Preis

Noten
20.00 USD
PDF, 1.98 Mb (25 S.)

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