STILL LIFES
2008
for piano solo
movement II. dedicated to Constantine Finehouse
movement IV. dedicated to Ulrich Naudé
duration: ca. 9 minutes
I. Still life with Limes and Pomegranates
II. Young man holding a skull—Vanitas
[A transcription of the 'Grief Aria' from Act I of the opera, Pierre]
III. So now the day moves on through hill and valley with its inevitability and its radiance
[A transcription from the organ work Summer Canons, composed concurrently with Still Lifes]
IV. Still life with Books, Papers and Inkwell—Vanitas