Mysteria (2009)
Piano
This piece is one of the earliest compositions I completed. I composed it as part of my Higher Music portfolio.
This somewhat impressionist piece is in a rough ternary form, with the two sections contrasting in tonality. The first section is based on F# major, but is constantly countered by its tritone neighbour key of C major, resulting in a somewhat dissonant, octotonic tonality. The second section is purely diatonic, and focuses on C major.
The accompanying figures of the piece also play a part. The first section has an almost constant rising arpeggio which accommodates both F# and C major. The second section consists of patterns of rising and falling 5ths all separated in terms of interval by a 9th.
After both sections comes a free, cadenza-like passage, before returning to the first section. The piece ends with a tritone which resolves itself onto F# major.