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Blair McMillen, piano
This work appears on Powerhouse Pianists, American Modern Recordings AMR 1031 (New York, 2008) with works by Lee Hyla, Eric Moe, Annie Gosfield, George Tsontakis, Perry Townsend, Conlon Nancarrow, Joan Tower, David Rakowski, Mischa Zupko; also with Stephen Gosling, piano. Liner notes by the composers.
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The structure of Piano Sonata (1986; revised 1987) is based upon Jasper Johns’ Voice 2. Voice 2 has gone through three transformations: originally an oil and collage triptych (1971), later a three-panel lithograph (1982), and, in a final version, a nine-panel interchangeable series made of the 1982 lithograph. Johns borrows material from earlier works and utilizes overlapping, extension, and repetition as the main ingredients of form. Piano Sonata is divided into three sections which reflect three musical textures: angular and pulsating; fast runs and chords; and lyrical. As with Johns’ series, the three sections of Piano Sonata evolve into nine interactive sections and a coda.