Description
Seoirse Bodley “The Tightrope Walker Presents a Rose.” For solo piano, written in 1976. Composer’s programme note “From time to time, when the occasion presented itself, I have written short pieces as presents.
‘The Tightrope Walker Presents a Rose’, written in 1976, is such a piece. In it ideas based on aspects of traditional Irish music, both slow and quick, are contrasted with other musical thoughts. These frame and contrast with the Irish musical elements to form a whole in which there are sharp contrasts and some hard edges. The piece ends in a gently quiet resolution.”
