Prelude Op. 11 No. 9 (Scriabin)
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Alexander Scriabin
's Prelude Op. 11 No. 9 is in E major. It is 36 bars long and takes almost a minute and a half to play, being played at an Andantino pace. Despite its key, the left hand voice often plays C sharp minor passages, while the right hand plays relatively consistently within the bounds of E major, giving the piece a unique tone colour.
The piece begins with a gentle left hand melody in C sharp minor (even using the B sharp leading note) accomanied by distinctly major right hand block chords. The frequent major ninth and major seventh intervals contribute luxurious tone colour of the piece. In the eighth bar, a chromatic scale rises back up to the C sharp to repeat the first four bars of the initial melody. This time, a triplet with a dotted rhythm is employed as an additional counterpoint in the right hand. In the thirteenth bar, we see further development of the melody, using sweeping but short crescendos and decrescendos. The next four bars act as a bridge to the second section at bar 17, where a soaring tenor melody is accompanied by luscious harmonies in the right hand. This section continues until the 30th bar, when an A major chord is played but then, when the pedal lifts, only the third C sharp is heard, and the initial melody is repeated, using the right hand harmony from the ninth bar. The piece ends with three block chords, including an A major chord with an F sharp bass note, a G sharp minor chord, and finally, the concluding E major chord, arpeggiated.
This Prelude, together with No. 10
in C sharp minor, can be played as neo-romantic, impressionistic, and twentieth-century repertoire in a Royal Conservatory of Music grade nine exam.
One of the critically acclaimed performances of this piece is that of Mikhail Pletnev
on his disc Scriabin: 24 Preludes/Sonatas 4 & 10.
Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist who initially developed a lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language inspired by the music of Frédéric Chopin. Quite independent of the innovations of Arnold Schoenberg, Scriabin developed an increasingly atonal musical system,...
's Prelude Op. 11 No. 9 is in E major. It is 36 bars long and takes almost a minute and a half to play, being played at an Andantino pace. Despite its key, the left hand voice often plays C sharp minor passages, while the right hand plays relatively consistently within the bounds of E major, giving the piece a unique tone colour.
The piece begins with a gentle left hand melody in C sharp minor (even using the B sharp leading note) accomanied by distinctly major right hand block chords. The frequent major ninth and major seventh intervals contribute luxurious tone colour of the piece. In the eighth bar, a chromatic scale rises back up to the C sharp to repeat the first four bars of the initial melody. This time, a triplet with a dotted rhythm is employed as an additional counterpoint in the right hand. In the thirteenth bar, we see further development of the melody, using sweeping but short crescendos and decrescendos. The next four bars act as a bridge to the second section at bar 17, where a soaring tenor melody is accompanied by luscious harmonies in the right hand. This section continues until the 30th bar, when an A major chord is played but then, when the pedal lifts, only the third C sharp is heard, and the initial melody is repeated, using the right hand harmony from the ninth bar. The piece ends with three block chords, including an A major chord with an F sharp bass note, a G sharp minor chord, and finally, the concluding E major chord, arpeggiated.
This Prelude, together with No. 10
Prelude Op. 11 No. 10 (Scriabin)
Alexander Scriabin's Prelude Op. 11 No. 10 is in C sharp minor. It is 20 bars long and takes under a minute and a half to play. It is marked at Andante. It has two sections of mysterious major seventh intervals and tritone harmonies, split up by a lyrical E Major section...
in C sharp minor, can be played as neo-romantic, impressionistic, and twentieth-century repertoire in a Royal Conservatory of Music grade nine exam.
One of the critically acclaimed performances of this piece is that of Mikhail Pletnev
Mikhail Pletnev
Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev is a Russian pianist, conductor, and composer.-Life and career:Pletnev was born into a very musical family in Arkhangelsk, then part of the Soviet Union; his father played and taught the bayan, and his mother the piano...
on his disc Scriabin: 24 Preludes/Sonatas 4 & 10.