RYAN VIGIL

composer and pianist

Eight Very Short Pieces for Piano

solo piano
3 minutes, 30 seconds
2002

Like Three (1999) and Trio (2002), a piece interested in miniatures. In fact, if it can be said, here is a piece comprised of miniature miniatures. In other words, the emphasis is on the word very in the title. Utterly transparent, here is a composition that is perfectly happy to tell you exactly what it is. There’s an affection for Robert Schumann and György Kurtág here—and more than a little John McDonald as well.