Floating Piano (PDF)

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• Description +

  • Index
    Stilhed
    Floating Piano
    Gentle Rain
    A Kiss Goodnight
    At The Heart
    Distant Lights
    Far Away
    Lovely Waltz
    Sad Song
    Sleep Tight
    
    These pieces were composed by sitting at the piano and improvising with different hand patterns. When a mood I liked was found, I expanded upon it and let the music take me where it wanted to go. The result is a collection of short and very introspective pieces, often evoking a feeling of calmness and reflection. Pedal should be used throughout in every piece (as a general guide change pedal every bar). The album was recorded on a pianette and every 'noise' of the instrument was captured in the studio which adds to the atmosphere. 
    
    Edmund Jolliffe

     

• Instrumentation +

  • Piano

• About the composer +

  • Edmund’s music draws on a huge range of styles and influences. He writes music for film and television and is also an award-winning concert composer.
    
    First Prizes in composition competitions include: Freudig Singers Choral Composition Competition, USA; Ithaca College Choral Composition Competition, USA; Amadeus Choir Song writing Competition, Canada; Ely Consort Advent Composing Competition; Hendrix Candlelight Carol Competition, USA; Renée B. Fisher Composer Award, USA.
    
    Recent commissions include pieces for the Royal Academy of Music, the London Chinese Children’s Ensemble, and Oxford University Press Collections. His choral music is available from OUP, Stainer and Bell, Banks Music. ABRSM publish a clarinet piece by him for their Grade 2 2022 syllabus.
    
    He has been writing music to picture for over twenty years. Major series he has composed music for include ‘Who do you think you are?’ (BBC1), ‘Homestead Rescue’ (Discovery), ‘Sort your life out’ (BBC1), ‘Grand Designs: The Street’ (C4), ‘Crazy Delicious’ (C4/Netflix), ‘Long Lost Family’ (ITV1) and ‘Unreported World’ (C4). He was nominated for an RTS Craft and Design Award for his score for the BBC film ‘Elizabeth at 90’.
    
    He is a Lecturer in Composing for the Moving Image at City University and taught composition at the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music (Junior Departments) for many years.
    
    In 2021 Odense Percussion, led by Søren Monrad, commissioned a new ensemble piece by Edmund called The Game, which was world-premiered at the Danish National Academy of Music, Denmark on November 15, 2021.
    
    More information about him can be found at: www.edmundjolliffe.com
    
    Information current to December 2022

• Credits +

  • Front Cover graphics and layout: Bolette Marie Madsen
    Printed in Copenhagen, Denmark
    Copyright © Edition SVITZER
    www.editionsvitzer.com

Related publications

Stilhed (PDF)

Gentle Rain (PDF)

A Kiss Goodnight (PDF)

At the Heart (PDF)

Distant Lights (PDF)

Far Away (PDF)

Lovely Waltz (PDF)

Sad Song (PDF)

Sleep Tight (PDF)