SHIVEREENS

piano

(2009 - new edition and revision 2020)

~ 70'

Shivereen – noun: shard, fragment (colloquial scottish) 
 

This miscellaneous book of 33 miniature piano pieces, was written in many countries, mainly the Far East, and over about ten years. It is by no means a through composed cycle and need not be played in printed order. Selection and context are entirely at the whim of the performer these pieces are diverse, arbitrary, doodlings, a piano blog, a diary - contents are alphabetical only.

1. almost all in white

2. artfully air brushed

3. attitude

4. borne on fallen angels wings

5. a bracing constitutional

6. camels with attitude

7. can we have a tango please mr ogawa

8. congenial

9. dancing for daddies

10. diminishing returns

11. distant troubadour

12. doodlesack

13. the ecstasy quotient

14. fifth year fandango

15. gakugei-daigaku – full moon with mist

16. heroines of the torah

17. letter to the other side

18. .....mach tzu sein aigele

19. mock moon

20. moonshine

21. my secret mongolia

22. notte di maschere

23. oblomov

24. on finding, unexpectedly, gustav holst’s gravestone in chichester cathedral

25. on hearing an aria by handel

26. on the ferry from oban

27. prelude....to greater things

30. reminiscence of ‘abesalom and eteri’

31. voice locked in

32. waltz with antimacassar: kiss me....again? 

33. white wings unfurl

Many of the pieces have been premiered by Melvyn Tan, Simon Lebens, and John York