Nigel Morgan - Worklist, 2015

Origami LettersNine songs for tenor voice and piano/string quartet.20 minThe Goethe Trianglepiano (with optional amplification and processing)15 min“In the Spring of 2009 I received a packet of letterswritten on sheets of coloured and patterned Origamipaper. I returned this gift with a sequence of poemsmeaning to set them to music for tenor voice and stringquartet.”Piano and KeyboardTouching the Distancepiano15 min“Touching the Distance is imagined as a privateintroduction to a pianist or keyboard duo who wouldmake from this written music an extendedimprovisation”The White Light of Wonder: Scenes fromChildhoodpiano22 min“An ambition in this collection is to provide music thatcan be played by both the enterprising young person andthe inquisitive older person.”Fifteen Images (Le Jardin Pluvieux)piano20 min“Goethe believed that his triangle was a diagram of thehuman mind and he linked each colour with certainemotions. For example, he associated blue withunderstanding and believed it evoked a quiet mood. . .”Rising, Falling, Hoveringpiano5 min“This is the first of a series of works that respond to newdescriptions of the core elements of music devised bySam Richards as reference points for his uniqueensemble compositions.”Toccatapiano5 min“The idea of music that was ‘touched’ but not sustainedis something that continues to appeal to my thoughtsabout how musical performance might deliver particularkinds of musical content.”Seven Nuptial Blessingspiano (4 hands)9 min“This is music all about the qualities of the individualmoment in which chords are sonic objects to be touchedwith care and their resonance and decay significant.”“The music in this score unashamedly makes referenceto bell-like chords in Igor Stravinsky's Les Noces”8