Fairy Tales

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000" background="13cfd5a3.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aaron Alon"><U><B><IMG SRC="3a27d140.png" border=0 width="125" height="20" ALT="Homepage" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     |     </B><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Compositions"><U><B>Recent compositions</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id163.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Breaking the Silence"><U>Breaking the Silence</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id158.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="All Rights Reserved"><U>All Rights Reserved</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dulce et Decorum Est"><U>Dulce et Decorum Est</U></A>   |   <B>Fairy Tales</B>   |   <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hibakusha"><U>Hibakusha</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A View to a Death"><U>A View to a Death</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Peter Pan Suite"><U>Peter Pan Suite</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Córdoba"><U>Córdoba</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spell"><U>Spell</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spring and Fall"><U>Spring and Fall</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fantasia for Piano"><U>Fantasia for Piano</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Silken Tent"><U>The Silken Tent</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#888888" TEXT="#080000" background="13dd2b03.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="6ba15340.png" border=0 width="21" height="52" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="fisher_competition.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Fisher Competition"><U><IMG SRC="70595710.png" border=0 width="149" height="113" ALT="Bitmap Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Order the Score:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.lulu.com/content/863931" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.lulu.com/content/863931"><U><I><IMG SRC="7156e8f0.png" border=0 width="110" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><IMG SRC="561a0270.png" border=0 width="160" height="39" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>INSTRUMENTATION</B>: Solo piano</div> <div> <B>DURATION</B>: Ca. 3½ minutes</div> <bR> <div> <I>Fairy Tales</I> was commissioned by the Renée B. Fisher Foundation for performance at the thirtieth annual Renée B. Fisher Piano Competition.  The music seeks to capture the mysterious magic of fairy tales without referencing any particular stories.  The piece is essentially a rondo, whose refrain continually evolves, often borrowing material from the preceding episodes.  The piece offers some contemporary challenges to talented young players, including tonal ambiguity, complex rhythms, shifting meters, use of the sostenuto pedal, and one instance where the pianist may elect to play an optional additional three measures.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Listen to the Piece:</div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-2114/2_Fairy_Tales__Ben_Laude_.mp3" autostart="false" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> <A HREF="#about_the_recording" TITLE="Fairy Tales"><U>About this recording</U></A></div> <div> (For slower connections, order a sample CD <A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recordings"><U>here</U></A>.)</div> <div> <I><B>NEW RECORDING!</B></I></div> <div> <U>Commission</U></div> <div> Commissioned by the Renée B. Fisher Foundation for their thirtieth annual Piano Competition.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Performance History</U></div> <div> <A HREF="id121.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="May 12, 2007"><U>May 12, 2007</U></A></div> <div> Alexander Beyer, Piano</div> <div> Renée B. Fisher Competition for Young Pianists</div> <div> <I>New Haven, CT</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id152.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="April 14, 2008"><U>April 14, 2008</U></A></div> <div> Ben Laude, Piano</div> <div> Aaron Alon: Doctoral Recital</div> <div> <I>Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX</I></div> <div> <I> <A NAME="about_the_recording"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> <U>About the Recording</U></div> <div> This is a recording of Ben Laude, performing at Aaron Alon's doctoral composition recital at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music (April 14, 2008).</div> </td> </tr></table></body>