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Carolling Dance (2020)

 for piano solo
(ca. 2'30'')

Dedicated to Ian Dance

 

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"A jaunty yet sentimental meander

inspired by Ian's wife, Carol Dance"

Carolling DancePhilip Eames
00:00 / 02:17

Rasch I / Rasch II (2018)

for piano solo
(ca. 5')

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"I composed these fiery, gestural miniatures sitting alone at the piano late one night. They are a hybrid evoking something of Schönberg and my own pianistic style."

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Scherzo (2017)

 for piano solo
(ca. 7')

for Oliver She

 

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Commissioned by the Andreadis Family

Australian Composition Prize

(Australian National Piano Award)

Toccata (2015)

for piano solo
(ca. 6')

for Cara Tran

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"My old piano teacher, Max Olding, called me out of the blue one day asking if I had any new piano works for his student Cara to perform. Rather than send an older piece, I took the opportunity to compile some sketches I had lying around and write a new work"

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Unreversed (2013)

 for marimba solo
(ca. 7')

 

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"Unreversed explores palindromes. It does so on a musical level with its angular rhythms and melodies, but also by utilising the very geography of the marimba."

Walden (2013)

for piano and delay
(ca. 6')

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"Inspired by the echo of a horn across the glassy surface of Walden pond near Concord, Massachusetts"

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Bathtub Transcription (2012)

 for solo piano w. optional voice
(ca. 4')

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"Earlier in 2012, I dabbled with electronic composition. My first completed experiment 'Bathtub Mockup' was such rollicking fun I decided to transcribe it for piano. With optional text following an imagined dialogue between Glenn Gould and Duke Ellington challenging Aaron Copland's narrow opinion of Jazz"

Electronic Prelude No. 1 (Bathtub Mock-up)Philip Eames
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...somewhere around Barstow (2012)

 for solo piano
(ca. 6')

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"A frenetic and virtuosic piece inspired by the bat country of Hunter S. Thompson"

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Refugued (2011)

 for solo piano
(ca. 4')

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"Some days you just have to write a fugue. This one is somewhat in the style of the Shostakovich Fugues"

Displaced Swing (2010)

 for solo piano
(ca. 7')

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Winning work of the 2010 ASKM Composition Prize

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"I wrote and performed this piece hoping to win the ASKM prize in order to afford Sibelius notation software. Happily it all went to plan! Inspired by a subversive tale relayed to me by a famous Australian pianist, it can also be played upside-down and back-to-front.

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Displaced Swing ExcerptPhilip Eames
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One of the More Awesome Practical Jokes (2008)

 for solo piano
(ca. 9')

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"Despite its title, the first serious piece I ever composed. It was an experiment to compose under a pseudonym and perform as part of my graduating undergraduate recital, to see if raised any eyebrows..." 

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