For Manny

  • Piano
  • 6 min 30 s

Programme Note

In this short piece I wanted to write music with a melody that grows out of the texture before descending into it again; a work that constantly shifts from a complex, multi-layered texture to concentrated single lines and back again.

Why Ballade? Manny asked specifically for a piece bearing this title, and I wrote it for him in July 2005.

Kaija Saariaho

Discography

Beethoven und ... & Neue Klaviermusik

Beethoven und ... & Neue Klaviermusik
  • Label
    Initiativkreis Ruhrgebiet
  • Catalogue Number
    8553115
  • Soloist
    Roland Pöntinen, piano
  • Released
    2008

The Edge of Light

The Edge of Light
  • Label
    Harmonia Mundi
  • Catalogue Number
    HMU 907578
  • Ensemble
    Calder Quartet
  • Soloist
    Gloria Cheng