Conversation Before the Rain
for piano
Instr:
piano
Date:
1977
Duration:
7'35"
Performances:
Re-Premiered 2013: Max Lifchitz, pianist
Released 2010: If Only Knowing, CDBaby
This was one of my first compositions… before I knew how to notate music, and so was performed from memory and recorded in an early concert at Charlemagne Palestine’s loft.
The music takes me emotionally to the feeling of an intimate moment shared within sheltered space, looking out – perhaps to the turbulent sky before an approaching storm. – RW
