Nocturne for mushroom and garlic

Piano Improvisation.

A piece exploring line and juxtaposition of contrasting elemental structures.

When garlic grows in the moonlight

... I would imagine them singing.

Piano improvisation

This piece explores some of the more unusual sonorities that can be produced on the piano.

Schubert - Klavierstucke D. 946, Nr. 1

Schubert - Klavierstucke D. 946, Nr. 1 in E-flat minor

Part of a set of three pieces written in 1828, they were probably intended as a continuation of the series of impromptus Schubert had begun in 1827 of Op. 90 and Op. 142.  However, they did not appear in print during Schubert's lifetime. 

In this recording I have included the Andantino section, deleted from the autograph yet appearing in the first edition.

Earth speaks

In spirit with Earth Hour activities, this piece was recorded in darkness using equipment with a minimal electrical footprint.  It is a meditation on the planet on which we live the substance of its diverse landscape.

Playing the piano in complete darkness is an activity which I have found to be very fruitful in the creation of ideas and enhanced focus it can bring to sound with the diminished presence of visual stimuli.  I have applied this activity to composed music as well. 

Attack of the Flies

A study in fast moving abstract clusters and quasi-random textural applications.

Medtner - Sonata Tragica Op. 39, Nr. 5

From Forgotten Melodies, Op 39.

Vexialogue

Piano improvisation.

An exchange of ideas.

Fluid disjunction

Semi-randomized patterns in the LH with tune in the RH. 

Louie - I Leap Through the Sky with Stars

Alexina Louie - I Leap Through the Sky with Stars

Live Recording.  March 22, 2007.

Louie - Memories in an Ancient Garden

Alexina Louie - Memories in an Ancient Garden

Live recording.  March 22, 2007.

This is an intensely internalized piece, and instructs the pianist to play in a rubato style "as if intoxicated by the scent of a thousand blossoms."  The mystery of the movement is further enhanced by colouristic playing inside the piano and the use of an ostinato passage in the second section.

Wilkinson - Berceuse

 E. Scott Wilkinson - Berceuse, from the song cycle A Thousand Paper Cranes.
 Nicole Stellino, soprano; Neil Martinez, piano.

Live recording from a concert at Trinity  Anglican Church, Aurora.

Louie - Warrior

Alexina Louie - Warrior

A live recording from Trinity Anglican Church, Aurora.  June 28, 2008.

This concert featured a variety of contemporary Canadian compositions.  A portion of the proceeds went to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.

Schubert - Impromptu Op. 90, Nr. 3

Recorded in studio

Scriabin - 2 Poèmes, Op. 32

Recorded in studio.

No. 1 Andante cantabile
No. 2 Allegro. Con eleganza. Con fiducia.

Chopin - Scherzo No 1 Op 20

Recorded in studio.

Brahms - Intermezzo Op 118 Nr 2

Recorded in studio.

Meteor

Piano Improvisation

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