44 weeks of this event are being celebrated. Hive Open Mic #openmic 44, is here, and all the people who get engaged, work and sing and play. I only saw this weekly event in October, and when it was week number 29 I joined for the first time. Maybe I skipped a week or two since then, I don’t remember. But I try to always be here, with my playing and my encouragement to other musicians. I like to stop by their posts, listen to them and when I have more time, I comment.
Also, I like to respect the will of the organizer, @cabelindsay, to think about the given topic and choose a composition that will suit it. Sometimes it’s easier, and sometimes it takes longer. With this week's topic, 4... I think he wants to emphasize the continuity of his project because as I mentioned earlier, week 44 is already being celebrated.
My thinking went like this. Four can be seasons, eg Vivaldi 4 seasons ... but it's an orchestral work. I wanted a composition written exactly for piano this time. And I wanted it to be from the genre of classical music. There was a little chaos. I found some interesting works. Sergei Prokofiev has piano compositions with opus 4. But who will listen to Prokofiev ?
Then I found a composition by Robert Schumann, Intermezzo Op. 4 no 4. It couldn't fit in any better. I printed and played, but imagine, it’s just one page of music. Less than a minute of music. I have nothing against playing one-minute works, even more so on some video platforms people watch such content more, short, and fun. I was not satisfied with it for this event, so I looked further.
Muzio Clementi was my next chosen composer. Progressive etudes. I practiced number 4 and started practicing number 44 ... but after 3 hours of practice I gave up because it was complicated. And that’s where my complicated thinking led to frustration and I told myself I wasn’t going to complicate things.
I opted for a very light-sounding composition, which may bring more enjoyment to the listener than a too serious and heavy composition.
The title is Arabesque Sentimentale, it is composed by William Gillock, and this is a piece number 4, from his Piano Solos works, volume 8. It is a nice one, with a harp sounding broken chords, and it is left for the player to play with rubato as it feels.
Do we always have to complicate things? Not at all. I was frustrated, yes, as could not find the perfect match for the week 44 topic. Now, is it a piece connected to number four? Yes. Is it in the range of classical music? Yes. Will the listeners have nice moments while listening to it? I don't know :) They will have to tell me!!
Source of the first photo