https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-0kjIz2kKchttps://soundcloud.com/kalos-piano/claude-monets-water-lilies-a-piano-improvisationIn this performance I'm trying to translate Monet's famous Water Lilies paintings into music. For the notes to recall a calm scenery of flowers gently resting on still waters, I'm especially focusing on the high register and playing a lot of major sevenths, sixths and ninths, pentatonics and also half or fully diminished chords on occasion. I've been trying to delve into improvisation at the piano lately and this is my first accomplishment.
Major inspirations for this have been of course Debussy, Bill Evan’s “Peace Piece”, Chopin’s “Berceuse”, but also many of Yoshimatsu’s “Pleiad Dances”, Cyril Scott’s “Lotus Land”, Silvestrov’s “Bagatelles”, plus Leo Ornstein’s “Miniatures” and Rachmaninoff’s “Daisies”, “Lilacs” and “Prelude” from his Opus 2.
I wish I had the technique to do something more but I'm actually quite satisfied with the end result. Might come back on it to for further development in the future.
