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Charles-Valentin Alkan - Impromptu sur le Choral de Luther, Op. 69 (arr. for solo piano)

Usually, after arranging a piece, I will play it to check if it sounds right on a real piano. However, this is an arrangement that I don't even dare to try. Roger Smalley, arranger of the 2-piano version, once talked about the piece: "It is based on the Chorale of Luther - Ein Feste Burg and he only uses the melody of the Chorale. In form and treatment it is very unusual. In some respects it is like a theme and variations, but in other respects it is like a passacaglia. Another interesting point about the piece is that although it is continuously played it is divided into four sections - a first movement, scherzo, slow movement and finale. It looks forward to the kind of complex. Several movements in form that you get in Schoenberg's 1st string quartet or 1st Chamber Symphony, which are always pointed out as early examples of this coalescing of several different formal structures into one overall form. Already in the 1860's you get Alkan doing the same sort of thing. Another fascinating aspect about the while work is that although you get these different characteristics - 1st movement, scherzo, slow movement, the basic tempo remains the same - 63. But by applying that number to different basics units he achieves different speeds of movement in different parts of the piece. In the slow section the harmonisation is quite extraordinary and in fact throughout the piece the harmonisation is remarkable. There is not a commonplace bar in the whole work, every bar is sparking with invention." (from Alkan Society Bulletin 29) Composer: Charles-Valentin Alkan Arranger: Jeffrey Chen Performer: MIDI from Musescore3