Les Filles de Satie

The Texts - first round

Performance Directions from

Nostalgia for Airs Unheard By Kati Agócs
for solo piano 2007
Exquisitley delicate
(Recitative-like)
penetrating
Cantando (simply and fluidly phrased)
Pulling back slightly -- then blossoming
hesitating slightly
Obsessive
Attacca (fugue interrupts prelude)
Muscular
Massive
Continuously Regenerating
Innocent and fresh (brilliant articulation)
With volume
Whimsical, even playful
Dissipating, yet always "pointed"

A Day of Infinite Time by Rose Bolton
for symphony orchestra 2009
Nebulous
expressivo
Timid yet mysterious
Playful
Still happy but becoming agitated
Intense, with emotion
Becoming distant
Ethereal, fragile
Slow and steady
A little faster
Yet a little faster