Years ago I was looking for a concept to write a collection of pieces, related by common themes and motifs. I decided to write a Triptych with the following pieces:

Dawn

Noon Myst

Dusk

I originally wrote “Dawn” for Kotebel just before embarking on the writing of the piano concerto. The first movement that I wrote, was the third one, “Vivo Scherzando”. The basis for the movement was a short piece included in a compendium of short pieces for piano called “Book of Brief Images”, that I wrote back in 1995. This is a MIDI version of that piece:

I decided to work on the first movement and I immediately turned to “Dawn” because I felt that the string introduction was perfect. However, as much as I liked the piece, it was not appropriate for the piano concerto. It had a lot of piano, but I wanted to be more meticulous with respect to the way the instrument was used. I wanted a more classical approach for the piano.

So, I took the opening section and discarded the rest. I really liked the piece though, and one day having lunch with Cesar he suggested that we recorded the piece and include it as some sort of bonus track. For a number of reasons this never happened. And now I’m glad that it didn’t. Because this piece fits perfectly under Phaedrus, and now I can complete the Triptych. I will start working on the other two (“Noon mist”, and “Dusk”) and will present it to you over the next few weeks/months.