It’s a few days passage since the last official post, which was met with joyful news from Grace! The big question, are the Gillock Lyric Preludes up to the task with such impressive distractions as, for instance, a new bundle of joy? But, Helen, this is the wrong question. The Gillock pieces are not Chopin or Scriabin. They are well-crafted little pieces for students to develop the phrasing and arc of a piece, in preparation to play Chopin and Scriabin. And for us on our second play-through, it’s a great project for cold February, and for exercising our fingers and minds in preparation for Rachmaninoff.
Today’s piece is called Interlude, and darn if that’s not a depressing little Interlude.