Chitpong

This prelude starts Episode 3 of Preludes & Fugues. It is in rondo ABACA form. This is one of the pieces that I paid so much attention to give life to it. There are some 'Japanese' chord sequence which I discovered and that sounds heart-warming and poignant.

The last fugue of Episode 2. A four-voice half-time double fugue. It is very quick and rough, almost barbaric, almost comical. This is the I-don't-care fugue and as such is for everyone.

A modern art prelude. Notes and spaces are left out, defy common expectation, to let listeners fill in their own music. This is the last prelude of Episode 2, setting up the mood and tone of what is to come in Episode 3.

A fugue to continue the theme of simplicity. A straightforward, uncomplicated, merry fusion of two related subjects. One is a direct reflection of another in a contrasting mode.

A simple prelude in a simple key – F major. An effort to strip down to the essential without being trivial.

A double fugue with two expositions and two episodes. Bold and direct, an affirmation of life and its struggle, its hope.