Additional Info For Two-Part Inventions

6 Two-Part Inventions I was my first entry in the Modern Classics Collection (Baroque Series). Each piece employs techniques of the era to embody an emotionally significant event of my life. As such, each is unique and can be performed on their own or with other similar or contrasting pieces. However, when all six are played in sequence they function as a single multimovement work that is, in effect, a musical portrait of myself and of the events that shaped me.

6 Two-Part Inventions II was the follow-up and was conceived using the same guidelines as part 1. These collections were written to function as two parts of a single recital. With this in mind, Inventions 13 and 14 (available in full collection) would function as encores to the evening.

ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS (Digital Editions)
ISMN (Collections) 979-0-60044-000-9, 979-0-60044-049-8, 979-0-60044-058-0, ISMN (Individual) 979-0-60044-001-6, 979-0-60044-002-3, 979-0-60044-003-0, 979-0-60044-004-7, 979-0-60044-005-4, 979-0-60044-006-1, 979-0-60044-050-4, 979-0-60044-051-1, 979-0-60044-052-8, 979-0-60044-053-5, 979-0-60044-054-2, 979-0-60044-055-9, 979-0-60044-056-6, 979-0-60044-057-3; ISWC T-330.960.010-6, T-330.960.063-9, T-330.960.012-8, T-330.960.056-0, T-330.960.072-0, T-330.960.066-2, T-335.293.118-7, T-335.293.147-2, T-335.285.950-4, T-335.285.943-5, T-335.285.910-6, T-335.285.905-9, T-335.285.985-5, T-335.285.877-2

ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS (Print Editions)
ISMN (Collections) 979-0-60044-015-3, 979-0-60044-059-7, ISMN (Individual) 979-0-60044-016-0, 979-0-60044-017-7, 979-0-60044-018-4, 979-0-60044-019-1, 979-0-60044-020-7, 979-0-60044-021-4, 979-0-60044-070-2, 979-0-60044-071-9, 979-0-60044-072-6, 979-0-60044-073-3, 979-0-60044-074-4, 979-0-60044-075-7, 979-0-60044-076-4, 979-0-60044-077-1; ISWC T-330.960.010-6, T-330.960.063-9, T-330.960.012-8, T-330.960.056-0, T-330.960.072-0, T-330.960.066-2, T-335.293.118-7, T-335.293.147-2, T-335.285.950-4, T-335.285.943-5, T-335.285.910-6, T-335.285.905-9, T-335.285.985-5, T-335.285.877-2

INVENTIONS 1-6 ARRANGED AS INSTRUMENTAL DUETS (Digital Editions)
ISMN (Collection) 979-0-60044-042-9, ISMN (Individual) 979-0-60044-043-6, 979-0-60044-044-3, 979-0-60044-045-0, 979-0-60044-046-7, 979-0-60044-047-4, 979-0-60044-048-1; ISWC T-330.960.010-6, T-330.960.063-9, T-330.960.012-8, T-330.960.056-0, T-330.960.072-0, T-330.960.066-2

 

GENERAL NOTES ON STYLE: All should be played using the same basic guidelines you employ when performing a similar work written during the Baroque era with 2 major exceptions. If any idiomatic choice, no matter how academically revered, interferes with the performer's musical expression of the piece in an objectively significant way, or makes the piece less accessible for the modern audience; that choice should be disregarded.

Program Notes | Performance Tips (Two-Part Inventions)

Invention No. 1 in C Major

Program Notes Born into a beautiful world where everything is a whirlwind of love, play and discovery. While there was some foreshadowing of trials yet to come, the sheer intensity of light made it imperceptible to my young mind. Only in retrospect can I see the deeper significance of it...

Invention No. 2 in C Minor

Program Notes Cold. Alone. Everyone promises that everything will be ok.  With well-intentioned lies they rob me of the ability to truly grieve. Numb. I go on, despite tragedy, waiting for everything to return to normal until one day I am told the hard truth… that nothing will ever be...

Invention No. 3 in D Major

Program Notes Time passes. Surrounded but somehow still alone. Always another obstacle. Another setback. Each hit takes another piece of my soul. So tired. I just want to give up. Then I remember all that you endured, the unconditional love you gave me, all that you taught me, and how...

Invention No. 4 in D Minor

Program Notes Mind racing. World spinning. Life flashes before my eyes. The sudden decline of my health has halted the greatest upturn in my career. Doctors don’t know what’s wrong. Medicine has made things worse. I want to fight but this new enemy, like the reality I was born into,...

Invention No. 5 in E Major

Program Notes I use the forced downtime to reflect on the past and plan my next steps. I give myself the usual pep talk when suddenly I see it… The system itself… The invisible bars of the cage around me start to come into view. I try to force my...

Invention No. 6 in E Minor

Program Notes Times up. Penultimate round. Let’s do this. Fight begins but this time something is different. We are more evenly matched. Even so, I am slowly overwhelmed. I am pressing, but I know I can’t win that way. I disengage, calm my mind and reflect on all I’ve learned...

Invention No. 7 in F Major

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Invention No. 8 in F Minor

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Invention No. 9 in G Major

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Invention No. 10 in G Minor

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Invention No. 11 in A Major

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Invention No. 12 in A Minor

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Invention No. 13 in B Major

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Invention No. 14 in B Minor

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