Friday a.m. For solo piano. This expansive miniature was written in 1981 in response from the composer to the emotional impact of listening to the Adagietto from Mahler s 5th Symphony. Indeed, the main melody of my piece follows the melodic line of Mahler s, but takes off in a different direction and gradually metamorphosises into a lighter style reminiscent of a jazz improvisation as though we move from the philharmonic hall in Central Europe to a Manhattan jazz club around 2am, when everything is subdued and transient (McLachlan).
