composer
After finishing secondary art education, Alain Craens continued his education at the Royal Flemish Conservatoire, where he obtained First Prizes for composition, solfège, harmony, counterpoint, fugue, oboe, cor anglais and ...
related works
Toccata : for piano / Alain Craens
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
VII: Stenen eten : voor twee piano's, '65 / Jos Kunst
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
2pf
Sonate VI : pianoforte, 1947 / Henk Badings
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Prélude en fuga : voor piano / Robert (Bob) Hanf
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
composition
Toccata : for piano / Alain Craens
Description:
In 2020 I wrote three pieces for piano solo, all dedicated to my youngest daughter Babette, a pianist. This composition is placed between two other pieces: “Static Movement” and “Meditation”. This “Toccata” is the second piece. It has a simple ABA structure. The theme is based on chromatism and the augmented fourth. Tempo and rhythm are very important and must be played very strictly.
Alain Craens