Stephan Beneking - Dance on Icy Waters III

    This is the last of the three dances that make up this suite.

    Its main characteristic is the constant, slow and hypnotic rhythm that the left hand marks throughout the piece and that, in a certain way, is reminiscent of that of Erik Satie's Gymnopedias.

    Said rhythm is made up of two notes and the whole melody will be built on it, at first with long notes and then chords, which will go off-time with respect to the bass (left hand) and, as the bars go by, they add notes, until a melody appears in sixteenth notes that imitates itself.

    The end of the piece seems to have been built in a symmetrical way at the beginning as, little by little, the melody disappears, turning into chords and a long offbeat note.

    Stephan Beneking, one of the most prolific of New Classical Piano composer, is based in Berlin, Germany.

Composer's links:

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Dance on Icy Waters III (Piano: Carlos Marín Trigo):