- Orchestra
- Winds
- 1861
- 3 O’Clock Mix
- Across the groaning continent
- As the scent of spring rain...
- Avenue X
- Blow It Up, Start Again
- Chunk
- Climbing Parnassus
- Concertino
- De Profundis
- Moon by Night
- My Hands Are a City
- Novel Romance
- OK Feel Good
- Pi‘ilani and Ko‘olauNEW
- Single
- Sowing Useful Truths
- Symphony No. 1, My Hands Are a City
- Tender HeartsNEW
- The Americans
- The Rivers of Bowery
- Uncle Sid
- Chamber
- Solo
- Vocal
- Arrangements
JRB Variations
for pianoNEW
Year
2021Duration
20:00Level
ProfessionalPerusal Score
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Movements:
THEME—Rolling Folk Rock Feel
VAR. 1—Appassionato
VAR. 2—Andante, flowing
VAR. 3—With wild energy
VAR. 4—Brutal, for John Mackey
VAR. 5—Satie-Andante, for Amelia Newman
VAR. 6—Animato
VAR. 7—With no meter—Andante Pastorale, for John Corigliano
VAR. 8—Bill Evans Ballad-Tempo
VAR. 9—Largo, Spacious, for Steven Bryant
VAR. 10—Bach-Adagio, for Nadège Foofat
VAR. 11—Tenderly, for Joel Puckett
VAR. 12—Manhattan Gates
VAR. 13—Vicious Blues, for Amanda Harberg
VAR. 14—Finale, Allegro Maestoso, for Jason Robert Brown
In fourteen variations on a musical theater song by Broadway phenom Jason Robert Brown, “JRB”‘s brilliant 11 o’clock number varies not only in typical concert variation manipulations, but also in harmonic language and musical styles—with a few variations designed as nods to the specific compositional styles of close friends—or to unique characteristics of my very musical family.
For JRB-fans like me, ‘It all fades away but you.’
Commissioned by
Blair McMillen
Premiered
March 1, 2022, Blair McMillen, Provo, UT
Recent Performances
- August 11, 2023 - Blair McMillen at Bargemusic, Brooklyn NY.
- November 13, 2022 - Alexander Bernstein at Armstrong Concert Hall, Winchester, VA. Shenandoah Conservatory, World of the Piano
- March 1, 2022 - Blair McMillen | WORLD PREMIERE at Madsen Recital Hall, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. World Premiere of new concert variations on a theme by Jason Robert Brown.