storm-maker

storm-maker for solo piano

Jake Sandridge

storm-maker (2017) Storm-maker, for solo piano, was completed in 2017 as a sequel to my chamber work Storm-maker /dream-maker. The solo work expands upon the piano cadenza in the middle of the earlier chamber work, creating an etude out of the ‘stormy’ bit of that material. Storm-maker is an etude in rhythm—the same motive is performed at two different tempi at once for a large portion of the piece.

Performance note: The performer should take special care to observe the relationships between the tempi of any two adjacent sections. Because of the frequent metric modulation, what appears to be a sudden tempo change on the page will not sound sudden to the ear.

storm-maker for solo piano

Mechanical  = 120

     4

7

          

                 LH

 

                     

                                          

           

           

  

     

                   R.H. cresc.                

                               

10

  

      

( )

            

   



   



 

 



        

2

                    

  

13

16



    



  

  



            

                  

 

    

 25       (rit.)

 





  

   

 



 



    

       





19

   22  

       



   

     

 





  

      

            (both hands)                   



  



 

  



     



dim.

 = 96          (+ Œ = Œ )    rit.

  

 













freely  = 72-76

  



  

                          5:4 



 



 





 

28

  

 



  5:4



                          

               

 

31

  

  



 

  

                                   

34

accel.

           

38



  









  

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

  



 



  



 



  

  

 

                                   cresc.               in strict tempo  = 96

           

             

      

  

 

 

 



     

 

      

     ‰=‰  = 144   41                                                          





   

                

3

4

                   

     

45

          

49

                  

53

                 

57

       



         

                  

         

          

         

     

         

        

     

                                                          

       

   

 

     



 

                                                         

61

        

   

 

   

 

    



     

 

                                                         

    



    

 

     

 

65

                                            

69

       

        

5



       

                                                                                            Mechanical ( = 144)

73

                                                                     

77

  

6





Freely 81

 

  



 



 

 



 



    



    

83



    



rit.

    

     

 

    

86

91

 

  



 

(rit.)





 



                          

Like a cadenza a tempo

                                   

                           

      

       

 







                                             

    



rit.

 = 60 - 66

                                                                  

96

7

                         101                                                              (accel.)

 = 120

  

106



    

                               

   

   

 



 

115





Mechanical  = 120  = 80



111



rit.





 

 

        

   

 

 

   

   

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

cresc.

        

                                                                 

8

                                                                            125                            

                       

120

 

                           129                      

          

132



 

 



 



            

   



 

       

     134                       





 

 

  



 

                              

 

 





     





   

                          

 











    



       

     





137



             

   

  

140

        

144

 















            

              



 

(‰.=‰)( = 80)





  



                  

  

  





147

dim.

    

 

 

 

 



                         

150







 

  

 

             

 





dim.



                                 





   

 

  







  





 



   

       



  















  

   



   





  

 

 

            



 

9

10

  

 

                

(.=Œ) ( = 106)



153

            

 

 







                         

156

































             













             *                                              

159

            

163

         

 

* repeat and gradually diminuendo, fading to nothing within three repetitions. end at any point within mm. 156-159. Cut off pedal abruptly after playing stops; do not wait for sound to fade.

      

                

      

       

