NESTOR TAYLOR: Softly Awakes my Heart, for piano solo

NESTOR TAYLOR

...Softly Awakes my Heart 3 pieces for solo piano

NESTOR TAYLOR

...Softly Awakes my Heart 3 pieces for solo piano

ATHENS 2006

‘Softly Awakes my Heart’ is a set of three pieces for solo piano, ideally played without interruption. The work was written in Athens, in 2006, and it is dedicated to pianist Leto Thomou, also appearing in the recent EP release by Donemus Records (2021), under the same title.

Duration: ca. 10 mins.

Cover by Eelco Maan: ‘Sweet fragile equilibrium’

Softly Awakes my Heart Στην Λητώ Θώµου Νestor Taylor (2006)

I Allegro con moto; cantabile e molto flessibile q = 108-120

             



mf

   



  



 

           

 



 

 

  

poco rit. . . . . . . . , sempre con moto; giusto

3

 



              

  

 



 



   







 

 

           

 

pp, leggiero



                           p, sub. molto                                

5

    

8

    





     

  

 



 

 



 



      

 

     

  

    

   

10



   

    

                

   

     cresc.

 13    

   

           

  



        

     

 

  

   

 

  

      

              

     

sfp

   

   

         

      

              

   

pp, l.v.

  17                              

 

         

           

                  

        cresc.

 

                

il basso più marc. poco a poco

  21        

        

2

animando

         

   

Con spirito

molto

             

                



    



     

                              f, brillante e vivamente



 



   

25





 



sub. meno f



agitamente

 



  

  



cresc.

                                     27     



  

    

 (*)           

Vigoroso e deciso; con brillantezza

   

 

 

mp f, marc.                                                   30                                       f, cresc. mp f                                            33                                        f mp                                               37       (corta)                                  ff ancora più                                                   (*) All pauses could be played with slightly varied lengths.

3

    

poco a poco stringendo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      

40

mf, cresc.

 

    

      

    

                                                                             

Un poco più sostenuto; Maestoso 44



 

Rall. . . . . . . . molto

                       

poco f

        sff

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

          

martellato

  

  

sfff  



  

attacca

II          6                                sf  p, misterioso poco sf smorz. f, rapido                                   l.v.  6     A tempo lento tratt. . . . , tratt. . . . ,        6                                 

Rall. . . . . . . . . ,

Vivo

Lento, a piacere



(lunga)



   

ppp, soave

  

   



  



Una corda

Largo grave; rubato

 8             



 

  

    

   

pp, ma con molta espressione

  



  



 

 

     

  



  

       



   



 



 



Tempo II; Andante maestoso q = 58-60     10  tratt. . ,                                              cresc. . . . . . . . . . . . . molto . . . . . . . . . . fz    dim.                                              3 corde   p     5 3

poco affretando



                      13                                                           sf                                                                              

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         

17

 

              

                   più sf  3                            

                       f, declamando                        

    20                                poco f sim.                                                                          3                           23                                    f, espr. dim. poco più                                                                6

afrettando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , a tempo; Religioso, narrante

                          

        poco rit. . ,                      26                                                                             

p                 



                                 29                                         cresc. sub. meno       3                                                                                

con agitazione crescende [poco a poco]                        33                                                               sfp sf sf sf                                                                                                                37                                                sf     

                                                                     sf

sf

più intenso

sf

ff

7

strepitoso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

 41                  

                                                                                                                                                        Vivo; come prima

45

6

fff, rapido

l.v.

                6 

    3





 







               6

fff, rapido

              6



                                  

51

6



6

    

mf



6

       



 

        

    ff    



 

6

6

6





3



 

6

 

(keep constanly depressed unless otherwise specified. Imperceptible, half - pedal changes are possible depending on specific hall acoustics).

8

III (Chaconne) [<e = q.>] Allegro vivace h. = 60

                *)

f

             

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

sempre con Ped.

           

pp, fluido

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

        

                        2 3 4

p

sempre legato

                    

         

  

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

  2 3 4 5





 

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

pochiss. tratt. . . . ,

 

                    



 







 













1) Generally speaking, all initial notes could be slightly held back; the peak tempo of each phrase is approximately reached half - way through its total value.

These minute differences, should not be applied mechanically, but as a result of the inward impulse of the musical expression and without ever impeding the sense of continuous movement.

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tratt. . ,

      pp

    

   2 3 4 5 6 7 8



      

 

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

    



2 3 4

 

 



pp

               

 









           

             2 3 4



 



 



 



 

tratt. . . . ,

                               

 



 



dim.

  2 3 4 5 6

    p



 





 



 

mf

  

cresc.

 

                   

                      10

2 3 4



cresc.

   

 

   

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

loco

2 3 4 5 6 7 8



   





  

2 3 4 5



 





 

 







più cresc.

         

2 3 4

 



  

   



f

 



                     





  

         rit. . molto . . . ,

mf, dim. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

2 3 4 5 6

   





 







Carezzevole, ad. lib.

       

p



   





  

 

 

 *)

 

  



pp, dolce; quasi lontano



dim.

                   



    

 



Una corda

poco a poco a tempo ordinario

    



    

  

  

    

 



           

 

ppp



 

*) Attack almost imperceptibly, as if arriving from afar.

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

    

  

     

  

 



   

  

  

  



  

  







  









   

  

                                               

p, cresc.

              

      





 

mp



 

 



   3 corde

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 

 

     



 



 

 





 



 

 





              

                                  cresc. molto                               

Grandioso

       f

            

 

 



     



          

  

 





     

  

  

2 3 4 5

ffz

    

  







sfp, cresc.



   



    





sub. mfp

2 3 4

                            (con accenti assai marcati)





                            

 

           

    



  

2 3 4





 2 3 4









 

2 3 4

   2 3 4

un poco più f





2 3 4

13

                                               

 2 3 4

                    

f, ma dolce



    



     



    



 



 

sf

  

                  sf                        

14



     

 



 





     

espr.

                                    sf

sf

    









  

         

        sf                  espr. 



 

rinforz.

 

dim.

  



rit. . . . . . . , Carezzevole; un poco più sostenuto il tempo

         

                 

5

 

p

  



                    

5

  

 

      

           5

1

2

5

 

      

 

 

 



            

 

5

      

 



                                              

 

 

 

                    

fz

     

 

 

        

       rfz

5

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 



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   

    

             

 



  

  *)         

Tempo iniziale

     

 





mp

 

  2 3 4

 



   



   



 



 

 



2 3 4 5 6

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

    

            

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

                        

2 3 4 5 6



  





 

       

p, leggierissimo ma note con tenuti sempre in rilievo

 



 



 



 

      

                                     

      

  







 







 



*) Allow harmonies to partially "spill - over" from one bar to another, without excessively blurring the texture.

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 

                 

   

  

 

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

tratt. . . , loco







 

  





 







                cresc. molto                                                        



f

            

 2 3 4





    

 2 3 4



 

 2 3 4



 

 2 3 4













 2 3 4





 

2 3 4 5 6

2 3 4

     2 3 4

dim.

    

rit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , quasi a tempo; poco sostenuto

                                                      

p, inquieto

                             

                

                   

       

a tempo

      

                                                                      

con agitazione crescende (f)

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                                                           ancora più cresc.                                             poco stentanto . . . . . . , a tempo; deciso

                          

 

  

      

         

                              

   

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  

ff

    



2 3 4

 

2 3 4

      2 3 4

       

           

       

         







                 mf, cresc.

                   f

                              





    2 3 4











    

2 3 4

         

 

 

 

  

  

                   





    

                





                      

l.v.



  

fff

 



fff



 

Violente

  

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

                       ff, acuto

2 3 4

  

moltissimo

                       

   

   

           

    19

Lento; a distanza                (lunga)                  ff

                         

 

               

l.v.

*)

l.v.

 

 





       sf

  

  

     

Per - den - do - si

  

 

mp

ppppp

 

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    sff    3 corde

*) Pedal tremolo. Allow low octaves to fade out gradually but NOT entirely, by repatedly depressing the damper pedal.

20

 

   

Una corda

Rall. . . . . . . . . ,

  

ppp





 

Παπάγου 3-x-06 Dur: ca. 10 mins.