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Composer Justin Merritt

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Text Box: Various works for solo piano appeared throughout the year, but the highlight came Nov. 9 with Justin Merritt's Five Preludes for piano. Each prelude, alternating fast and slow, briefly explores one of a number of ideas, from the fast aggressive ultra-romantic expression of the first and third preludes, recalling late Scriabin, to the exploration of overtone sonorities in the slow sustained style of the second and fourth preludes. The final prelude is a raucous, rhythmically jolting work that recalls Collin Nancarrow's out-of-sync player piano studies. -Peter Schimpf, Bloomington Independent

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