Grade: 4
Duration: 11′
The word “SOLITUDE” is often believed to mean a rather sad and lonely state. However the dictionary defines solitude simply as “the quality or state of being alone or remote from society.” This is a neutral definition. It is therefore our perception that determines whether solitude is experienced as something positive or negative.
In this piece, I have endeavoured to explore three perceptions of the concept of solitude: ambivalence, freedom, and loneliness. These three ideas are portrayed in three adjoining movements. The opening chord of the first movement contains the semitone clash of E and F over a B-flat bass. The question is then: Do you hear the freedom of the perfect fifth, the loneliness of the augmented fourth, or perhaps you are ambivalent?
