JOHN B HEDGES

Four Preludes
for piano solo

V
(1999)
 Four Preludes
for piano solo

Each of these Four Preludes is a reflection on a experience I shared with one or more friends during my time studying at
Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ. They are, for me, like home videos that immediately bring back the nostalgia of
a very happy time. The first of these, October Surf, is a meditation on an autumn walk on the Jersey shore. Franklin Street is
where I lived and for a year with a wonderfully colorful group of guys prone to serious music making, more serious party-
throwing and the most serious goon-thrashing on NHL ‘96 ever seen on a Sega. Blues for Laurie is dedicated to Laurie
Altman, wonderful composer, jazz pianist and beloved teacher. Lastly, I have rarely laughed as hard as I did one fateful
afternoon ride on Sapce Mountain with two dear friends. Crazy, fun, dark, twisting and exhilarating These pieces were first
premiered by pianist Shannon Hesse at the Baby Grand Theatre in Wilmington, DE in the Fall of 2004.

Duration is approximately 10’.

I. October Surf

II. ! Franklin Street

! ! !
! ! ! III. ! Blues for Laurie
! ! !
! ! ! IV . ! Space Mountain
! ! ! ! ! !

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Printed June, 2012.

 Other Works by John B Hedges:
ORCHESTRA:
Fantasía sobre Yma for clarinet and orchestra (2011) c.18’
3222 • 4320 • tmp, 2 prc, pno, hp, str

Scirocco Dances for chamber orchestra (2007) c.9’

1111 • 1110 • 2 prc, cel, hp, str

Prayers of Rain and Wind for contrabass and orchestra (2008) c.24’
2(2=picc)2(2=eh)2(2=b.cl.)2 • 2200 • tmp, 2 prc, pno/cel, hp, str

Fastball (2004) c.6’

3(3=picc)23(3=bcl)3(3=cbsn) • 4331 • tmp, 3 prc, pno, hp, str

Three Pieces for Orchestra (2002) c.10’

3(3=picc)3(3=eh)3(2+ecl,3=bcl)3(3=cbsn) • 43(1+picc)31 • tmp, 3 prc, cel, hp, str

Violin Concerto (2001) c.24’’

2(+piccs)222 • 2221 • tmp, 2 prc, cel, hp, str

CHAMBER WORKS:
Piano Quartet “November, 2004” (2010) c.20’

Tea Poems for piano solo (2010) c.8’

Fear of Drowning in Land for reed trio (2009) c.8’

Clarinet Sonatina “Gumbo” (2008) c.14’30’’

Sycamore Cottage for flute and piano (2003) c.9’30’’

los susurros (2001) c.7’30’’

fl, cl, vn, vc, pno

Concerto for Piano & Percussion (2000) c.18’

VOCAL:
On the Good Foot (in memoriam James Brown) for two sopranos and large ensemble (2007) c.6’30’’
1111+2 sax(1=alt, 2=ten) • 1110 • drum kit, pno, 2 sop • 11111(elec.)

“Vogue au Large” for soprano and chamber ensemble (2003) c.9’

text from Frederic Colier’s A Memoir of Absence
ob, cl, bsn, pno, sop, vn, vla, vc

Information on these or other works is available at www.johnbhedges.com