Alex Shapiro, composer: Intermezzo for Piano

Intermezzo for Piano

Liltingly calming; hypnotically beautiful.

Total duration ca. 4 minutes (1998)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 6 pages, 8.5" x 11".

View page one of the score for solo piano
Listen to an audio clip of this piece for solo piano

Listen to an audio clip of this piece for clarinet and piano

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Purchase this score Score available for $18.00 print, $10.00 digital, from Activist Music.

I've spent the great majority of my life living at the water's edge: 21 years on the rivers that embrace Manhattan, 24 on the shore of Pacific-kissed Malibu, and now over a decade, perched on a rock above the lusty Salish Sea that swirls around Washington states's San Juan Island. Many of my pieces reflect this aquatic proximity, from intimate chamber works to grand-scale electroacoustic symphonic ones, and through these pieces I'm able to share my awe with listeners.

This Intermezzo was written in 1998 as a response to the waves of the ocean at my toes, as well as a reflection of the waves of a more introspective, emotional sea. A long and lyrical theme floats above a steady ostinato, perhaps as a lengthy branch of kelp might dance from the force of each coming tide. It's these hypnotic rhythms that lull my muses, and inspire my senses— and perhaps yours.

Alex Shapiro has produced a significant album of her solo piano works, including INTERMEZZO, beautifully performed by New York pianist Adam Marks. The 2020 disc, ARCANA, has been released on Innova Recordings 041.

German pianist Ratko Delorko has recorded INTERMEZZO and released it as a single that's available on all digital platforms.
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The version of Intermezzo for bass flute and harp is featured on Jenni Olson's 2012 CD, The Dreams of Birds, on Delos Records DE3434.
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Click the photo below
of two Humpback whales passing Alex's house,
to listen to Adam Mark's recording of
INTERMEZZO,

while immersing yourself in
Alex's island world
for three minutes:

Also available as:

Intermezzo for Clarinet and Piano

Total duration ca. 4 minutes (1998)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 5 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Intermezzo for Cello and Piano

Total duration ca. 4 minutes (1998)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 6 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Intermezzo for Clarinet and Harp

Total duration ca. 4 minutes (1999)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 4 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Transcription of the clarinet and piano version
made by Delaine Fedson.

Intermezzo for Violin and Harp

Total duration ca. 4 minutes (2001)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 4 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Intermezzo for Flute and Harp

Total duration ca. 4 minutes (2008)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 4 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Intermezzo for Bassoon and Harp

Total duration ca. 4 minutes (2017)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 4 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Intermezzo for Bass Flute and Piano

Total duration ca. 4 minutes (2010)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 6 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Intermezzo for Bass Flute and Harp

Total duration ca. 4 minutes (2012)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 6 pages, 8.5" x 11".