Verbs
Verbs is a set of 24 impressionistic preludes for piano left hand alone, composed by Kathleen Ryan for Steinway Artist Keith Porter-Snell.
Each prelude evokes the energy and mood of its title verb. Thus, the preludes utilize a wide range of modern styles and harmonic languages.
Tracks on Verbs
Book 1
1. Wait — to be in readiness or expectation
2. Begin — to come into being
3. Crackle — to make a succession of slight sharp snapping noises; to show liveliness or brilliance
4. Weave — to interlace into a whole; to spin, as a web
5. Fling — to throw violently; to throw (oneself) into an activity with abandon & energy
6. Drift — to oscillate randomly around a fixed setting
7. Play — to occupy oneself in recreation, amusement or sport; to perform on a musical instrument; to move quickly or lightly
8. Accuse — to charge with a shortcoming or error
9. Push — to force (one’s way); to move (an object) by exerting force; to urge forward; to urge insistently to do something
10. Forgive — to renounce anger or resentment against
11. Zoom — to rise rapidly; to move rapidly toward or away from
12. Close — to bring to an end; to draw together
Book 2
1. Bloom — to shine out; to appear or occur unexpectedly
2. Beckon — to appear inviting; to summon with a wave or nod
3. Insist — to take a resolute stand or course; persist; to take a firm stand about
4. Murmur — to make a half–suppressed or muttered complaint; to make a low, indistinct but often continuous sound
5. Tease — to pester; to tantalize; to obtain by repeated coaxing
6. Tangle — to unite or knit together in intricate confusion
7. Snap — to utter curtly or abruptly; to give way suddenly under strain
8. Shatter — to damage badly, to ruin
9. Bounce — to walk with springing steps; to cause to rebound
10. Reflect — to cast back; to think quietly & calmly; to make manifest or apparent
11. Release — to set free from restraint or confinement
12. Bless — to hallow or consecrate; to invoke divine care for