“Carillon Mystique” is a serene and haunting piece, and it is gentle in both tempo and tone – and though it is a calm and languid piece, it is quite complex.
At the start, there is a series of quarter notes which carries the melody, and the notes are woven into a string of eighth notes so that the pianist must apply added pressure to melodic line while using less pressure on the eighth notes. Then grace notes are introduced – which, like the eighth notes – require a lighter touch. Then quarter notes are layered above and below, more grace notes are interposed, triplets appear and lead to sixteenth notes, and trills and various runs flow in – all while the steadfast melody necessitates steady and skillful attention so as not to get lost in the ebb and flow of notes and embellishments. White researching the composer and the piece, one site I visited reviewed the piece as follows: “In this expressive piece, Bonis evokes both the resonant chiming of individual bells as well as the tinkling cascades of the carillon. The pedal is used to create bell-like sonorities and also adds to the spiritual character of the piece, as implied by ‘Mystique’ in the title.” It is a lovely piece.
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