CD Imaginary Day, track 6: For a Child - organ Westerkerk Amsterdam

The open sound of a trumpet is heard again. The piece is quite cheerful and naive, with the left hand playing a variable ostinato in the middle register and the right hand exploring the high, and later, the low register. For a Child is like many of my pieces a study of what can be achieved with very basic material. Variety is provided by variation in rhythm, articulation and order of the notes. The registration is also very economical: only the trumpet 8' is heard. The end seems abrupt, like a child who suddenly decides to play no longer.