William Baines ‒ Twilight Pieces

William Baines (1899 - 1922), Twilight Pieces (1921)

Performed by Eric Parkin

00:00 - No. 1 Twilight Woods - a Fragment
02:29 - No. 2 Quietude
04:53 - No. 3 A Pause for Thought

Twilight Pieces foreshadow the esoteric resignation which pervades the last few (mostly unpublished) works: in A Pause for Thought the inexorable octave bass of Labyrinth (another of his earlier works) has become an enigmatic melodic line roving beneath misty traceries of fourths and fifths which twice break fitfully into the clear light of C major. Of Twilight Woods Baines wrote "I want to capture the atmosphere of woodlands in the half-lights": even more with flawless symmetry and the distilled emotion of its close this piece captures the quintessence of his art.

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