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FROM ME TO YOU
* Four miniatures for piano *
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Here is a little volume of four miniatures that I, the publisher of Edition HH, wrote as gifts. The first, Mit Gefihl, is a love song dedicated to my wife, whom I married 57 years ago. We had a beloved friend, Yvonne, who died far too young; we nicknamed her ‘Goldilocks’ because of her strikingly blond hair, and La Fille aux Chelox d’or is an attempt to capture her personality and wonderfully quirky sense of humour. The third piece is dedicated to myself, so naturally its spirit is Triste. Sixty years ago my father, Christian Hartmann, composed the songs for Klatremus Lillemann, the principal character in the popular Norwegian children’s play Dyrene i Hakkebakkeskogen. Christian was an endless source of beautiful melodies, so the extreme simplicity of the theme of Danse noble, written to celebrate his 69th birthday on 3 June 1979, was something of a joke between us.
PIANO SOLO
 Music example Mit Gefihl (pdf)
Music example La fille aux chelox d‘or (pdf)
Music example Triste (pdf)
Music example Danse Noble (pdf)
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* MOTET for soprano, bass and continuo *
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Early in 2025 Michael Talbot identified as previously unrecognized compositions by Pietro Antonio Fiocco (1654–1714) a group of eight Latin motets scored, like chamber duets in the secular domain, for two voices with continuo. Six different combinations are used: two sopranos, soprano and alto; soprano and tenor; soprano and bass; alto and tenor; alto and bass.
SOPRANO, BASS & BASSO CONTINUO
Music example (pdf)
Stylistically these motets ‘tick all the boxes’: consisting of between three and six contrasted sections, they are tuneful, feature captivating imitative part-writing — Fiocco was evidently an absolute master of counterpoint — and are rich and varied in harmonic content, and they express the meaning of the words (six of the texts are taken directly from the Psalms) with eloquence and panache.
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ed. Michael Talbot
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Nocturne
is included in the Grade 6 Piano syllabus of the ABRSM
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| Den lille danserinnen (‘The Little Ballerina’) evokes a charming, gracious, light-footed dancer, while Nocturne makes the piano sing in the romantic tradition. Both these delightful short pieces would be ideal encores!
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"I love these two little pieces, and I am sure many late intermediate players will enjoy them equally."Read Andrew Eales's review in Pianodao
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 List of works published and in press |
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You can download the current catalogue (pdf) by clicking the cover on the right. |
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Music example (pdf)