Toy Toccata
Composer:
Fabian SvenssonInstrumentation:
Toy pianoYear of composition:
2009Duration:
6'FunFacts:
Winning piece in the 2nd UnCaged Toy Piano Composition CompetitionShortlisted for the Gaudeamus prize in 2010
Program note:
Toy Toccata is a short but intense piece for toy piano. Technically, the basic concept of the piece is the rapid alternation between white and black keys. On another level, the piece can be seen as a toy piano's (attempted) rebellion against its own inherent cuteness and innocence.
View an excerpt from the score:
Recording:
Phyllis Chen: Little Things (2013, New Focus Recordings FCR133)
Performances:
20th Sep 2009
Chicago Cultural Center (Chicago, USA)
Downtown Bloomington (Indiana, USA)
Fine Arts Building (Chicago, USA)
Gary Snyder / ProjectSpace (New York, USA)
Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, USA)
The Musical Instrument Museum (Phoenix, USA)
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens (Philadelphia, USA)
Oudegracht a/d Werf 347 (Utrecht, the Netherlands)
The Firehouse Space (New York, USA)
The DiMenna Center (New York, USA)
Musikaliska (Stockholm, Sweden)
Ringling Museum of Art (Sarasota, Florida, USA)
Corbett vs. Dempsey (Chicago, USA)
Louise Shonk Kelly Recital Hall (Dublin, NH, USA)
Reykjavík Art Museum (Reykjavík, Iceland)
Theater am Gleis (Winterthur, Switzerland)
Schloss Leuk (Leuk, Switzerland)
Ryogoku Monten Hall (Tokyo, Japan)
Bildningscentrum Prins Wilhelm (Flen, Sweden)
Konstakademien (Stockholm, Sweden)
Fylkingen (Stockholm, Sweden)
The Goat Farm Arts Center (Atlanta, GA, USA)
Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery (Atlanta, GA, USA)
Southeastern Louisiana University (Hammond, LA, USA)
USD Shiley Theatre (San Diego, CA, USA)
Center for New Music (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Atlanta Streetcar (Atlanta, GA, USA)
Teater Tre (Stockholm, Sweden)
Teater Tre (Stockholm, Sweden)
Teater Tre (Stockholm, Sweden)
Teater Tre (Stockholm, Sweden)
Teater Tre (Stockholm, Sweden)
Conservatoire Frédéric Chopin (Paris, France)
Resonanzraum (Hamburg, Germany)
Essigfabrik (Lübeck, Germany)
Chicago Cultural Center (Chicago, USA)
Phyllis Chen
25th Sep 2009Downtown Bloomington (Indiana, USA)
Phyllis Chen
11th Dec 2009Fine Arts Building (Chicago, USA)
Phyllis Chen
8th May 2010Gary Snyder / ProjectSpace (New York, USA)
Phyllis Chen
3rd Jun 2010Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, USA)
Phyllis Chen
5th Jun 2010The Musical Instrument Museum (Phoenix, USA)
Phyllis Chen
8th Sep 2010Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Pascal Meyer
22nd Jan 2011Philadelphia's Magic Gardens (Philadelphia, USA)
Phyllis Chen
2nd Nov 2011Oudegracht a/d Werf 347 (Utrecht, the Netherlands)
Pascal Meyer
11th Nov 2011The Firehouse Space (New York, USA)
Phyllis Chen
3rd Dec 2011The DiMenna Center (New York, USA)
Phyllis Chen
10th Oct 2012Musikaliska (Stockholm, Sweden)
Anna Christensson
12th Oct 2012Ringling Museum of Art (Sarasota, Florida, USA)
Phyllis Chen
15th Feb 2013Corbett vs. Dempsey (Chicago, USA)
Phyllis Chen
30th Jun 2013Louise Shonk Kelly Recital Hall (Dublin, NH, USA)
Phyllis Chen
18th Oct 2013Reykjavík Art Museum (Reykjavík, Iceland)
Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir
7th Jun 2014Theater am Gleis (Winterthur, Switzerland)
Anna Christensson
9th Jun 2014Schloss Leuk (Leuk, Switzerland)
Anna Christensson
24th Oct 2014Ryogoku Monten Hall (Tokyo, Japan)
Kaori Ohsuga
16th Nov 2014Bildningscentrum Prins Wilhelm (Flen, Sweden)
Anna Christensson
17th Nov 2014Konstakademien (Stockholm, Sweden)
Anna Christensson
14th Dec 2014Fylkingen (Stockholm, Sweden)
Anna Christensson
25th Jul 2015The Goat Farm Arts Center (Atlanta, GA, USA)
Amy O'Dell
31st Jul 2015Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery (Atlanta, GA, USA)
Amy O'Dell
8th Oct 2015Southeastern Louisiana University (Hammond, LA, USA)
Amy O'Dell
13th Oct 2015USD Shiley Theatre (San Diego, CA, USA)
Amy O'Dell
18th Oct 2015Center for New Music (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Amy O'Dell
23rd Oct 2015Atlanta Streetcar (Atlanta, GA, USA)
Amy O'Dell
3rd Feb 2016Teater Tre (Stockholm, Sweden)
Anna Christensson
6th Feb 2016Teater Tre (Stockholm, Sweden)
Anna Christensson
8th Feb 2016Teater Tre (Stockholm, Sweden)
Anna Christensson
12th Feb 2016Teater Tre (Stockholm, Sweden)
Anna Christensson
13th Feb 2016Teater Tre (Stockholm, Sweden)
Anna Christensson
14th Feb 2016Conservatoire Frédéric Chopin (Paris, France)
Yoko Yamada
11th Nov 2017Resonanzraum (Hamburg, Germany)
Ninon Gloger
3rd Jun 2018Essigfabrik (Lübeck, Germany)
Ninon Gloger
