Binnette Lipper (1939-2016)
Bagatelles for Piano
Year: 1998
Duration (in minutes): 22'39;
Difficulty: High (professional)
Description: Dalliance, Whimsy, Zephyr, Spatial Relations, Reminiscence, Impudence, Adventure
Premiere: Fechin Institute, Taos, New Mexico, Nov. 1999, A. Stoytcheva
Finalist in 2003 Renee B.Fisher Piano Composition Competition;
CD Recording: "American Women Composers" (2006) North/South Recordings, N/S R 1043
"Her seven Bagatelles...are terse and dramatically effective, the products of a first-class composer." (P. Burwasser, FANFARE, July/August 2008)
"...the elegant classicism of Lipper's Bagatelles..." (J. Sullivan, American Record Guide, March/April 2007)
