Inventions and Fantasies

Inventions and Fantasies is a cycle of ten pieces, or rather two cycles of five pieces - five inventions and five fantasies - for solo piano. The inventions are characterised by the concentrated exploration of a single idea or group of ideas and evenly (often rapidly) pulsed tempi. The fantasies, by contrast are in mostly free, sometimes pulseless tempi, with a whimsical and improvisatory nature.