Torben Enghoff
1. Waltz for Two Little Teddy Bears – Vals for to små Bamser
2. Diva, the Little Dog – Den lille Hund, til Diva
3. On Bicycle to Ib’s House – Når jeg cykler forbi Ibs Hus
4. Optimism! – Godt Humør
5. Winter Light – Vinterlys
6. Song for Muffy – Sang til Muffy
7. The Joy of Tuesday – Glæden ved Tirsdag
8. In the Playground – Vi leger
9. Rain in June – Juniregn
10. Quiet Mind – Bøn og Undren
11. A Little Spring Waltz – En lille Forårsvals
12. Kirsten in her Garden – Kirsten i sin Have
13. Everything Will Be All Right – Det går nok
14. Good Night Melody – Godnat-melodi
15. Evening Song – Aftensang
16. November – November
17. Snow Dance – Sneens Dans
Shortly about the music ©
By Torben Enghoff
The contents of this album presents the piano pieces in the music book “For all Ages”, published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen.
I am totally self-taught and do not compose according to rules. I am only using my ears. Little ideas come to me constantly and if I am lucky to have pencil and music paper at hand, I just write it down. After that I turn to all the other parts of the work.
Many of the pieces in this collection are obviously simple. There is a reason for that:
I hardly can play the piano. But that doesn’t prevent me from sitting sit at a keyboard and figure out what is practically possible with the two hands. I thought to myself: If I can write something that I myself, although with a lot of trouble, can play—it might be not too bad for the student who is slightly experienced. Another thing: In a way it is just as difficult to write something simple as to write something complicated. You have to decide every tone rather carefully. Simplicity is a demanding challenge.
If I were asked to mention all the music that I have have been enthusiastic about through my life—you would see an extremely long list of names from jazz and from classical music. As a result of that I have chosen to mention just a little lot of composers, whose keyboard music I have been particularly fascinated with. First of all, of course, Bach. Then follow Scarlatti, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Chopin. From the 20th century especially Carl Nielsen, Poulenc, Ravel, Satie, Chick Corea and Bill Evans.
All titles of the pieces come spontaneously just as the music.
On Bicycle to Ib’s House—I got the idea when, on bicycle, passing the house that belonged to my close friend, composer Ib Nørholm.
Song for Muffy—Muffy was for some years the favorite teddy bear of our daughter’s collection, part of the family, and had to be tributed with a song.
Rain in June was written on a day with exactly that.
November has a bit of melancholy just like November.
All titles are created out of a situation or a mood.
Snow Dance was originally written for the Wind Quintet of the Oslo Philharmonic, but suddenly I found it suitable for keyboard music.
RELEASE DATE: November 2022
CATALOGUE NUMBER.: DACOCD 947
EAN: 5709499947005
