ff

ff is a dazzling 3-minute work of a piano solo from one of British music’s most innovative voices, where brilliant shards of sound spectra collide with highly accented and rhythmic material in the bass. Written for the ABRSM in 1995, it is a fantastic introduction to Jonathan Harvey’s wonderfully highspirited musical imagination.

The composer said of the work: "ff is fortissimo. It is also fast. The simple, brilliant spectra are really an enriched single line with the brightness control turned up. The ‘drumming’ in the bass should be highly accented and rhythmic. I hope ff will encourage pianists, both professional and amateur, to let go of inhibitions and be exuberant!"