In My Own Skin for piano 鋼琴 鋼琴獨奏 朔特版

這首單樂章高度鋼琴化作品的標題讓我們清楚地知道作曲家的安身立命之所。但是，在這部作品的表皮之下，是兩個相互競爭的聲音世界。樂曲以大和聲合唱開始，很快就被響亮的八度 16 分音符打斷。或許可以將其視為兩位元強者之間的對話：一位是愛默生式的沉靜、歷經時間考驗的理性之音，另一位則是狂野、迅捷的節奏之音。In My Own Skin》的戲劇性就在於這些互不關聯的樂句中，每個樂句似乎都在爭論整首樂曲的主題。爵士樂和古典音樂的寓意也讓樂曲充滿趣味。有些人可能會覺得開頭的和絃不像是古典合唱，倒像是爵士大樂隊的銅管樂和管樂，跑動的 16 分音像是列尼-特裡斯塔諾（Lenny Tristano）或塞隆尼斯-蒙克（Thelonious Monk）的作品。當然，辛格爾頓的樂迷們知道，這首曲子與這兩個世界都有關係，而這兩個世界在他的音樂中都是平等的。在樂曲的中段，作曲家插入了一首近似加勒比海的曲調，似乎試圖讓爭議平息一些。但很快我們又回到了原點，當作品結束時，平和理性的聲音佔據了最後的話語權--卡曼-摩爾（2012 年）"

作曲家: Singleton, Alvin
樂器: piano
出版社: Schott Music
原文簡介:
The title of this one-movement highly-pianistic creation lets us know clearly where the composer is comfortable. But within that skin in this work are two competing sonic worlds. Beginning chorally in big harmonies, that mood is soon interrupted by loud running 16th note octaves.Slow, strong, and measured then seems to face off against young, strong, and impetuous throughout the piece. Or perhaps consider it a dialogue between two strong players; one the Emersonian voice of quiet, time-seasoned reason and the other wild and quicksilver, both in tempo and in rhythmic variety. The drama of In My Own Skin lies within these disjunct phrases, as each seems to argue as to what the whole piece should be about. Jazz and classical implications also keep things interesting. Some might hear those opening chords not so much as a classical chorale as like jazz big-band brass and winds, the running 16ths as something out of Lenny Tristano or Thelonious Monk. Of course Singleton fans know that it is about both, sonic and cultural worlds which live in his skin in comfortable equality. At midpoint in the piece the composer inserts a sly almost-Caribbean tune that seems to try to quiet the controversy down a bit. But soon we are back at it, and as the work closes the voice of placid reason has the last word.– Carman Moore (2012)