"Toccata" by Anders Koppel

Performed by Brad Davis & Francisco Perez at the University of Kentucky on March 15, 2015.
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Born in Copenhagen, Denmark to Danish composer Herman Koppel, Anders Koppel was trained as a musician from a young age. As a student of the clarinet, organ, and piano, his style evolved into a prolific potpourri that has gained popularity in European ballet and film. Koppel writes the following:
“Toccata is constructed as a rondo with a main part of rhythmically driving character which gives space for other parts, only to return with renewed strength. After a fanfare and a presentation of the main theme, a powerful tango follows, then a ‘memento’ in the shape of a waltz, after that a point of standstill, which leads to a slow melody - returning to the tango which reaches its climax in a rapid 7/8 fugue.”