{"product_id":"mcdonald-reverie-in-the-plaid-chair-op-687-no-27-aca","title":"McDonald: Reverie in The Plaid Chair, Op. 687, No. 27","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/zh\/collections\/john-mcdonald\"\u003eJohn McDonald (1959-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003ePiano\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Reverie in The Plaid Chair, Op. 687, No. 27\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e9.0\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e12.0\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQ: \"Hi Mom! What are you doing?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA: \"Sitting in the plaid chair.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen I call my elderly mother Margi each evening, the plaid chair is generally her center of operations. From this vantage-point, she spends much of her time taking in the world and gazing out at it—or conversing, daydreaming, listening to music, readying for sleep. What does she think about?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece's tender, enchanted, delicately playful phrases attempt possible musical answers to this question. I ‘premiered' it for her over the phone one evening. At that time, it was simply called \u003cem\u003eIn The Plaid Chair\u003c\/em\u003e ; she added \u003cem\u003eReverie\u003c\/em\u003e. That performance initiated a new habit of finding short pieces to play for her most nights. On a recent visit to her in Ohio I was able to play the \u003cem\u003eReverie\u003c\/em\u003e for her face to face at the piano in the common room where she lives, and informed her of pianist Thomas Stumpf's intention to perform it, fitting it in with a Brahms waltz. Even though the short near-Brahms quotation toward the end (marked \"cradle song memory\" in the score) was lifted from \u003cem\u003eWiegenlied\u003c\/em\u003e (the ubiquitous \"Brahms Lullaby,\", Op. 49, No. 4), it so happens that the melodic and rhythmic shape also closely resembles the motive of the Waltz, Op. 39, No. 15.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40907177623631,"sku":"ACA-MCDJ-025","price":10.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/21e575e4b0e8ec3f28002709fcd1688d.webp?v=1780097161","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/zh\/products\/mcdonald-reverie-in-the-plaid-chair-op-687-no-27-aca","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}