The White Crane [Piano Solo]

The White Crane is a quiet, elegiac ode to nature with a distinctive Japanese-inspired sound not previously explored. Its serene tranquility evocates a barren, white snow-covered landscape while the right hand’s bird-like echoing calls break-up the stark, stoic harmonic beauty with a special rhythmic energy that dots the music with awakening rustling, over a hushed and muted rainbow of pastel colors and elicits a sustained and reverenced solemnity to the focal point of the piece, the beautiful White Crane, so beloved by one of the composer’s most respected master composers, Sibelius.