4 Toccatas

I am very excited to introduce to you the score of my four Toccatas, pieces I have composed in 2018 for my fourth album „Invention”.

Toccatas refer to Bach’s epoch with regard to form – they are short pieces with virtuosic tone which display the finger technique, whereas their character is definitely modern. The 1st and 3rd Toccatas are a reference to hip-hop music, which I listen to frequently. Similarly to the composers of the past, who used and transformed well-known folk dances, I made a reference to popular music inserting its elements to a classical form. The 2nd and 4th Toccatas have a type of narration emblematic of film music, which is very close to me. It seems to me that both, hip-hop and film music are strongly influential to modern art these days. It is no surprise, since rap and film surround us. I have a positive attitude towards this fact and this is where the idea for the Toccatas came from.