A Guide to the ABRSM Syllabus (2023 - 2024)

David Önaç - A Distant Star in the Stillness

ABRSM Grade 5 - C3

David Önaç’s cosmic soundscape is an ideal piece to stimulate the imagination. It will help to read the composer’s programme note at the foot of the page, where he describes how he found inspiration from the vastness of space, how “gigantic stars…appear as tiny dots in our night sky”. Using jazz-influenced chords, this piece uses the high and low registers of the piano to conjure up vast distances, blending sounds together using the pedal.

Loading video...

Preview (please log-in or subscribe to see full video)

Resources & links

  • This piece is available for digital download individually from the ABRSM shop here or in print as part of the Piano Exam Pieces 2023 & 2024 Grade 5 publication here.

Sign in to view if you have purchased access to this content or see purchase options below.

Purchase options

This content is available as a separate, once-off purchase or as part of a subscription. Click "Buy" to purchase it or on "Subscribe" to get access to this content in addition to our growing library of over 300 articles for as little as £13.99 per month or £119.99 per year.

£40.00Buy More info Subscribe Back

PREV

H. Hofmann - Minnelied (No. 7 from Stimmungsbilder, Op. 88)

NEXT

S. Heller - Prelude in C# Minor (No. 10 from 24 Preludes, Op. 81)