Composition created for the September Challenge on Flat. Read more about the challenge here. Recorded on a Kawai CA-501 and released on 12-10-2024. In the Flat field below you can listen the originally submitted version. Unfortunately this piece didn't make it into the top 10. The second part contains an improvisation. 

Read about this composition (description in Flat):

Autumn Leaves 

Everyone knows the effect of autumn on leaves. From a fresh green colour, the leaves change to bright red or orange. I have tried to capture this process that takes place in autumn in a composition for piano in a dramatic style. The order that this composition follows is this: green-red-yellow-green. After all, new leaves will grow in the same colour in spring. 

It is therefore no coincidence that the first chord in this composition is an F. The chord F and the key F (with which the composition ends) always remind me of green, the colour of freshness and peace. The second most heard chord in the composition in F Lydian is Am. I associate this chord and the key with the colour red; mystery and darkness (winter), after all, the leaves will die. Although the colour red is not always associated with these emotions. 
In the meantime, the chord C major sometimes appears, which I connect in this composition to the colour yellow; hope and cheerfulness. Although F is really the most important chord, C major is also a resting point in the composition. 
Then the composition ends in F major, the key that the whole song longs for. Again, this evokes the color green, peace and freshness. The most important chords in the modulation are Am and Bb. The transition from minor to major gives (hopefully) the desired opening effect. 

"The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: 
But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. 
And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you." (1 Peter 1:24&25, HOLY BIBLE) 

Thanks for reading and enjoy listening. 
Levi de Wit 9/2024 ​