Amusing and slightly poignant play about an adult re-starting piano lessons after a professional career. Maureen Lipman and Julian Rhind Tutt are the pupil and pianist.
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My life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson) -
Produced and directed by Marion Nancarrow
Shame there wasn't any of the other Nancarrow
but worth a listen
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..I noticed that! I'm a great fan of Nancarrow's wonderful piano rolls.Comment
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Have heard the MDG recordings using a Bösendorfer, plus a Fischer grand for the 2 piano works:Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
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...and this?
...just love the way the treble starts fast and gets slower, the bass doing the opposite.
Then there's this.....
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and this surely owes much to Nancarrow's genius ?Originally posted by ardcarp View Post...and this?
...just love the way the treble starts fast and gets slower, the bass doing the opposite.
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It probably does Gongers. No idea what it is...but it's harmonically far less interesting than Conlon N. b.1912Originally posted by MrGongGong View PostComment
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Indeed it isOriginally posted by ardcarp View Post
There is a whole genre of "Black Midi" which stems from Nancarrow
this is another one
Part of the idea is to try and crash the programme by overloading it with too many notesComment
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I read the Thread title and wondered if budget cuts had reached the Advent service.
(And I even heard the play yesterday! )
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