The Pianophobia Thread
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:13 am
On the previous board, I introduced the Pianophobia concept as a counterbalance to much of the fine Pianophilia we are privileged to experience. I thought it would be instructive to look at the other end of the scale - which pieces would you have preferred the composer to have been maimed with a blunt instrument (not a piano) before he/she wrote the piece.
I didn't think I 'd be able to improve on the one I posted there, acquired from Rob, but available from the National Library of Australia. I have tried, and seriously failed, to appreciate the subtleties and harmonic nuances of the piece, and the technical demands as well. It obviously requires an Isokani or Iano to do it full justice, and so I'm posting it here is the hope these people and others can rise to the occasion where I have so ingloriously failed. But I think I may have come across something which will give this piece a run for its money. The mention of Bendix in another thread got me searching and I came up with this which is glorious example of structural prolixity garnished with an almost ergasiophobic harmony which, if played properly of course, can only assist in sending even the most insomniac person collapsing on their bed in sheer desperation.
I await reports of audience-delighting performances.
Regards
Fred
I didn't think I 'd be able to improve on the one I posted there, acquired from Rob, but available from the National Library of Australia. I have tried, and seriously failed, to appreciate the subtleties and harmonic nuances of the piece, and the technical demands as well. It obviously requires an Isokani or Iano to do it full justice, and so I'm posting it here is the hope these people and others can rise to the occasion where I have so ingloriously failed. But I think I may have come across something which will give this piece a run for its money. The mention of Bendix in another thread got me searching and I came up with this which is glorious example of structural prolixity garnished with an almost ergasiophobic harmony which, if played properly of course, can only assist in sending even the most insomniac person collapsing on their bed in sheer desperation.
I await reports of audience-delighting performances.
Regards
Fred