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Offline gracehaven

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Similar to Bolcom's "Serpent's Kiss"?
on: October 20, 2009, 07:28:58 PM
One of my student's is looking for something unconventional to play at our spring recital.  He is 17 and loves a challenge.  William Bolcom's "Serpent's Kiss" is my first idea, with the knocks and taps on the piano, whistling at the end...


But I am open to pieces that do crazy things: use your whole hand to play, use your forearm, use your butt, gliss with your foot,... and, of course, still sound amazing coming from the piano and a graduating high school senior young man. 

He will also be playing Bach or Beethoven, and possibly Chopin or maybe something he's composed himself, so he is looking for extreme fun in the piece we're looking for.  Suggestions?

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Re: Similar to Bolcom's "Serpent's Kiss"?
Reply #1 on: October 21, 2009, 01:47:31 AM
Look into Rzewski's works. Many of them are freely available for perusal at the Werner Icking archive.

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Re: Similar to Bolcom's "Serpent's Kiss"?
Reply #2 on: October 21, 2009, 07:24:18 AM
Yeh, that Cotton Mill Blues thingy is rather groovy.

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Offline gracehaven

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Re: Similar to Bolcom's "Serpent's Kiss"?
Reply #3 on: October 24, 2009, 08:30:23 AM
Do you know if Cotton Mill Blues is written for duet only?  Or is it also available as a solo? 
That Archive resource is a gem!  Thank you!

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Re: Similar to Bolcom's "Serpent's Kiss"?
Reply #4 on: October 24, 2009, 10:04:52 PM
Do you know if Cotton Mill Blues is written for duet only?  Or is it also available as a solo? 
That Archive resource is a gem!  Thank you!

It was originally a solo piece, but it was arranged for 2 pianos later on.
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