Five Walks in the Limousin Woods (2014–2015)
Five Easy Pieces for Piano Duet (easy second part)
1. Scared Horse Walk (2'15")
2. Early Morning Walk (1'45")
3. A Walk by the Gartempe (Canon) (2'00")
4. Gentle Stroll (2'30")
5. Three Collies Walk 1'30")
Dedicated to Fiona Campbell, Chris Smith and their beloved dog Bhindi
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Score BDE 1208
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Duration: c. 10 minutes
Première
First performance: Friday 21 July 2017; Le Genesteix, France; Coila-Leah Enderstein and Michael Blake piano four hands
Programme note
This second set of easy piano duets was inspired by afternoon walks I took each day during a month-long stay in the French village of Balledent in the summer of 2013. The title makes reference to Umberto Eco’s Norton Lectures Six Walks in the Fictional Woods; the subtitle once again acknowledges Stravinsky - his Five Easy Pieces for piano duet, and complements my earlier set From the Stoep – Three Easy Pieces for piano duet [BDE 1201]. Perhaps inadvertently though, I swapped the status of the easy parts around.
The first performance was given by Coila-Leah Enderstein (primo) and Michael Blake (secondo) on 21 July 2017 at Stephen Pettitt’s ‘Soirees Musicales au Genesteix’ in Azat le Riz, in the French Limousin.
Five Easy Pieces for Piano Duet (easy second part)
1. Scared Horse Walk (2'15")
2. Early Morning Walk (1'45")
3. A Walk by the Gartempe (Canon) (2'00")
4. Gentle Stroll (2'30")
5. Three Collies Walk 1'30")
Dedicated to Fiona Campbell, Chris Smith and their beloved dog Bhindi
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Score BDE 1208
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Duration: c. 10 minutes
Première
First performance: Friday 21 July 2017; Le Genesteix, France; Coila-Leah Enderstein and Michael Blake piano four hands
Programme note
This second set of easy piano duets was inspired by afternoon walks I took each day during a month-long stay in the French village of Balledent in the summer of 2013. The title makes reference to Umberto Eco’s Norton Lectures Six Walks in the Fictional Woods; the subtitle once again acknowledges Stravinsky - his Five Easy Pieces for piano duet, and complements my earlier set From the Stoep – Three Easy Pieces for piano duet [BDE 1201]. Perhaps inadvertently though, I swapped the status of the easy parts around.
The first performance was given by Coila-Leah Enderstein (primo) and Michael Blake (secondo) on 21 July 2017 at Stephen Pettitt’s ‘Soirees Musicales au Genesteix’ in Azat le Riz, in the French Limousin.
