Composer Philip Glass returned to composition for chamber ensemble after several years of work for films ballet opera and solo instruments. Four Movements For Two Pianos was commissioned by hislong-time advocate the conductor and pianist Dennis Russell Davies and pianist Maki Namakawa and after the success of this piece at the Ruhr Piano Festival the pair decided to continue performing as a duo. The piece can belocated more at the classical end of Glass’ compositional spectrum retaining all the propulsive rhythms arpeggiation and repetitiveness that are the hallmarks of the composer’s work. American composerPhilip Glass is widely known as one of the most celebrated influential and prolific of the modern composers. He is frequently referred to as a minimalist though he prefers to call himself a composer of ‘music withrepetitive structures.’ His operas among them the renowned Einstein On The Beach are performed across the globe and he has created work for small and large ensembles film and experimental theatre and founded his ownperforming group The Philip Glass Ensemble.

Par QUEEN. Phillip Keveren, artiste claviériste et compositeur aux multiples talents, a réalisé des ?uvres originales dans une grande variété de genres, du piano solo à l'orchestre symphonique. Ses arrangements habiles de chansons pop, d'airs religieux, de morceaux de Broadway et de films, ainsi que de standards de la musique classique et du jazz, ont fait le bonheur de millions d'élèves et de professeurs de piano. En plus des centaines de recueils qu'il a publiés dans sa collection Philip Keveren, il a maintenant adapté en duos pour piano 8 superbes chansons de l'un des plus grands groupes du monde ! Ces arrangements conviennent aux musiciens de niveau intermédiaire à avancé. / Date parution : 2023-03-20/ Recueil / Piano 4 Mains

This thoroughly entertaining set of arrangements from Mike Cornick is a must have for piano duettists. Perfect as encore items as the title suggests these pieces could of course be suitably placed anywhere in the concert programme. John Philip Sousa's The Liberty Bell will be happily recognised as the Monty Python theme music by many members of the audience and Abe Holzman's Blaze Away will set everyone's feet tapping. The rousing traditional Hebrew song Hava Nagila and the popular Billy Boy will have the audience's full attention as will the Radetzky March which is now a traditional encore for the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra's New Year's Day concerts. The CDincludes the complete performance of each duet and if a duet partner is unavailable - or for simply rehearsing separately recorded primo and secondo tracks are provided. Suitable for intermediate-level players and beyond.

Using rich traditional harmonies this duet is for one piano four hands. Dynamic expressive yet pianistic this piece is recommended for the teenager or adult because of the abundant use of octaves hroughout.