DANCES FOR TWO PIANOS op.217 (March 1976) Listen to this Work

A concert suite in 9 movements

Instrumentation: 2 pnos
[Key to Abbreviations]
Duration: 13 mins
First Performance: Howard Blake and Janet Canetty-Clarke, Norman Hay Hall , Haywards Heath, September 1976.

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Instrumental / piano score for sale

Recordings Available

Twelve Piano Pieces and Dances for Two Pianos, WML 2001 Watermill Records, Howard Blake and Janet Canetty-Clarke

MCD 65 Masters, Pickwick:Nettle and Markham play Slow Ragtime and Folk Ballad

Movements

1: Parade
2: Slow Ragtime
3: Jump
4: Medium Rock
5: Folk Ballad
6: Boogie
7: Slow Waltz
8: Cha-cha
9: Galop

Notes

Composed for inclusion in an all Howard Blake concert by The Ditchling Choral Society September 1976

Performances

12th April 2007	William Chen and Laura MacDonald, Shanghai Conservatory Concert Hall
July 1995	Wayne Marshall and Howard Blake, King's Lynn Festival
9th March 1978	Howard Blake / Janet Cannetty-Clarke, BBC Radio Brighton

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