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*DANCES FOR TWO PIANOS (2-stave version - separate parts 1 & 2) op.217 (March 1976)
A concert suite in 9 movements
Published by: Highbridge Music LtdCommissioned by: Janet Canetty-Clarke on behalf of The Ditchling Choral Society
Instrumentation: 2 pnos
[Key to Abbreviations]
Duration: 13 mins
First Performance: Wayne Marshall and Howard Blake at the King's Lynn Festival 1995
Sheet Music Available
Instrumental / piano score for saleRecordings Available
1. Twelve Piano Pieces and Dances for Two Pianos, WML 2001 Watermill Records, Howard Blake and Janet Canetty-Clarke 1976
2. (excerpt) MCD 65 Masters, Pickwick:Nettle and Markham play Slow Ragtime and Folk Ballad
3. Recorded as one of the works on the album 'WALKING IN THE AIR - THE MUSIC OF HOWARD BLAKE' performed by VLADIMIR and VOVA ASHKENAZY and released on March 3rd 2014 on Decca Classics 478 6300 www.deccaclassics.com www,vladimirashkenazy.com
Movements
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1:
Parade
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2:
Slow Ragtime
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3:
Jump
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4:
Medium Rock
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5:
Folk Ballad
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6:
Boogie
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7:
Slow Waltz
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8:
Cha-cha
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9:
Galop
Notes
Composed for inclusion in an all Howard Blake concert by The Ditchling Choral Society September 1976
Performances
| 3rd March 2014 | Vladimir Ashkenazy and Vovka Ashkenazy, DECCA RELEASE MARCH 3RD 2014
In 2011 Howard wrote the test-piece for The Hong Kong International Piano Competition which he attended. The President of the jury was Vladimir Ashkenazy who liked the work (Speech after long silence) and expressed his desire to record an album of Howard's piano music. This took place between March and July 2013. The repertoire includes two works for two pianos in which he is joined by his son Vovka and concert performances of these works were given in Lugano for RSI on 9th March 2013 just prior to the recordings. The completed 80-minute album also presents a wide selection of Howard Blake's solo pieces for piano performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy himself. The completed album will be released by Decca on March 3rd 2014. The title track of the album is a solo piano version of 'Walking in the air' of which a single for download was issued as a pre-release for download on December 2nd 2013. |
| 9th March 2013 | Daniel Dodds, Antonio Lysy, Vovka Ashkenazy, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano (Radio Suizera Italiano in collaboration with Primo Piano) 20.30
The Piano Trio number 2 featured in this concert in Lugano alongside Shostakovich's Trio opus 67 and a two-piano arrangement of Moussorgsky's 'Una notte sul Monte Calvo' made by Vovka Ashkenazy |
| 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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