{"id":1593,"date":"2010-07-16T20:20:36","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T19:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=1593"},"modified":"2011-10-18T11:24:52","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T10:24:52","slug":"varese-for-eight-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2010\/07\/16\/varese-for-eight-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Varese for eight hands"},"content":{"rendered":"

WXQR<\/a>,\u00a0New York’s\u00a0classical radio station, is currently streaming a concert performance of Var\u00e8se’s remarkable Am\u00e9riques<\/em>\u00a0 for eight hands on two pianos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Piano\"
All keyed up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Originally scored for large orchestra, including an eleven-player percussion section which uses sirens, it’s a vibrant and often alarming tone-poem depcting the city of New York itself.<\/p>\n

Hearing it in Var\u00e8se’s own two-piano transcription, which was not discovered until recently, offers a remarkable perspective on an already notorious work.<\/p>\n

Hear it for yourself.<\/a><\/p>\n