Nancarrow: Tempo Canons

Impossible Brilliance: An Ambitious Celebration of Conlon Nancarrow

Arthur Keegan-Bole, 21st April

This weekend saw the Southbank Centre embark on an ambitious festival programme of rarely performed composer Conlon Nancarrow. One of the main reasons Nancarrow’s music is rarely performed is that the vast majority of what he wrote was for the archaic player piano.

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Nancarrow, Conlon (1912-1997)	Player Piano Study no. 13
Nancarrow, Conlon (1912-1997)	Player Piano Study no. 14
Nancarrow, Conlon (1912-1997)	Player Piano Study no. 15
Nancarrow, Conlon (1912-1997)	Player Piano Study no. 16
Nancarrow, Conlon (1912-1997)	Player Piano Study no. 17
Nancarrow, Conlon (1912-1997)	Player Piano Study no. 18
Nancarrow, Conlon (1912-1997)	Player Piano Study no. 19
Nancarrow, Conlon (1912-1997)	Player Piano Study no. 24
Nancarrow, Conlon (1912-1997)	Player Piano Study no. 31
Nancarrow, Conlon (1912-1997)	Player Piano Study no. 34

Rex Lawson	Pianola
Wolfgang Heisig	Pianola