London Sinfonietta Perform Conlon Nancarrow

By Arthur Keegan-Bole, 24 April 2012

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Reviewed at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 21 April 2012

Nancarrow, Player Piano Study no. 21 (Canon X)

Nancarrow, Piece no.2 for small orchestra

Nancarrow, Player Piano Study no. 6 (arr. Mikhashoff)

Cage, Five

Nancarrow, Player Piano Study no. 5 (arr. Mikhashoff)

Nancarrow, Player Piano Study no. 26 (arr. Rogers)

Tenney, Spectral Canon for Conlon Nancarrow

Nancarrow, Toccata for violin and player piano

Nancarrow, Piece no.1 for small orchestra

Nancarrow, Piece for Tape (arr. Murcott)

Ligeti, Continuum for Harpsichord

Nancarrow, Player Piano Study no. 49a

Nancarrow, Player Piano Study no. 49a (arr. John Ashton Thomas)

Nancarrow, Player Piano Study no. 49b (arr. John Ashton Thomas)

Nancarrow, Player Piano Study no. 49c (arr. John Ashton Thomas)

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Arthur Keegan-Bole

Arthur is a composer currently focusing on opera. His desire to promote contemporary music led him to set up and co-edit The Octogenarian, a light-hearted classical music review pamphlet distributed in Bristol and to curate the annual CMV series of concerts.