August 9th, 2007
Rzewski: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (Roger Wright)
A mesmerizing work by American composer Frederic Rzewski beautifully performed by pianist Roger Wright. Alden Ashforth told me once that Rzewsk had the first score of Webern before anyone else did in the US. This would be the early 50s. Randall Thompson would have nothing to do with it, nor Walter Piston. Harrumph.
August 9th, 2007 at 11:28 am
That is great, I thought a heard Monk for a moment?
August 9th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
Great fun—and I think worth the retuning that the instrument almost certainly required afterwards.
Sure got my boogie woogie-ing—or is it the other way ’round?