Cornelius Cardew -- Piece for Guitar (for Stella)

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8 жыл бұрын

Cornelius Cardew's "Piece for Guitar (for Stella)", composed in 1961 and performed here by Alan Thomas. Like Stockhausen's Piano Piece XI, the score consists of a number of fragments that the player assembles in performance (given the instruction "Play with these pieces. Over & Over. Change anything. Add & Take away.").
It's a rarely-performed piece, offered here for the enjoyment of anyone who might be interested in this little corner of classical guitar history!
Oct. 2019--An update since a few people have asked me about the score: it is available from www.dannydarkrecords.co.uk/pub...

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@fzanon 6 жыл бұрын

I just love the way you soften the overall effect by playing on the tonal implications of selected fragments. One could hardly tell the fragmented aspect of the piece if one didn't have the score. You sort of "composed" it. Congratulations!

@AlanThomasGuitar 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Fabio, many thanks for your kind comment! That means a lot coming from you (I'm a fan!). Yes, as you said I basically used the score as a sort of compositional toolkit to plan out my version. It was a long time ago, but I seem to remember greatly enjoying the experience. Anyway, thanks again for taking the time to comment. All best, Alan

@CatalogueVillalobos 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful and intriguing piece... Congrats!

@AlanThomasGuitar 6 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for your kind comment, Carlos--I appreciate it! All best, Alan

@OndrejVeselyguitarist 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent interpretation and valuable selection of a piece of music. Bravo and thank you!

@AlanThomasGuitar 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your nice comment--glad you like it! Cheers, Alan

@CliffordMartinOnline 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely performance!

@AlanThomasGuitar 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@mrowsan 10 ай бұрын

Just now reading your thoughts on this piece in Tilbury’s biography of Cardew. Thank you for these astute observations and your very beautiful performance.

@AlanThomasGuitar 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@JuanDale 3 жыл бұрын

If I didn't know any better, I'd think this was a long lost Takemitsu work for guitar. Great interpretation! Thank you!

@AlanThomasGuitar 3 жыл бұрын

I never thought of that before, but I totally see what you mean about the Takemitsu connection! Thanks for the kind comment! Cheers, Alan

@abr1748 6 жыл бұрын

Were can I get the score?

@AlanThomasGuitar 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Amilcar, The image in the video is the score! I think I may have found it at the British Music Information Centre many years ago, and I'm not sure if it's published. Maybe you can grab it off the video? Hope that helps! Alan