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Piano music by
John Pitts -
heard by
PATRIC STANDFORD

'The performances by Steven Kings are excellent ...'

John Pitts: 7 Airs and Fantasias and other piano music. Steven Kings, piano. © 2008 John Pitts

7 Aires & Fantasias are solo piano pieces written between 1992 and 2007 and are grouped together in pairs, without necessarily being thematically related, rather like Bach's Preludes and Fugues. They are intended to be played individually or in pairs, and have programmatic titles that will appeal to pianists that may grade themselves as between 6 and 8 in the examination stakes.

The subtitles give an indication of the moods: Gentle Interweaving and Clockwork 5/4; Sarabande and Wind Chimes; Cantabile Mist and All in a chord...

Copyright © 17 June 2010 Patric Standford,
Wakefield UK

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