Thursday, November 10, 2011

November Listening

At the behest of Dr. Kreiling, I have decided to present Samuel Barber's Excursions, Op. 20 for solo piano.  A piece that I am only vaguely familiar with.  The piece is in four movements inspired by:

1. Boogie woogie
2. Blues
3. Streets of Loredo
4. A barn dance

Good information can actually be found on wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excursions_%28Barber%29

And YouTube has Horowitz playing three of the movements:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L2Cn8ZFFzI

Enjoy - I will

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