Circus Galop
Circus Galop is a four and a half minute piece for player piano that was composed by Marc-André Hamelin between 1991 and 1994 .
course
The piece is entitled Molto vivace (Very Lively) and maintains a tempo of 180 bpm throughout its course . It follows a rondo shape .
Circus Galop begins with a repetitive fanfare on the note C. The introduction is followed by the ritornello in F major with a cheerful character. This merges into a longer B-part, the melody of which is mainly in the lower register and which is characterized by complex syncopation and time changes. After the ritornello returns, a trill remains in the lower register, which leads to a low-pitched, polyphonic middle section in F sharp minor , which in places requires twelve systems in the score. After this part the dynamics are turned up again and the ritornello appears a third time, this time accompanied by glissandi across the entire keyboard, and ends with a general pause. This is followed by a coda with ostinato accompaniment, which gets louder and louder until the ostinato suddenly disappears and the piece ends with a fully composed catastrophe.
Distribution and playing technique
Hamelin did not conceive the piece for people, so it cannot be played with two hands. The most popular version of the Synthesia program has become on YouTube . However, there is now a six-handed version on YouTube, albeit not in the original tempo. The piece was also arranged for two pianos.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pianist Hamelin breathes new life into "dead" composers , Reuters, November 14, 2013
- ↑ Cho Kwang-Ho: Hamelin -Circus Galop (6 hands). September 14, 2014, accessed March 10, 2016 .
- ↑ hesangasong: Circus Galop for Piano Duet. July 28, 2013, accessed March 10, 2016 .