Product Description
The piano piece Bad Hombres
Jumping Over my Wall While Yelling '¡Arriba!, ¡Arriba!' was composed in
Bremen, Germany, in August 2018, for the project 45miniatures by pianist Nick Phillips. The overall character of
this piece responds vaguely to Nicholas Phillips' suggestion: playful/childish
outbursts, in the form of "heckler chords" or "bad hombre-like
non-chord tones". The title depicts a
surrealistic, clownesque, ridiculous situation; a dream for some and a
nightmare for others.
For those totally unaware: the expression "Bad Hombres" was used by president Donald Trump during the third 2016 United States Presidential Debate. While answering a question about his immigration policy, Donald Trump stated that there were a lot of drug lords in the United States and that they needed to be removed. He concluded his comment by saying "we have some bad hombres here and we have to get them out." (thus implying that the responsible of US' drug problems are Latinos)
Character and moods: happy, merry, mysterious.
About
the performance
All the piece consists of mini clusters (two minor seconds). The
notation can be sometimes obscure (due to the many unavoidable accidentals). To
facilitate the reading (deciphering) of the score, the easiest is to follow the
highest note of each cluster: they usually form a simple chord. For instance,
bar 17 is (melodically speaking) a F7 chord. Got it?
L = Left Hand
R = Right Hand
The verbal comments along the music are not meant to be actually
read aloud, but "alla mente" (like in some Satie's music). However,
if you want to recite them at concert, go ahead.
Juan María Solare (http://www.JuanMariaSolare.com)
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