[silence] James Tenney performing Sonata & Interludes

[John Kennedy]

Josh,

Jim did the complete Sonatas and Interludes I believe a few times  
during this period – I saw the performance in Santa Fe in February,  
2003. I recall almost all of it being memorized and him turning or  
laying out pages only for some of them. Maybe someone else has a more  
clear memory or knowledge. It's nice to see some of it preserved on  
the web.  - John Kennedy




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Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:44:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Josh Ronsen <joshronsen@yahoo.com>
Subject: [silence] James Tenney performing Sonata & Interludes
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUoiPBD8EK4

Tenney plays the first 2 Sonatas (I think) in this video from 2002.

Is he playing it from memory? I see a piece of paper inside the piano,
but he doesn't seem to look at it too often. Oh, from the opening shot,
it is the closed score. It is a beautiful piece and somewhat melodic
(therefore easier to memorize), but I am astounded that anyone can play
it from memory -- I assume this is part of a complete performance.

-Josh Ronsen
in Austin, Texas
http://ronsen.org/cagelinks.html
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