Monday, January 31, 2005

Marathon Man

Marathon Man

Shouts and Props to Tim Buie. According to news reports he has raised the bar for all of us:

"After playing the piano for 54 continuous hours, Buie made his mark in history Saturday night, breaking the world record."

Read about it here:

http://www.wect.com/Global/story.asp?S=2877480&nav=2gQcVmO6

Sunday, January 30, 2005

New Beethoven Work Discovered!

New Beethoven Work Discovered!

Just when you thought it had all been found and played:

http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=25065

"The Adagio of a previously unknown piano concerto by Beethoven, discovered at the British Museum, will get its world premiere on February 1 in Rotterdam, one of the organisers of the concert said Thursday"


According to a report from Reuters: "This is the first time it will be played. It's got the same mood as the well-known third piano concerto," the orchestra's conductor Conrad van Alphen said on Friday. The 8-minute piece is based on incomplete piano music and notes on musical accompaniment written by the German composer the year the French Revolution broke out.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=musicNews&storyID=2005-01-28T190838Z_01_N28160318_RTRIDST_0_MUSIC-LEISURE-BEETHOVEN-DC.XML