I am going to catch flack for this rendition but let me 'splain. When I was 16 and had been playing for only two years, I was asked to play this piece for a wedding. I didn't have time to learn it as my reading skills were poor and it was over 16 pages long. I reduced it to a lead sheet and faked it. I call it my "Widor's 4.5." I've been playing off the same lead sheet ever since and because I only do this piece for postludes and recessionals, I never took the time to look again at the real music. Every time I play this piece, people get up and walk out. Hey, where's everybody going?
Musician Malcolm Kogut has been tickling the ivories since he was 14 and won the NPM DMMD Musician of the Year award in 99. He has CDs along with many published books. Malcolm played in the pit for many Broadway touring shows. When away from the keyboard, he loves exploring the nooks, crannies and arresting beauty of the Adirondack Mountains, battling gravity on the ski slopes and roller coasters.
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Saturday, September 28, 2013
Toccata from Widor's Fifth Symphony
I am going to catch flack for this rendition but let me 'splain. When I was 16 and had been playing for only two years, I was asked to play this piece for a wedding. I didn't have time to learn it as my reading skills were poor and it was over 16 pages long. I reduced it to a lead sheet and faked it. I call it my "Widor's 4.5." I've been playing off the same lead sheet ever since and because I only do this piece for postludes and recessionals, I never took the time to look again at the real music. Every time I play this piece, people get up and walk out. Hey, where's everybody going?
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