| …An exciting seven-minute Toccata that bounds along, now sinister, now brilliant, in relentless triple meter. | ||
| — American Record Guide |
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| …An exciting seven-minute Toccata that bounds along, now sinister, now brilliant, in relentless triple meter. | ||
| — American Record Guide |
Click the quotation text to discover what it refers to!
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John Mitchell’s newest piece, To Wheelbarrow Town, is an evocative impression of place for Grade 6-level piano solo, and was written in part to mark the 80th birthday in August 2021 of John’s long-time friend, Frank Bayford.
In terms of musical content, John writes: “Have you ever noticed how a certain area or view can have that special personal appeal that can’t quite be readily accounted for in words? Such is a place for myself, just a few miles from where I live in East Kent, where a quiet country lane approaches Wheelbarrow Town. The name itself is rather spurious in that the latter is actually a small hamlet, located just south of the village of Stelling Minnis. How it got its curious name seems to be somewhat shrouded in mystery; all that appears to be known about it is that in the eighteenth century a remote Baptist settlement was established there, and in the nearby burial ground there can still be seen three well preserved tombstones from that period. I like to think the piano piece I have written contains something of the magical and mystical nature that the location holds for myself, an aspect that is well captured in Richard Hallas’ wonderfully imaginative artwork on the cover.”
As a special bonus, John has made his own recording of the piece especially for the Fand website:
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