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Gerald Barry's The One-Armed Pianist in World Premiere with the Aurora Orchestra

Oct. 02, 2015

Gerald Barry's <em>The One-Armed Pianist</em> in World Premiere with the Aurora Orchestra

On October 3, Nicholas Collon led the Aurora Orchestra in the world premiere of Gerald Barry’s The One-Armed Pianist as part of an evening of six new works inspired by objects on display at the Science Museum in London. 

The One-Armed Pianist refers to an artificial wooden forearm in the museum’s collection of limbs, which fascinated Barry. The arm, with its shortened middle three fingers and elongated thumb and little finger, was crafted specifically for a pianist in 1906 to make it possible to cover an octave on the piano and was used in a performance at the Royal Albert Hall in the same year. NMC Records has also released an album of those works featured on the concert, titled Objects at an Exhibition.

Also this month, Barry sees the premieres of two chamber works: Midday for violin and piano on October 14 at The Forge in London with violinist Darragh Morgan and pianist Mary Dullea, and The Destruction of Sodom for eight horns and two wind machines on October 31 in Granada, Spain. On October 30, pianist Hugh Tinney performs Barry’s Piano Concerto with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christian Macelaru, in Dublin. 

For more information on Gerald Barry, visit schott-music.com. 

Gerald Barry
The One-Armed Pianist (2015)
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6’

Midday (2015)
for violin and piano
12' 

The Destruction of Sodom (2015)
for eight horns and two wind machines
9' 

Piano Concerto (2012)
for piano and orchestra
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22’

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