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Explorer Goes East

piano duet

ABOUT

Explorer Goes East is a set of four piano duets inspired by China, Mongolia, Cambodia and Indonesia. Each duet is a blend of eastern and western musical elements:

  1. Kangding Love Song
  2. Kampuchea Song
  3. Gamelan
  4. Mongolian Horsemen

This is the second book by Wendy Hiscocks in her popular and critically-acclaimed Explorer series for adventurous pianists.

Having grown up in Australia, it is only natural that Asia should be part of my consciousness. This has been reinforced over many years by friends and colleagues I have met from this part of the world.
Wendy Hiscocks

INSTRUMENTATION
piano duet – four hands

DURATION
9:30

1. Kangding Love Song 2:20
2. Gamelan 2:40
3. Kampuchea Song 1:50
4. Mongolian Horsemen 1:30

DATE OF COMPOSITION
2023

PERFORMANCES
World Premiere 2023 by piano duettists Nigel Clayton & Imma Setiadi in the fourth recital of a piano festival hosted by the Pelita Harapan University (UPH), Tangerang, Indonesia.

UK Premiere May 11 2024 with Wendy Hiscocks & Roy Howat at Wolfson College Oxford.

View excerpt: Gamelan
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