the dancer leads the procession

[nigelkeay]

I present a video of my work the dancer leads the procession for piano recorded last week in Paris during a session to make an audio recording of it. Played by Jennifer Lee, a Korean-born NZ pianist based in London;

[Neil McGowan]

This appears to be a very faithful performance of the piece, and the pianist's observance of the dynamic markings is very welcome - particularly compared to the last pianist we heard playing your music, who smashed through it with a sledgehammer.

[nigelkeay]

Thanks Neil. I find this a beautifully fluid interpretation of the piece that leaves me feeling completely satisfied, and good about how the piece was written in terms of its logic and coherence. I'm delighted to have made contact with Jennifer Lee recently and look forward to collaborating further.

[Neil McGowan]

She appears to be a technically-assured performer, with no technical hangups which prevent her from performing your music in an engaging way :)

[nigelkeay]

I agree Neil. I've been working on the edited audio-only version and have come up with this; http://www.nigelkeay.com/audio/dancer/dancer-2015-03-05.wav

[nigelkeay]

Here's a video of the piece played in a concert in April;

[nigelkeay]

I hope you don't mind me posting yet another version of this piece, taken from a concert on the 7th December 2015. In any case I'm finding the evolution of the interpretation interesting;