A short while ago I added a second piano part to Mozart's Rondo alla turca to give it a distinct 'samba' feel. Most young pianists have probably played Mozart's original piece, as well as C P E Bach's Solfeggietto, on which I've based this piece, again for two pianos. The first part is Bach's original, with just a little bit tacked on at the end. In writing a second piano part to accompany this, I had in mind a walking bass line, with a little piano jazz over the top.

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A short while ago I added a second piano part to Mozart's Rondo alla turca to give it a distinct 'samba' feel. Most young pianists have probably played Mozart's original piece, as well as C P E Bach's Solfeggietto, on which I've based this piece, again for two pianos. The first part is Bach's original, with just a little bit tacked on at the end. In writing a second piano part to accompany this, I had in mind a walking bass line, with a little piano jazz over the top.

However, the listener might notice that the second part is being played by father, Johann, who can't resist slipping in a couple of snatches from his own works along the way! As with the Mozart, purists may disregard the second piano, and just play the top part between the square brackets!

I'm delighted to be able to attach an MP3 file of the piece by Maja and Goran Brkovic, from Uzice, Serbia and Montenegro. Maja and Goran, (see photo) are both pianists and teachers, and have now become good friends through my association with teachers in Belgrade. The playing is simply stunning, and Maja and Goran will kindly be recording more of my piano duets, and works for two pianos.
Many thanks, Goran and Maja!

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An excellent arrangement
The original has been one of my favourite pieces of music to play at a blinding speed for a long time (I know, it ruins the piece but that doesn't make it any less fun) and to hear such a stunning arrangement for it was brilliant. This is definitely going to be bookmarked. However, I suspect that this piece may have been arranged before, albeit merely incorporated into an already good salsa song: 'Clasiqueando Con Ruben' by Afro-Cuban All Stars on their 'A Toda Cuba le Gusta' album. Listen out for the piano accompaniment on that and you'll find a striking resemblance.

Jack Milner

WOW!
This made me smile! ^_^ Being a pianist, I know how to play solfeggietto on the piano, but I would have never thought of incorporating jazz into the piece. That was awesome! I also thought I heard a little of the inspector gadget theme in there somewhere. lol.

Mary Goodwin

C.P.E. would have been impressed!
It takes a very adept composer to not only see the potential in working with a well known standard, but then to actually honor it in a novel way. C.P.E. Bach was a great experimentalist who, though he loved and preserved his father's music, had no problem incorporating new sounds in his own music. That makes this piece not only fun but fitting. In short, this is a brilliant bit of composing befitting a brilliant bit of composing.

Daniel Jencka

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