As a sight-reading session was about to begin, I said I'd like to hear Tom Brier sight-read one of the rags composed by Larisa Migachyov, who was present in the room. Larisa's folio was brought out, turned to "Gitche Gumee Rag" and away he played while Andrew Barrett turned the pages.
The piano is fitted with a PianoDisc system, and the performance was being recorded on it. The system supports only on/off sustain pedal, which tends to make a mess of playback, as any amount of pedal pressure gets translated on playback as fully on, thus Tom plays without pedal here to ensure a decent playback.
After he finishes, we got to hear the instant playback of his performance on the piano. Only a couple times did a note-off event not record, so the playback came out pretty good. Without Tom's hands in the way, you can better see how he plays rolled tenths and added fifths in the bass lines.
Compare his playing with the composer's own performance here: • Larisa Migachyov plays...
and you'll see how he also adds a lot of harmony in the right hand, and uses octaves frequently.
Larisa's sheet music can be purchased from her web site, www.larisamigac...
She can be found on RU-vid as "larisa0001".
5 сен 2024
