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Bill Irwin’s “Marionette”

July 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments

The Regard of Flight was a bit short, so we rounded out the evening with some of Bill’s shorter pieces, under the title of The Clown Bagatelles. The last of these was a dance piece called “The Marionette.” I played this piece hundreds of times, and always approached the final cadence with relief: we made […]

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Buenas Noches, Little Roaches

June 14th, 2011 · 6 Comments

I’ve often performed this song on the ukulele. I recorded it with an obbligato for baritone uke; in performance, David Gold has joined me on viola. Here’s how it begins:

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