November by Piano in the Woods

n May 2013 a piano was left outdoors in private woodland near Canterbury, UK. Each month for a year the composer Sam Bailey played the piano, improvising in response to the instrument’s changing state.

In November 2013 Sam was joined by the poet Ben Hickman and members of Canterbury Scratch Orchestra, a group of student musicians at Canterbury Christ Church University. The performance took place at night in the rain and involved a harp, an orchestral gong (tam-tam) and a fire breathing clarinetist.

On C is an improvisation idea by the composer Matthew Brown (www.matthewbrowncomposer.co.uk).

Sam Bailey

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