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P for Page Turner

Radio 3's Piano A to Z by BBC

Oct 10, 20127:34Music

It should be simple. All you have to do is turn a page of a score while the pianist’s hands are otherwise engaged. But page turning is fraught with difficulties, for both pianist and turner. What if you’re turning pages...

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P for Page Turner is an episode from Radio 3's Piano A to Z by BBC. It should be simple. All you have to do is turn a page of a score while the pianist’s hands are otherwise engaged. But page turning is fraught with difficulties, for both p...

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Published Oct 10, 2012, 7:34 long, audio available.

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What is P for Page Turner about?

It should be simple. All you have to do is turn a page of a score while the pianist’s hands are otherwise engaged. But page turning is fraught with difficulties, for both pianist and turner. What if you’re turning pages and a bee flies into your shirt and stings you? What if you’re playing and every time you need the page turned, the heaving embonpoint of your turner obscures your view of the music? Top of the list of Thankless Tasks, the essential but stressful job of page turning is only successful if it passes unnoticed. Find out what makes an accomplished page turner; being one of the world’s foremost pianists is not necessarily a qualification. Featuring Pierre Laurent Aimard, Iain Burnside, Ivan Ilic and Alice Farnham.

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P for Page Turner is an episode from Radio 3's Piano A to Z by BBC.

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Published Oct 10, 2012 and 7:34 long