Performer: Sam S from Georgia, USA.
Piece: Francis Poulenc - Perpetual Motion #1
Comment Policy: General Comments only: Polite, supportive, suggestions for improvement.
Source of music: IMSLP
Instrument: Yamaha C3
Additional info: I have had some health problems recently (I broke my femur in a bicycle accident - I think that counts as a health problem!), so this piece is about the best I can manage right now. I was watching the Alfred Hitchcock movie "The Rope", and one of the characters (one of the murderers!), sat down at a piano and started playing this piece. A little internet detective work and I found it. The movie is very odd, with a unique filming technique, and an even odder plot, so well worth finding and watching.
I am under tempo, but the best I can do right now. It is not really perpetual motion, since it does have an ending, but the 2 measure LH repeats over and over. The RH is sometimes in g minor, sometimes in dorian mode, and sometimes uses the whole tone scale - so just as odd as everything else. But it all works! I have no idea why Hitchcock chose this music for his movie, but it does seem to fit.
Sam