March of the New Philistines (2010)
for solo piano
For the Schumann bicentenary
Published in:
- Collected Shorter Piano Pieces Vol 2 (2015) – Bardic Edition BDE 954
Programme note
March of the New Philistines, marking Schumann’s bicentenary, invokes the same kind of philistines who caused him so much irritation in the 19th century. Sadly these unmusical, ignorant bureau/technocrats are now a feature of 21st century musical and concert life.