a little mozart, a lot of webber (audio track from CD)

In 1994 Reddy recorded his first solo piano album, reddy, steady, go! subtitled ‘the ill-tempered keyboard’ with Jannie du Toit’s JNS Musiek, in Johannesburg. Reddy recorded four long tracks, each involving original composition, arrangement and improvisation and the music executed with pianistic virtuosity. Track 1 is homage to bach, track 2 from bach to the beatles, track 3 a little mozart a lot of webber and track 4 suite freedom. Reddy recorded the music directly in one take, and hence left no notated scores, although it may be possible to transcribe his recording in the future.

Track 3, a little mozart, a lot of webber, begins with a few snippets from Mozart’s works such as the slow movement of Piano Concerto No. 21 and the opening of Symphony No. 41, before Reddy hurls into a selection of themes from musicals by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which occupy most of the track, as the title implies.

Duration: 8’03”