Professional pianist, Jill Morton, performs Minstrels (from Préludes
book 1) from Group B of the Trinity College London Press, Grade 8 Piano Syllabus 2021-2023
This piece is also on the 2018-2020 Trinity College Piano Grade 8 Syllabus.
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"** Through the inclusion of the pieces from the 2018–2020 syllabus, the Grade 8 piece Prelude no. 12 (‘Minstrels’) by Debussy is again available for candidates to play in exams during 2021–2023. Debussy’s music is infused with influences from musical cultures across the world. At the time this piece was written, a popular form of European entertainment was that of the minstrel show, which often involved white performers with blackened faces. Rather than a musical style or genre, the minstrel shows were often based upon a characterisation of black musicians and the music they played — one that is unacceptable by today’s standards. Debussy is thought to have encountered such performances in Europe in the early 1900s; he composed Prelude no. 12 (‘Minstrels’) shortly afterwards, in 1909–1910. Rather than removing this piece from our syllabus this year, we decided to take this opportunity to highlight the problematic contexts in which some established works in the classical music canon were created"
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Scottish pianist, Jill Morton, enjoys a highly successful career as soloist, chamber musician and teacher. Her performances have taken her throughout Britain and across Europe and she has been heard on BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night is Music Night as soloist with the BBC Concert Orchestra.
Jill has given masterclasses at universities and specialist music schools throughout Britain and she is becoming recognised as a competition adjudicator. Jill also teaches at the Perse School in Cambridge.
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Recorded on a 1922 Steinway with Rode NT5 microphones
