Mirabella : a tarantella / Stephen Montague (3:00) -- Eleanor Rigby / John Lennon and Paul McCartney ; arr. by Toby Twining (2:23) -- Satie blues / Toby Twining (6:03) -- Three landscapes for Peter Wyer / Jed Distler (5:42) -- Modern love waltz / Philip Glass ; transc. Margaret Leng Tan (3:25) -- Miracle ear / David Lang (3:55) -- Nightmare rag / Toby Twining (3:51) -- East broadway / Julia Wolfe (3:30) -- Sonata in C-sharp minor op. 27, no. 2 : Moonlight. Adagio sostenuto / Beethoven ; transc. by Margaret Leng Tan (4:37) -- Sweet Chinoiserie. Not with my chopsticks you don't! ; Silent as swans ; The mark of a hero / Guy Klucevsek (7:15) -- Star-spangled etude #3 : "Furling Banner" / Raphael Mostel (1:15) -- Gymnopédie : no. 3 / Erik Satie ; transc. Margaret Leng Tan (2:31).
"All works are world premiere recordings except tracks 2, 9, and 12 which are world premiere toy piano recordings." The 1st and 4th works, for toy piano; 2nd work arranged for toy piano by Toby Twining; the 3rd and 7th, arranged for toy piano and piano by the composer; the 5th, transc. for 2 toy pianos by Margaret Leng Tan; the 6th, for toy piano and 3 metal cans; the 8th, for toy piano and toy boombox; the 9th transc. for 2 toys pianos by Margaret Leng Tan; the 10th, arranged for 2 toy pianos, toy accordion, melodica, toy drums and rattles, glasses, soya sauce dishes and cat food cans by the composer; the 11th, for toy piano, toy siren, police whistle and cap guns; and the 12th, transc. for toy piano and piano by Margaret Leng Tan.
Participant/Performer Note
Margaret Leng Tan, toy piano, piano, toy accordion, melodica, percussion, whistles and cap guns.
Data/Place of Event
Recorded 1996 October and December American Academy & Institute of Arts & Letters and Brielle studios, New York City.
