Push
John Fitz Rogers
About this work:
"My collaboration with John Fitz Rogers is a perfect example of the old adage 'be careful what you wish for...'. When John was first forming ideas about 'Push,' he asked if I had any general requests for the piece, and I foolishy asked him to make it fast and virtuosic, a request he obviously took as a challenge. When I received the first draft of this wonderfully aggressive assault, I was astonished by the sheer number of black dots. John confided that this was the most he ever had to work to compose five and a half minutes of music, to which I responded comfortingly that this was the most I ever had to work to play five and a half minutes of music."
--Michael Nicolella
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Year composed: 1997
Duration: 00:05:30
Ensemble type: Solo instrument, non-keyboard:Electric Guitar
Instrumentation: 1 Electric Guitar
Instrumentation notes: For electric guitar with distortion.