Track 21 from Saydisc "Percussion Around the World" - notes from Maureen Hanke.
'Papalotl', by Javier Alvarez, was composed between 1984 and 1992. It features the piano.
From the old upright in the garage at home to the smartest grand piano on the concert platform, the piano is a universal instrument.
However not many will have the opportunity to hear it played in the same way as Philip Mead in this piece.
The piano is played to sound its most percussive and uses the strings as well as the keys.
The title means 'butterfly' and to capture the fleeting spirit and beauty of the butterfly the composer has mixed fast rhythmic patterns played on the piano with similar patterns sampled and sequenced and played electronically.
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