XI.
Intro I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. next
Visit your local café.
1. Comb your hair.
2. Read the newspaper.
3. Yawn.
NOTE: The omission of ‘Variation VIII’ in my 2015 performance was, of course, not the result of a single factor (the ‘chain problem’), but of a network of factors both internal and external to my own interpretation. For one, the piece was programmed in a tightly scheduled concert with other pieces, and I had to reduce the number of variations to the minimum. I also wished to focus on the sonic aspect of the piece more than I had in previous performances, so ‘VIII’ seemed superfluous.