I started this about 10 years ago, and made sporadic attempts to continue it over the years, but could never really get beyond the first 30 seconds or so, until...

I decided to get into a Jacobean wrestling match with this last summer, intending to finish it no matter what (within reason, of course; I didn't want to end up with a dislocated hip, as Jacob did!), thinking there might be about a 3-minute piece here. Except that it was a fairly monumental wrestling match, lasting something like 5 months, during which lots of re-writes and edits took place. But I finally finished it, and it's about 9 minutes long.

A few features that may be of interest:

•There is almost constant 16th note motion from beginning to end;
•It is tonal, but has some pretty freaky modulations!
•The left hand often has to play in the middle of the right hand's notes; the hands are literally right on top of one another at times, requiring fairly gymnastic hand choreography on the part of the pianist;
•It is REALLY hard to play, despite the simple sounding opening;
•It is a kind of stylistic hodgepodge, evoking at various times minimalism, Haydn, Bach, Gershwin, Joplin (at the very end), and maybe others as well.
•It's a crazy piece. And,
•The pianist is my colleague and friend, Kristina Szutor, who is one of this country's finest.
•This is a live performance; one take, no edits.

Other submissions with Kristina Szutor as pianist:
Jennifer's Tune
Late Night Music
Last Dance