Poverty

lt053_poverty_horvat

2006 – for solo piano – 6:00

Sheet Music

Score (pdf)

Performances

World Premiere:
August 13, 2007
Frank Horvat (piano)
Music Mondays
Toronto Canada

Performed as part of the 60+ city, solo piano concert tour of North America named, The Green Keys Tour.

Dozens more concerts across North America since 2010 supporting the album, A Little Dark Music including the Triple Threat Piano Recital.

Poverty Frank Horvat Buy on iTunes 05:36

Recording

Album: A Little Dark Music
Buy Song: iTunes or CDBaby
Date: January 2010
Location: CBC Studios Toronto
Musicians: Frank Horvat (piano & synthesizer)
Engineer: Dennis Patterson

Programme Notes

Every THREE seconds a child dies of poverty on this planet. Each musical bar in this piece takes three seconds to perform. Please visit www.makepovertyhistory.ca.

– Frank Horvat

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