Author: donald
Date: 2015-10-06 00:56
Sorry at the delay responding- I had to consult Andrew Uren, my original source for the "5 octave range" claim, and he is very busy at the moment playing a show so has been hard to get in contact with. I just talked with him on the phone while he ate breakfast, and he confirmed the 5 octave range (up to what I'd call "super-super-high C") is not mythical.
"Off the top of his head" he could name two pieces- Chimera by Enrique Raxash (sp?) (Spanish composer living in the Netherlands) was composed in 1973 erquires 5 octaves.
Monologue by Isang Yun, composed in 1983, goes up to a high F (a 4th above our usual "altissimo C", or my "super high C") and he thinks higher ("I haven't played that piece in nearly 20 years so can't be sure exactly").
These are just two examples however, the first two that came to mind- there are many others in the contemporary repertoire.
Pretty high, but apparently "not as difficult as you'd think".
dn
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