FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) - Satiericon

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FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) - Satiericonis a musical composition byJuan María Solare,scored forpianofour hands and written in Worpswede and Lilienthal (Germany) in April 2002. The piece is dedicated toJorge Pítari.It is 13 minutes long.

Structure

The work has nine pieces with these single titles (originally in English):

1. Why
2. What
3. Where
4. When
5. Which
6. Who
7. The unaskable question
8. How
9. Why again

• There is an allusion toCharles Ives' piece,The Unanswered Question.
• The last piece,Why againis arguablya transformed reprise of the first piece,Why.

Performances

Single pieces have been performed first. For instance, "How" was first performed on 28 March 2004 byAnastasio RaffaeleandElena di Stefaniat the Auditorium Marianum inPerugia,Italy (concert of the winners of the XVI piano competition piccole mani of theAssociazione Musicale Frescobaldi).

The whole cycle was first performed by Ulrike Dehning and Juan María Solare at the Community Hall (Gemeindehaus) of the churchZionskircheinWorpswede(Germany) on 10 June 2007 (cycle Orgelmusik nr. 116).

Argentine Premiere: Gonzalo Casares-Mariano De Filippis, 1 November 2008, Buenos Aires (Facultad de Derecho of the University of Buenos Aires - UBA)

Japanese Premiere:Yumiko MeguriandYuji Takahashi,2 November 2013 at the Salon Tessera, Sangenjaya, Tokyo, Japan.

Musical style

As the subtitle "Satiericon" shows, this cycle of pieces is related to Dadaist composerErik Satie.