Runner-Runner
Nikk Pilato
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Program Note
Runner-Runner derives from a "bad beat" I received at a poker tournament in 2015, the night before I sat down to write the music. I was in fairly large pot with a set of fours, and was facing an "all-in" from my opponent. Calling, we turned over our cards, and I was happy that he only had a pair of threes. Everyone at the table could see that the only way my opponent could win the hand would be to hit a three on the turn, and another three on the river, an event known in the poker world as "runner-runner."
You can guess exactly what happened next.
And just like that, I was out of the tournament. The following morning, still a little ticked about the turn of events, I set out to write the fanfare that had been on my to-do list for a while, and the idea of 4s (sixteenth notes) against 3s (triplets of all forms) began to gnaw at me, hence the rhythmic "dissonance" to be found throughout much of the introduction.
You can guess exactly what happened next.
And just like that, I was out of the tournament. The following morning, still a little ticked about the turn of events, I set out to write the fanfare that had been on my to-do list for a while, and the idea of 4s (sixteenth notes) against 3s (triplets of all forms) began to gnaw at me, hence the rhythmic "dissonance" to be found throughout much of the introduction.