Friday
November 17, 2006
7:00 p.m.
David Greer Concert Hall
Bloomingdale School of Music
323 West 108th Street
New York, NY 10025
(212) 663–6021
1 train (map) to 110th street and Broadway, walk
south for two blocks to 108th street, make a right towards Riverside Drive, the
school is half way between Broadway and Riverside Drive.
Nearby buses (map), M104, M4, M116, M60, M5. Other MTA
maps available from their website. |
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American Masterworks:
Two Virtuoso Pianists/Composers
Description:
This series will focus on two major works by two important
American composers who are also virtuoso pianists; David Del
Tredici and Frederic Rzewski. Each of these composers has written
a large scale work for piano that has an American theme and
that exploits the technical boundaries of the instrument.
In 2004 David Del Tredici wrote Gotham
Glory which is
a piece about New York City. Each of the four movements depicts
a certain aspect of the city; the West Village, the museums,
the lost Trade Center Towers and finally to the Wollman Skating
Rink in Central Park.
Frederic Rzewski's work Four North American
Ballads is
based on various protest songs from the early twentieth - century.
Like the Del Tredici piece, the ballads are highly virtuosic
and tell a story about hope and struggle.
The Del Tredici work will be preceded by a short lecture/demonstration
on the history of depicting locations in music and of the virtuoso
pianist/composer.
The Rzewski work will be preceded by a short lecture/demonstration
on the history of labor and protest music.
The goal in this series is to bring the community closer to
such monumental works of our period and to come to a deeper
understanding of the process that goes into the creation of
such works.
Program:
Henry Cowell
The Tides of Manaunaun
Geolian Harp
Swaying
Exultation
David Del Tredici
"Gotham Glory" (Four Scenes of New York City)
1. West Village Morning
2. Museum Piece
3. Missing Towers
4. Wollman Rink
Performers:
Marc
Peloquin,
piano |
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