Friday
April 13, 2007
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:
Frederic Rzewski
Four North American Ballads
1. Dreadful Memories
2. Which Side Are You On?
3. Down by the Riverside
4. Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
Performers:
Marc
Peloquin,
piano |
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