Paul Barnes, piano: Lied Live Online
Free (Free)
Cornhusker Digital Byzantine Choir
April Barnes, piano
Philip Glass, arr. Paul Barnes – Piano Quintet "Annunciation"
David von Kampen – Trisagion (world premiere)
Ivan Moody – Spring! (world premiere)
Ron Warren and Victoria Bond – TBA
Gabriel Fauré, arr. Paul Barnes – Pavane
Additional works TBA
Pianist and University of Nebraska–Lincoln professor Paul Barnes will present a unique interactive program on Friday April 24th at 5:30pm Pacific (7:30pm Central). This event to benefit the Lied Center for Performing Arts will be livestreamed from the Lied Center Facebook page and website. Barnes will present no less than three world-premiere performances during this live event. The first will be Barnes’ own piano transcription of Philip Glass’s "Annunciation" Piano Quintet which Barnes premiered with the Chiara Quartet on April 17, 2018 at the Lied Center. The second world premiere will be Trisagion by UNL composer David von Kampen commissioned by the Nebraska Music Teachers Association and the Music Teachers National Association Composer Commissioning Program. The work combines two Greek Orthodox chants ingeniously combined with counterpoint and jazz inspired harmony. The final world premiere will be by long-time collaborator Ivan Moody, Orthodox priest and composer who studied with the late Sir John Taverner. Moody’s new work which Barnes’ received just days ago is titled Spring! and is a direct result of the coronavirus lockdown where Moody wrote several short piano works for his pianist friends worldwide. Barnes will also perform chant-inspired works by Native flutist Ron Warren and Victoria Bond. This event will also mark the premiere performance of the Cornhusker Digital Byzantine Choir which will be assisting Barnes in the performance of all the chant incorporated in the piano works. Barnes will also perform Faure’s beautiful Pavanne in a duet version with his wife April Barnes.
Interspersed throughout the program will be audience selected “greatest hits” from Barnes’ 25-year collaboration with Philip Glass. From Barnes’ first transcription "Dance" from Akhnaten to Orphee and the Princess, audience members around the world will select their favorite works from the program list which Barnes will then incorporate into the program on the spot!
Please join us for this unique and meaningful musical event to benefit our Lied Center!
The livestream will take place at 7:30pm Central / 5:30pm Pacific.
Watch the livestream here:
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Website: http://www.liedcenter.org/
Link to donate: https://tickets.liedcenter.org/donate/i/18
Note: Livestream concerts are subject to change without notice. If a livestream doesn't take place, we hope you'll visit the performers' website to explore their recorded performances, or discover another group to listen to online!