[BROADCAST] Great Performers in Recital at Tanglewood: Conrad Tao performs Lara, Crawford Seeger, Tao, Beethoven, & Lang (through 8/22/2020)
$12 / $100
Conrad Tao, piano
Felipe Lara – Injust Intonations (#BlackLivesMatter)
Ruth Crawford Seeger – Study in Mixed Accents (ossia II)
Conrad Tao – All I had forgotten or tried to
Tania León – Ritual
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2 "The Tempest"
Ruth Crawford Seeger – Study in Mixed Accents (ossia I)
David Lang – wed
American pianist Conrad Tao made his Tanglewood debut as soloist in Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G in August 2019. Known as a composer as well as a pianist, Tao shows the breadth of his musical interests in this recital of music at the center of which is Beethoven’s towering Tempest Sonata, which exploits the full range and power of the piano. The shorter 20th- and 21st-century works flanking the sonata include two studies by the important American composer Ruth Crawford Seeger; Cuban-born composer Tania León’s Ritual, Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lang’s introspective wed, and Conrad Tao’s own contemplative All I had forgotten or tried to. Opening the program is a 2017 piece commissioned by Tao from Brazilian composer Felipe Lara, Injust Intonations, a response to the Black Lives Matter movement.
SPECIAL POST-CONCERT EVENT!
There will be special post-concert Q&A with the artist on August 15 only, available exclusively to patrons purchasing this individual event (or the Great Performers Series). A private link will be emailed to these ticket buyers shortly before the concert begins. Please be sure to purchase your ticket to the concert by 7:30pm Eastern / 4:30pm Pacific in order to receive your private link to the Q&A event.
Available August 15, 2020 at 8pm Eastern / 5pm Pacific, through August 22.
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