Wayward Music Series: Post Avant Garde feat. Peter Nelson-King
$5-$15 donation
Robert Beaser — Landscape with Bells
Fulvio Caldini — Notturno – Sequenza de Fayyum
David Chaitkin — Impromptu
Edmund Rubbra — Invention on the Name of Haydn
Peter Sculthorpe — Mountains
John Tavener — In Memory of Two Cats
Augusta Read Thomas — Whites
Charles Wuorinen — Bagatelle
Peter Nelson-King, piano
Robert Beaser – Landscape with Bells
George Benjamin – Meditation on Haydn's Name
Fulvio Caldini – Notturno (Sequenza de Fayyum)
David Chaitkin – Impromptu
Edmund Rubbra – Invention on the Name of Haydn
Peter Sculthorpe – Mountains
John Tavener – In Memory of Two Cats
Augusta Read Thomas – Whites
Charles Wuorinen – Bagatelle
Multi-instrumentalist and modern music rabble-rouser Peter Nelson-King presents an eclectic program of individualist piano music from the 1980's. The international cadre of composers presented wrote these works in a time of unprecedented pluralism and freedom in classical music, and whether they were beginning their careers or nearing the end each work speaks from a personal and vital musical language.
Peter Nelson-King is the founder of Cursive, a modern chamber ensemble specializing in performing hidden gems of 20th- and 21st-century classical music with a modular ensemble. A King County native, he got degrees at University of Puget Sound and Boston University before returning to the Seattle area to perform in a variety of groups and capacities. He is a trumpet player, pianist, vocalist and composer, and is a regular member of Brass Band Northwest, the Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra, the Ensign Symphony, and the Paper Puppet Opera.
About Peter Nelson-King
Peter Nelson-King is an active performer and teacher on trumpet and piano, and plays regularly with multiple orchestras and large ensembles in the Seattle area. A King County native, they earned degrees from University of Puget Sound and Boston University, returning to the Seattle area after freelancing in the Northeast. They are a longtime member of Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra and Brass Band Northwest, and a frequent recurring member of the experimental jazz group Scrambler. As a solo and chamber performer, they specialize in promoting works by composers who have unjustly fallen into neglect, and have revived major works by dozens of these composers for Seattle audiences.
https://www.facebook.com/peternkmusician/About Wayward Music Series
Each month, Nonsequitur and a community of like-minded organizations and artists present 10 concerts of adventurous and experimental music in the gorgeous Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center: contemporary/post-classical composition, free improvisation and the outer limits of jazz, electronic/electroacoustic music, new instruments, phonography, sound art, and other innovative musics.
https://www.waywardmusic.org/