Groupmuse: Music of Birds by Swanson & Daquin, and Music by Haydn, Chopin, & Medtner [LIVE]
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Jean-Philippe Rameau — La Poule
Howard Swanson — The Cuckoo
Franz Joseph Haydn — Keyboard Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI:23
Frédéric Chopin — Nocturne in E-flat major Op. 55 No. 2
Nikolai Medtner — "I. Sonata reminiscenza" from Forgotten Melodies I, Op. 38
Ryan Bridge, piano
Louis-Claude Daquin – Le Coucou
Jean-Philippe Rameau – La Poule
Howard Swanson – The Cuckoo
Franz Joseph Haydn – Piano Sonata in F major, Hob.XVI:23
Frédéric Chopin– Nocturne in E-flat major Op. 55 No. 2
Nikolai Medtner – "I. Sonata reminiscenza" from Forgotten Melodies I, Op. 38
Note from the Host: "Please join us for an evening of solo piano music, first featuring several characteristic renditions of birds and their song, which has served as a perennial inspiration to composers throughout the centuries; not just those on this program, but Amy Beach, Rachmaninoff, and of course Olivier Messiaen, among others.
"The second half of the program takes a different, more nostalgic mood. Chopin's Nocturne, op. 55 no. 2 is not the most archetypal representation of "żal," that untranslatable Polish word that could best be descriped as "longing" or "grief," often used to describe Chopin's music, but that feeling can definitely be felt beneath the "laissez faire" aloofness at the surface of this music.
Medtner, that "famously unfamous" composer, mostly of works for piano, remained in Russia long after the Russian Revolution, and that's where he wrote one of his more frequently played works, the "Sonata Reminiscenza" of 1919. This sprawling, one-movement work, depicts melodies reminiscent of folk tunes, juxtaposed with moments of expressivity and capriciousness."
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About Groupmuse
Groupmuse is a worker- and musician-owned cooperative seeking to uplift artists and strengthen broader community bonds through live, intimate performances of historically-rooted music.
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