Concert with Michael Brown
The program reveals parallels and lines that connect the individual works: All of the works relate in different ways to the forms of fugues and variations, all of the composers are or were pianists, and the music is well-crafted and accurate to the strengths of the piano. Mendelssohn's Preludes and Fugues are innovative and imaginative in their masterful use of counterpoint and harmony. Beethoven's Eroica Variations pay homage to the past while hinting at Beethoven's late style of daring transitions and passionate fervor. Leonard Bernstein dedicated Touches to his "first love, the piano." The work - a theme with variations - was commissioned by the Van Cliburn Competition. Michael Brown wrote Constellations for pianist Orion Weiss, referring in the title to the constellation Orion. Contemplating the starry night sky is the starting point for the music in this work.
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