piano | Joseph Sowa

Nana’s Waltz / Konstantin Soukhovetski

Konstantin Soukhovetski, piano

“Beauty Is Not Caused” / Liz Pearse & Stacey Barelos

Liz Pearse, voice, and Stacey Barelos, piano, perform “Beauty is Not Caused,” runner up in the 2018 Noah Mathew Siegel Prize

“Granite and Sage” / Jeralee Johnson & Keith Kirkoff

Jeralee Johnson, English horn, and Keith Kirkoff, piano World premiere performance of a work commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition along with a national consortium of English horn players.

night flocks of angels trumpet

Ashley Kunz Sorensen, violin Rebecca Combs, piano Program Kreisler — Schön Rosmarin Mozart — Sonata in E-flat major for Piano and Violin, K. 302 Sowa — night flocks of angels trumpet Kreisler — Sicilienne and Rigaudon Beethoven — Violin Sonata no. 5, “Spring” Brahms — Sonatensatz (Scherzo)

Double Refraction by a Uniaxial Crystal

New work for cello and piano. Geoffrey Burleson, piano, and David Russell, cello.

night flocks of angels trumpet

Daniel Stepner, violin with Donald Berman, piano. Also performing works by Schubert, Spalding, Ives, and Berger. Tickets are $20; $15 for Brandeis community and seniors; $5 for students. Purchase tickets through Brandeis Tickets at the Shapiro Campus Center, 781-736-3400.

On Debussy and how some contrasts have more than meet the ear

8 September 201419 July 2015

Last week we looked at “Brouillards” from Debussy’s second book of Preludes. In this performance by Krystian Zimerman, you can hear Debussy’s interesting use of juxtaposition, which is the subject of this post . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhdXnMHqsEU

Behold the Wounds in Jesus’ Hands

Provo YSA 292nd Ward Choir, Joseph Sowa, cond.

My Favorite Piano Concerti

1 August 201218 June 2015

. . . prompted by discovering I had a recording of Schumann’s Piano Concerto, op. 54, on my computer. In chronological order.

Book of Imaginary Beings

I received word just yesterday that my proposal to write a piece for Eric Hansen, Skyler Murray, and Scott Holden—all fabulous musicians—was accepted by the Barlow Endowment, who awarded me a grant to write a 15–20 minute piece for bass, saxophone, and piano. Seeing how the endowment has given grants to a couple dozen Pulitzer […]