Claude Baker: Piano Concerto "From Noon to Starry Night" & Aus Schwanengesang (Live)

Featuring

Gilbert Varga
Marc-André Hamelin
Juanjo Mena
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Claude Baker

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Composition History

Claude Baker's 'Aus Schwanengesang' was composed as a memorial to Peter Worsley, a former president of the board of trustees for the North Carolina Symphony.

Recording & Production

This album features the world premiere recording of Claude Baker's Piano Concerto 'From Noon to Starry Night', with Marc-André Hamelin as soloist.

Composition History

Claude Baker's Piano Concerto 'From Noon to Starry Night' was commissioned to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Indiana University Department of Music.

Composer's Artistic Vision

For 'Aus Schwanengesang', Claude Baker used the Heine Lieder from Franz Schubert's 'Schwanengesang' as a point of departure, inspired by their themes of the sea and lost love.

Compositional Technique

In 'Aus Schwanengesang', Claude Baker reinterprets Schubert's Heine Lieder, recasting them without voice and expanding them with new material, while adhering to Heine's original poem order.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The Piano Concerto 'From Noon to Starry Night' provides musical commentary on five poems by Walt Whitman, mirroring their formal structures and amplifying their meanings.

Compositional Technique

The concerto 'From Noon to Starry Night' incorporates allusions and quotations from well-known compositions with extra-musical narratives that echo Whitman's verses.