David Lang's 'cage' was written in memory of John Cage, aiming to capture the mystery of Cage's often beguiling and mystifying scores.
Composition History
To¯ru Takemitsu's Les Yeux clos ii is a sequel to an Odilon Redon painting, with its titular closed eyes suggesting the expanse between dreaming and death.
Compositional Technique
Elliott Carter's Two Thoughts About the Piano, 'Intermittences' and 'Caténaires', act as inverses: one a study of silence, the other a continuous stream of sixteenth notes.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The pieces on this album all use images as a springboard or conjure striking worlds, and they also consider memory in all its difficult complexity.
Album & Artwork
The album's concept was inspired by Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, a piece that is a tribute and memorial to visual artist Viktor Hartmann.
Composer's Artistic Vision
David Lang's 'wed', written in memory of conceptual artist Kate Ericson, exists entirely in contradictions, appearing gentle yet having unbearably tense rhythms.
Composition History
A Walk (for Emilio) is a tribute to the performer's first serious piano teacher, Emilio del Rosario (Mr D), who passed away in 2010.
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