NEC Piano Department: Ives 150 (Ives Extended)
NEC's Piano Department marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Charles Ives with two programs of his works for piano.
This evening's program, “Ives Extended,” includes The Celestial Railroad, the Set of Five Take-Offs, works by Carl Ruggles, Lou Harrison and Henry Cowell, and rarely heard music for two pianos in quarter-tones by Ives, David Fulmer, and Georg Haas.
This is an in-person event with a public live stream: https://necmusic.edu/live
Alvin Lucier (arr. Stephen Drury) | Music for Piano with Magnetic Strings
Artists- Hidemi Akaiwa and Stephen Drury, pianos
Carl Ruggles | Evocations, Four Chants for Piano
Largo
Andante con fantasia
Moderato appassionato
Adagio sostenutoArtists- Hang Zhong, piano
Charles Ives | The Celestial Railroad (c. 1922–25)
Artists- August Baik, piano
Lou Harrison | Suite for Piano (1943)
Prelude
Aria
Conductus
Interlude
RondoArtists- Yali Levy Schwartz, piano
Charles Ives | Set of Five Take-Offs (c. 1909)
The Seen and Unseen?
Rough and Ready et al
Song Without (Good) Words
Scene Episode
Bad Resolutions and Good WanArtists- Daniel Chen Wang, piano
Henry Cowell | The Tides of Manaunaun (1917)
Artists- Jessica Yuma, piano
Henry Cowell | The Lilt of the Reel (1925)
Artists- Jessica Yuma, piano
INTERMISSION
Henry Cowell | Aeolian Harp (1923)
Artists- Jing Pauline Pu, piano
Henry Cowell | The Banshee (1925)
Artists- Pin-Chieh Jewel Chen, piano
Georg Friedrich Haas | Hommage à Steve Reich, from Trois Hommages
Artists- Kyuree Kim, piano
David Fulmer | Only in darkness is thy shadow clear (2017)
Commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center and Callithumpian Consort, made possible with funding from Jeffrey Duryea
Artists- Joseph Vasconi and Kexin Tian, pianos
Charles Ives | Three Quarter-Tone Pieces
Largo
Allegro
ChoraleArtists- Shu Wen Tay and Benjamin Rossen, pianos