The polar drives to assimilate and to differentiate find expression in this morning’s musical selections. From the communal folk dances echoed in Mompou’s intimate Canciones y danzas in this morning’s Gathering Music, to the diverse polyphonic threads of a Bach fugue, and the symphonic richness of Mozart’s keyboard writing, some of the solo piano music evokes communal integration. On the other hand, the figure of the lone shepherd leading a flock sets the dichotomy into sharp relief in Debussy’s wistful “The Little Shepherd” and Ernesto Halffter’s saucy “Danza de la pastora.” Finally, the band is the ultimate musical representation of community, and no one wanted to be in the band as much as….Lucy from the 1950’s TV classic. Stay tuned for more details and read on for full program listings.
Gathering Music: Adam Kent, piano
Canciones y danzas Nos. 4, 5 and 9
Federico Mompou
Centering Music:
Fugue in A Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
J. S. bach
Opening Music:
Danza de la pastora
Ernesto Halffter
Musical Meditation:
“The Little Shepherd” from Children’s Corner
Claude Debussy
Interlude:
Piano Sonata in C Minor, K. 457
I. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Parting Music:
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