Michael Arnowitt at the Unitarian Church of Montpelier: From East to West

130 Main Street,Montpelier VT 05602

26 May, 2023

Description

Pianist, composer, and event organizer Michael Arnowitt is one of the most creative musicians of today. His imaginative musical landscapes, extraordinary sense of touch at the piano, and warm onstage personality have delighted audiences in concert halls around the world. He lives in the USA and Canada and has given piano performances in France, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Russia, and Korea. His life and music is the subject of a documentary film, “Beyond 88 Keys” (2004). The documentary, filmed in both the USA and Europe, contains footage of concert performances, educational talks, and interviews. The film has been broadcast on public television and shown at a variety of film festivals and venues including the Rode Pomp, an arts center in Gent, Belgium and the Anthology, a theater in New York City’s East Village. Once international touring resumes, he will be performing an 8 concert tour of China with the guitarist Steve Blair where the duo will perform in Beijing and other Chinese cities. The program will include the following selections: Peter Feuchtwanger - Study no. 4 in an Eastern Idiom - Tariqa 1 (1982) W.A. Mozart - Rondo alla turca (Turkish march), from Sonata no. 11 in A major, K. 331 (1778) Claude Debussy - Pagodes, from Estampes (1903) Alexander Scriabin - Sonata no. 9 “Messe noire” (Black Mass), op. 68 (1912-1913) Toru Takemitsu - Rain Tree Sketch (1982) Gustav Mahler - Der Einsame im Herbst, from Das Lied von der Erde (1908-1909) (The Lonely One in Autumn, from The Song of the Earth), transcribed for piano by Michael Arnowitt Fazil Say - Black Earth (1997) Excerpt from the Chinese opera “Red Lake,” transcribed for piano Nikolai Kapustin - 3 selected jazz-influenced classical pieces From 24 Preludes in Jazz Style, op. 53 (1989): Prelude no. 13 in G-flat major (Allegretto) Prelude no. 3 in G major (Larghetto) Scherzo from Sonata for Piano no. 2, op. 54 (1989)