[Tania León]
Symphony Space
Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano
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Sat, Apr 21 at 7:30
pm Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space$45; Members $38; Under 30 $15 |
*New York Premiere*
Everyone
has a favorite Sondheim song... including other composers! As part of
de Mare's inspired Liaisons Project, 17 of today's leading jazz,
classical, music theater, pop, and film composers - including Steve
Reich, Ricky Ian Gordon, Gabriel Kahane, Daniel Bernard Roumain
(DBR), and Fred Hersch - have come together to re-imagine their
favorite Sondheim songs as solo piano works in their own distinct
styles. For this evening of New York premieres, the great musical
theater genius himself also takes the stage, interviewed by Mark Eden
Horowitz, author of the acclaimed
Sondheim on Music.
"De Mare's playing was
superb throughout, a combination of lyrical reflection and
extroverted pyrotechnics. It will be great to see how the rest of the
project takes shape." -The
San Francisco Chronicle
On the program... [Excerpts]
Tania León: "going...gone" based on "Good Thing Going" from Merrily We Roll Along
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR): "Another Hundred People" from Company
[The
website of the Afro-Cuban composer and conductor Tania Justina León
(b. 1943) is http://www.tanialeon.com/;
she is also profiled at AfriClassical.com]
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