In this exciting new collaboration, respected pianists Ian MUNRO AND
YING HO PERFORM A PROGRAM OF WORKS WRITTEN FOR FOUR HANDS PLAYING ONE
PIANO. The concept of this concert, titled From the East, is based on
the idea of musical “souvenirs” from foreign land. The notion of
the exotic. Eastern influences permeate throughout the chosen works.
Dvorák’s ever popular Slavonic Dances are paired with Brahms’
Souvenir de la Russie, a series of fantasies on Russian folk tunes and
gypsy melodies. Schumann’s Pictures from the East was inspired by
Arabic poetry, the maqāmāt by Al-Hariri of Basra. Barber’s
Souvenirs is a suite of six dance movements, inspired by the music he
heard from around 1915 to 1920 when he and his mother would visit the
Palm Court of the Plaza Hotel in New York.
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