Mannes Sounds Piano Cantabile: From Our Own
Ernst C. Stiefel Concert Hall at Arnhold Hall

Curated by Vladimir Valjarevic

The Piano Cantabile Series is part of the Mannes Sounds Festival which was founded in 1999 by Pavlina Dokovska, chair of the Mannes Piano department. The festival presents more than 20 concerts annually performed by young artists from Mannes, the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music and the School of Drama as well as master classes and lectures by distinguished faculty members and renowned guest artists and is one of the outstanding components of Mannes’ performance program. The events are held at various prestigious New York City concert venues and cultural institutions.

PROGRAM

H. Cowell: Aeolian Harp and Tides of Manaunaun

B. Martinu: Puppets, Book 3
I. Pierrot’s Serenade
II. The Sentimental Puppet’s Waltz
III. Columbine
IV. Puppet Ball

J. Cage: In a Landscape

G. Rochberg: Nach Bach

A Bu: Fantasie “Sleeping in a Dream”, op.7

L. Liebermann: Presto from Gargoyles

M. Mazzoli: The Heartbreaker

A. Copland: Four Piano Blues
I. Freely Poetic
II. Soft and Languid
III. Muted and Sensuous
IV. With Bounce

L. Al Ahmad: Snakes and Crossing over Fire
E. Bloch: Poems of the Sea
I. Waves
II. Chanty
III. At Sea

Presented by the College of Performing Arts at The New School.