First Glass
Tim Page suggested I play some music by Philip Glass. It was a solo piano arrangement of part of the opera Satyagraha — Gandhi’s final, Act 3 aria. Tim wanted this music for a solo piano CD we were...
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notes on my program at the Gilmore Festival last week The piano has always been a virtual instrument. “Virtual” in the sense that for a phrase the keyboardist could sing, or dance, or speak — by turns,...
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There I was in the green room, about to play at the Gilmore Festival. Included on the program was Chopin’s Polonaise-fantaisie — music I’ve performed, coveted, engaged with, grappled with for 30 years....
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