Music in the Mountains: Adult Piano Seminar June

Adult Piano Seminar Faculty
Sunday, June 21, 3pm
Concert Hall
465 Longs Peak Rd. Estes Park CO

La colombe (The Dove)                                 Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

La poule (The Hen)                                        Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

L'Alouette (The Lark)                                    Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
arr. Balakirev

The White Peacock                                         Charles Griffes (1884-1920)

Le cygne (The Swan)                                      Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
arr. Godowsky

Michael Lenahan, piano

Waltz in A-flat major op 42                         Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Nocturne in C minor op 48 no. 1

Fantasie in F minor op 49

Larry Graham, piano

"The Untellable Hour of Quiet"                    Zosha Di Castri (b. 1985)

Prélude, Choral et Fugue                               César Franck (1822-1890)

Michael Sheppard, piano

Notes on Michael Sheppard's program: This program brings together two works separated by more than a century, yet united by a profound sense of searching, resonance, and transformation. Zosha Di Castri’s The Untellable Hour of Quiet explores a fragmented and unstable sonic landscape in which echoes, interruptions, and suspended gestures emerge and dissolve with haunting unpredictability. In contrast — yet also in spiritual continuity — César Franck’s monumental Prélude, Choral et Fugue gathers lyricism, architecture, and transcendence into one of the great visionary statements of the Romantic piano repertoire. Together, the two works create a journey from fracture toward illumination.