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Guest artist Paul Barnes, piano: "Philip Glass Retrospective"

Paul Barnes, piano
November 2, 2016
All Day
Weigel Auditorium

Pianist Paul Barnes has collaborated with composer Philip Glass for over 20 years. His Philip Glass Retrospective, in celebration of this collaboration and Glass’ 80th birthday, features his own transcriptions of the composer’s famed theater works in addition to Piano Concerto No. 2 (After Lewis and Clark), which Barnes commissioned and premiered.

Barnes will perform his arrangements of several movements from Glass' Trilogy Sonata (1998) and from Orphée Suite for Piano (2000), as well as several of Glass' new Etudes featured on Barnes’ latest CD, New Generations.

Praised by the New York Times for his “Lisztian thunder and deft fluidity,” and the San Francisco Chronicle as “ferociously virtuosic,” Paul Barnes has electrified audiences with his intensely expressive playing and cutting-edge programming. He has been featured on APM’s Performance Today, on the cover of Clavier Magazine, and his recordings are broadcast worldwide. He has performed throughout the United States and internationally.

Barnes’ twelfth CD, New Generations: The New Etudes of Philip Glass and Music of the Next Generation has received rave reviews. Gramophone Magazine wrote, “Pianists of Barnes’ great technique and musicality are a boon to new music.” American Record Guide commented, “This disc provides further proof of Barnes’ ability to communicate new music with flair and passion.” Produced by Orange Mountain Music, the recording features a selection of Glass’ etudes juxtaposed with works by N. Lincoln Hanks, Lucas Floyd, Jason Bahr, Zack Stanton, Ivan Moody and Jonah Gallagher. The sonic result is a breathtaking panorama of the energetic and expressive landscape that is twenty-first century piano music. Barnes has performed the recital version of New Generations in Vienna, Seoul, Rome, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, with upcoming performances at the New England Conservatory, Boston University, University of Iowa and the Music Teachers National Association Convention in Glass’ hometown of Baltimore.

In celebration of his collaboration with Philip Glass, Barnes has commissioned the composer to write his first piano quintet to be premiered with the Chiara Quartet on April 17, 2018 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln. Entitled Piano Quintet No. 1 Evangelismos (Annunciation), the quintet will be based on Greek Orthodox hymns for the Annunciation of the Theotokos. Barnes’ recordings are available on Pandora, iTunes, Apple Music, YouTube, and Amazon.

This event is free and open to the public. No ticket required.
 

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