Persistence of Motion

Evening Music | May 6, 2010
We hear Peter Askim's orchestral work "Moving, Still," which explores the nature of stillness though the ever-moving medium of music. Also, piano works by Franz Liszt and Isaac Albeniz, plus some quirky and exotic offerings from multi-media composers Robert Een and Meredith Monk.

Also Featured Tonight:

William Grant Still / The Breath of a Rose
Wayne Peterson / Sextet (1982)
Robert Schumann / Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 63
Paul Moravec / Cool Fire
Henry Cowell / Sonata for Violin and Piano
Aaron Jay Kernis / "Still Movement with Hymn"

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