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Pianist Carolyn Enger

Thursday, November 6, 2014, at 7:00pm

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Pianist Carolyn Enger will perform selections from her New York Times critically acclaimed "Best in Classical Recordings for 2013" CD, Ned Rorem: Piano Album I, 'Six Friends.'

Also, pieces by Karol Szymanowski, Estonian composer Arvo Part, and American Sean Hickey.

Program details coming soon!

Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times included Ms. Enger's Ned Rorem: Piano Album I, 'Six Friends' as part of the "Best in Classical Recordings for 2013" selection: 

"Among the 90th-birthday tributes this year to the essential American composer Ned Rorem, this recording especially stands out. The fine pianist Carolyn Enger plays Mr. Rorem's complete Piano Album I, published in 2003, a collection of tender yet pungent miniatures written for friends, intimates and personal occasions from 1978 to 2001."

PROGRAM

Karol Szymanowski
Prelude Op. 1, No. 1 in B minor
Prelude Op. 1, No. 3 in D flat major

Arvo Part
Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka 
Fur Alina
Fur Anna Maria
Passacaglia fur Violine und Klavier
Spiegel im Spiegel fur Violine und Klavier
Fratres fur Violine und Klavier
Mozart-Adagio fur Violine, Violoncello und Klavier 

Intermission
Sean Hickey
The Birds of Barclay Street 
Reckoning
 
Ned Rorem
Barcarolle No. 1 
Pieces from "Piano Album l"
Six Friends
Barcarolle No. 2


About the Artist

Lauded for her sensitive, nuanced playing, American pianist Carolyn Enger is a musician who consistently entrances her audiences. Anthony Tommasini – Chief Music Critic of The New York Times wrote "This year the classical music critics of The New York Times had plenty of options when selecting their favorite recordings of 2013….Among the 90th Birthday tributes this year to the essential American composer Ned Rorem, this recording especially stands out. The fine pianist Carolyn Enger plays Mr. Rorem's complete Piano Album l, a collection of tender yet pungent miniatures written for friends, intimates and personal occasions from 1978-2001."

In the New York area she has delivered her distinctly personal concerts at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center's Bruno Walter Auditorium, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Spectrum and the Tenri Cultural Center.

For an extended bio, please click here to visit Ms. Enger's website. 

You can purchase Ms. Enger's CD here

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