Music in the Mountains: Teaching Artist Concert Series
Adult Piano Seminar Faculty
Sunday, June 21, 3pm
Concert Hall
465 Longs Peak Rd. Estes Park CO
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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.