Piano Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass., 1840-60 (1915). Charles Ives /Danbury/

Today, Danbury, Connecticut celebrates their native son, Charles Ives. The festivities include tours of his birthplace, lectures, and a performance of the Concord Sonata by Timothy Andres. They will also dedicate the beginning of a hiking path named "Ives Trail."

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• Danbury News-Times article about the celebration.
• His technique was modernist, but his sensibility was Romantic. Peter Burkholder
• Are we in the middle of a Charles Ives revival? Christopher Hyde
• NewMusicBox article on teenager Timothy Andres.
• Ives is close to his heart; he grew up in a small town in Connecticut, not unlike Ives’s New England places, and many of his works begin with monumental, dissonant gestures modelled on the “Concord.” Alex Ross
• Page of MP3 excerpts of Andres playing the Concord Sonata.
• Andres bio indicating he was born in Palo Alto.
• The city was reportedly named after the Iron-Age hill fort Danebury in Hampshire, England. Wikipedia

Comments

[Olivia]

I've heard some of Andres' personal work before (he is a composer as well as a pianist) and he's actually quite fabulous. I think he might just be the next Charles Ives.