Before I revisit my response to the Carter Piano and Violin Concertos, I feel the need to calibrate my general reaction to concertos. So, I've been listening to various works -- a couple of Haydn violin concertos, Ellen Taafe Zwilich's Piano Concerto, some random Vivaldi, and just now, Peter Lieberson's Piano Concerto. After listening to Lieberson's, I'll admit that during the second movement my attention wandered to my software configuration management crisis du jour. But the orchestra in the third movement was sufficiently colorful and fresh that I realize I want to go back and pay closer attention to Peter Serkin's playing to get the full experience.
2 posts categorized "lieberson, peter :: piano concerto"
May 24, 2006
March 05, 2006
Piano Concerto (1983). Peter Lieberson /aws: part 1 of 8/
I was in Berkeley today for the Alarm Will Sound Plays John Adams concert.
No trip to Berkeley is complete without visits to Amoeba, Cody's, and Moe's. At Amoeba, I actually had time to fish through the (dwindling) bargain bins on the floor and came up with Peter Lieberson performed by Peter Serkin, American music for the theatre from the Utah Symphony, Tchaikovsky Discovers America ("A Tale of Courage and Adventure." ???), and from the used bins, the Duke Quartet playing Barber/Dvorak/Glass and the California Symphony (with Al Jarreau ???) playing Lou Harrison. Finally, I found a new Chas Smith CD, descent.
At Cody's, I bought the new Wire magazine that has a stern-looking Phill Niblock on the cover. I also found Alberto Manguel's A Reading Diary. This is yet another book where the author takes a year to write about the books he/she is reading. I don't know why exactly but I enjoy reading about someone else's reading (e.g. this novelist/soccer geek). Manguel has also written a history of reading -- is there an equivalent for listening?
The consumer in me was satiated by the time I got to Moe's Books.
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