Illuminated Forms
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Illuminated Forms

Doves Landing

Sat, May 10, 2025, at 6:00 PM, EDT
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    Drinking policy
    Bring your own drinks
    Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks provided
    Pets
    Dogs live here
    Wheelchair access
    Not wheelchair accessible
    Stairs
    Some stairs may be present in the space
    Kids
    Kid-friendly event

    This is a groupmuse

    A live concert in a living room, backyard, or another intimate space. They're casual and friendly, hosted by community members.

    Host

    Catherine G. (she/her)

    "Illuminated Forms" explores the evolving architecture of solo piano music—from the prelude and fugue, dance forms like the waltz and mazurka, to the sonata and minimalist etude—through the work of both well-known and historically underrepresented composers.

    This is a program about structure and transformation—about the evolution of musical form and the artists who continue to redefine it.

    Olivier Messiaen – “La colombe” from Preludes

    Karol Szymanowski – Mazurka Op. 50, Nos. 1 and 2

    Frédéric Chopin – Mazurka in A Minor Op. 17, No. 4 and Mazurka Op. 24, No. 2 in C Major

    Grażyna Bacewicz – Sonata No. 2

    Intermission

    Dmitri Shostakovich – Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in G Major, Op. 87

    Dmitri Shostakovich – Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in A Major, Op. 87

    Johannes Brahms – Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2

    Frédéric Chopin – Waltz in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2

    Philip Glass – Etude No. 6

    Nurit Tilles – Raw Silk (a rag)

    Historical context

    In styles ranging from Baroque to Romantic to ragtime, this program centers on a curiosity about the forms that shape what we hear—and what happens when composers stretch, reinvent, or subvert them. It also shines a light on underrepresented voices, especially women composers like Grażyna Bacewicz and Nurit Tilles, whose works boldly reimagine traditional structures.

    What's the music?

    Catherine Grimball (she/her)

    This recital explores the evolving architecture of solo piano music—from the prelude and fugue, dance forms like the waltz and mazurka, to the sonata and minimalist etude—through the work of both well-known and historically underrepresented composers.

    This is a program about structure and transformation—about the evolution of musical form and the artists who continue to redefine it.

    Olivier Messiaen – “La colombe” from Preludes

    Karol Szymanowski – Mazurka Op. 50, Nos. 1 and 2

    Frédéric Chopin – Mazurka in A Minor Op. 17, No. 4 and Mazurka Op. 24, No. 2 in C Major

    Grażyna Bacewicz – Sonata No. 2

    Intermission

    Dmitri Shostakovich – Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in G Major, Op. 87

    Dmitri Shostakovich – Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in A Major, Op. 87

    Johannes Brahms – Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2

    Frédéric Chopin – Waltz in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2

    Philip Glass – Etude No. 6

    Nurit Tilles – Raw Silk (a rag)

    Where does this music come from?

    In styles ranging from Baroque to Romantic to ragtime, this program centers on a curiosity about the forms that shape what we hear—and what happens when composers stretch, reinvent, or subvert them. It also shines a light on underrepresented voices, especially women composers like Grażyna Bacewicz and Nurit Tilles, whose works boldly reimagine traditional structures.

    Location

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