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For tickets to Haskell Small's upcoming NYC concert on March 28, visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/576067
On October 25, Pianist and composer Haskell Small, known for his, "dazzlingly prodigious technique," performs Federico Mompou's complete 28-part magnum opus, Música Callada. With this concert, Small furthers his fascination with music that is primarily quiet, spacious and of a mystical nature.
Música Callada, a collection of 28 short pieces, is a spare yet intense work, inwardly-searching, prayerful, searing, and at times explosive. Mostly very quiet and in slow tempos, it seeks to explore the very space between life and death, a seemingly static place where there is no pulse. Yet there is remarkable drama in this stark setting, and the piece proceeds through its four books with an increasingly mystical tone, only coming to peace in the final pages. With a strong Catalan flavor, and sometimes with an almost childlike naiveté, this is a fantastic voyage, and a work of extraordinary beauty.
Small will return to Christ and Saint Stephens Church on March 28, 2014 for the second part of his "Journeys in Silence" with a program featuring his own work, The Rothko Room: Journeys in Silence, as well as several works by Alan Hovhaness inspired by the spiritual power of mountains.
In the 2013-2014 season, Haskell Small performs a series of concerts in a number of cities that will feature solo and chamber works by himself and other composers. Performances have already been set in Washington, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, and other cities. Besides traditional venues, Small will perform his programs in several monasteries on the west and east coast as well as in Houston's Rothko Chapel.
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LocationChrist and Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church (View)
120 West 69th St.
New York, NY 10023
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