The Bel Canto Piano, with Marc Peloquin

Marc Peloquin’s performances are “energetic...refreshing...alive; with remarkable definition and clarity” (NY Times).

PROGRAM

Ode to Music
David Del Tredici
Casta Diva, transcription of the aria from Bellini’s Norma
Yvar Mikhashoff
Sonata for piano and violin in e minor, K. 304
W. A. Mozart; arranged for piano solo by Marc Peloquin
Any Resemblance is Purely Accidental
Charles Dodge
Trittico Fantasy
Yvar Mikhashoff

ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE
The term bel canto literally means beautiful singing and is the name given to the vocal style that originated in Italy and flourished in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Singers and composers were dedicated to the pure musical beauty of melody and emphasized the long, sustained line of the music. This program features music for solo piano that exemplifies the essence of the bel canto style. Mozart produced some of the great operas of all time and infused his instrumental works with his brilliant sense of drama and lyricism. Schubert’s lieder transformed the art of songwriting and became important and treasured parts of the vocal repertoire. Bellini was one of the great bel canto composers who had a profound influence on nineteenth century piano music. The art of transcription flourished in the nineteenth century and continues to this day, creating an entire repertoire inspired by music not originally composed for the piano, many based on works in the bel canto style including operas by Bellini, Leoncavallo, and Puccini.

ABOUT THE PERFORMER
A New York Times critic recently declared that pianist Marc Peloquin’s “energetic approach yielded a performance that was refreshing and alive. Individual lines rang out with remarkable definition and clarity.” Appearances have taken him from the Palacio de Belles Artes in Mexico City, the American Academy in Rome, Germany’s Darmstadt Festival and the Cultural Center of Roubaix, France, to New York City spaces including Merkin Concert Hall, the Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Modern Art. the Italian Academy, and Bargemusic. A refined and sensitive chamber musician, he and fellow pianist Roberto Hidalgo are the dynamic ensemble Split Second.
Marc Peloquin’s debut CD, works for solo piano of Otto Leuning, is available on the CRI label. Currently, a 3-disc set of the solo piano works of David Del Tredici is in process with Naxos Records. A native of Rhode Island, Marc received his Doctor of Musical Arts from the Manhattan School of Music with additional studies at Boston University, the New England Conservatory and Tanglewood. He is visiting lecturer at the New School University, a Resident Teaching Artist at the Bloomingdale School of Music and resides in New York City.

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Host or Publisher The Italian Academy of Columbia University