Music from Home: Duo Powers-de la Torre
$35 ($28 student/senior/military, $17.50 ages 6-17)
- Lark Powers, piano
- Ricardo de la Torre, piano
Violet Archer — Ten Folk Songs for Four Hands, Book 1 ("IV. Gay is the Rose" & "III. In the Woods")
Teo Macero — Flower Pieces (selections)
Jean Sibelius — Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 85 ("I. Bellis," "III. Iris," "IV. Aquileja," & "V. Campanula")
Richard Wilson — Sour Flowers (selections)
Selim Palmgren — White Lilies, Op. 8, No. 4
Robert Nathaniel Dett — Magnolia ("I. Magnolias")
Jean Sibelius — 5 Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 "The Trees" (No. 5: The Spruce & No. 2: The Solitary Fir Tree)
Amy Beach — Young Birches, Op. 128, No. 2
Vincent Persichetti — Selected works
Vincent Persichetti — Appalachian Christmas Carols ("The Cherry Tree")
José Pablo Moncayo — Muros Verdes
Clara Schumann — Geburstagmarsch ("Wedding Anniversary March") in E-flat major (for piano, four hands)
Bohuslav Martinů — Spring in the Garden, H. 125
Gabriel Fauré — Dolly Suite, Op. 56
Claude Debussy — Estampes, L. 100 ("III. Jardins sous la pluie")
Graciela Agudelo — Siete piezas latinas ("Seven Latin Pieces")
Lili Boulanger — "II. D'un Jardin Clair" from 3 Morceaux
Maurice Ravel — Ma Mere L'Oye ("Mother Goose") for Piano Four Hands ("V. Le jardin féerique")
Federico Mompou — Paisajes ("Paysages") ("II. El lago")
Moisès Bertran — Canción y Danza No. 2
Franz Liszt — Totentanz, S. 126 (transcr. Duo Tsuyuki & Rosenboom for piano, four hands)
Duo Powers-de la Torre has carefully crafted a program centered on the idea of gardens and friendships, with music depicting trees and flowers found on Lakewold Gardens' grounds. Works for piano and piano four-hands by Sibelius, R. Nathaniel Dett, Fauré, Graciela Agudelo, Debussy, Amy Beach, Moncayo, Ravel, Clara Schumann, Mompou, Moisès Bertran, Liszt, and more.
About Music From Home
Music From Home is a monthly series of intimate chamber music concerts held in the historic Wagner House.
When you attend a Music From Home concert, you are invited to experience storytelling through live music.
Featured artists collaborate with Curator of Art and Music Ricardo de la Torre to present repertoire that reflects their backgrounds and lived experiences in the intimate setting of Wagner House parlor.
We aim to grow in community through music in an inspiring natural environment.
https://lakewoldgardens.org/musicfromhome/About Lark Powers, piano
An active pianist and teacher, Dr. Lark Powers was on the faculty of the preparatory division of the Peabody Institute as well as the University of Colorado's continuing education program. In fall 2013, she was appointed to the faculty of East Central University as assistant professor of piano and music theory, and in addition has been busy working as an adjudicator in regional competitions and as a presenter and lecturer in conferences, including the recent International Festival of Spanish Keyboard Music held in Mojacar, Spain. She holds three master's degrees—in piano, harpsichord and theory pedagogy—and a graduate performance diploma in piano, all from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She was awarded her doctorate from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
https://www.plu.edu/music/staff/lark-powers/