The PINK Moon 2027

Description

As a postlude to our SOMERS SONATA PENTAD (October 2026), Piano Lunaire concludes the Harry Somers centenary with lesser known and even unpublished piano music from the Canadian composer. The Four Solitudes of 1947 have never been performed nor recorded in the 21st century. Adam Sherkin takes up the challenge, also featuring music by two living Somers' devotees: biographer, distinguished composer Brian Cherney and conductor/producer/composer, Isaac Page.

Cherney (b. 1942) wrote an authoritative biography of Somers published in 1975 and continues to be the leading expert on the late composer. Cherney's own contribution to the keyboard repertory has been significant, varied and consistently first-rate. Adam Sherkin offers the Toronto premiere of Cherney's evocative and moon-inspired "Nachtstücke."

Isaac Page (b. 1996) has already established himself as a young artist to watch with a varied career as both assistant producer at CBC and conductor-composer in Canada and the USA. His fourteen miniatures, Preludes from the Black Swamp, pair aptly with Harry Somer's last pieces for solo piano, Nothing Too Serious (1997). The titles of Page's pieces evoke images of the Creature from the Black Lagoon but are indeed a reference to where he lived at the time of composition (early days of the COVID Pandemic, 2020): Ohio's Bowling Green, located in the Great Black Swamp. 🌸 🌕

PROGRAMME: Tuesday, April 20, 2027 at 7 PM and 9:30 PM (repeat performance)

SET 1:

Harry Somers: Four Solitudes (1947)*

Brian Cherney: Nachtstücke (Six Miniatures for Piano, 2011)

SET 2:

Isaac Page: Preludes from the Black Swamp (Fourteen Miniatures for Piano, 2020)

I. A Question

II. Tumble

III. Another Question

IV. Passepied

V. The Tides

VI. Homage a Glenn Gould

VII. Badinerie

VIII. Chorale

IX. Gavotte

X. One More Question

XI. Lullaby

XII. Libbey

XIII. Bergamasca

XIV. Prayer

Harry Somers: Nothing Too Serious (1997)

I. It goes something like this…

II. Sky blue, - Deep blue

III. Uptight

IV. Somewhere in the Balkans

V. Alternating currents

VI. Debussy

VII. Who said it was easy?

* Premiere

Seating is limited to 40 so please purchase tickets in advance as is possible. 

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 A few more details:

1. No dress code in effect

2. Begins promptly at 7pm; end promptly at 8pm

3. Complimentary bar (wine from our sponsor, beer and cider)

4. Two sets (22 mins each) with a 10 min intermission

5. All seats are the same price at $30. If you are able, please donate to Piano Lunaire Inc. as this series is not funded by any public sources to-date and we rely entirely on ticket sales.

    

FIRST STAGE DOORS: 6:30 PM
SET 1: 7 PM
BREAK: 7:25 - 7:35 PM
SET 2: 7:35PM
END: 8:00 PM

LATE STAGE DOORS: 9:00 PM
SET 1: 9:30 PM
BREAK: 9:55 - 10:05 PM
SET 2: 10:05PM
END: 10300 PM

Questions? Please call: (+1) 416-825-2744 or email: info@pianolunaire.org

PINK MOON at The nanoSTAGE
1001 R Bloor Street W, Toronto, ON M6H 1M1
Adam Sherkin, solo piano

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Date & Time

Tue, Apr 20, 2027 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Venue Details

The nanoSTAGE

Piano Lunaire Inc.