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Pianist Haskell Small Presents Mompou’s Musical Callada in Concert on October 22 in Salamanca and October 24 in Madrid, Spain
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
New York, NY - Pianist Haskell Small will perform Catalan Spanish composer Federico Mompou’s Musica Callada on Wednesday, October 22 – 8:00 PM at Conservatorio Superior de Música de Castilla y León, Calle del Lazarillo de Tormes in Salamanca and on Friday, October 24 – 7:30 PM at La Iglesia de los Padres Carmelitas in Madrid, Spain. This is part of his Journeys in Silence European concert tour.
Mr. Small will perform the complete Musica Callada. This set of 28 miniatures was composed between 1959 and 1967. Rarely performed, the work carries the listener through a musical journey in quietude counterpointed with moments of explosive contrast. The title of this set of pieces refers to a poem by the Spanish mystic St. John of the Cross, who expressed the idea of music as the voice of silence. While touring the U.S., Small will perform this work in diverse venues including monasteries, churches and other sites conducive to a contemplative experience. Hear an excerpt at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYL-PecB8Ko.
More about his Journeys in Silence project at http://www.haskellsmall.com/journeys-in-silence.
For more information about the October 22 concert, visit http://www.coscyl.com/en. Mr. Small will also take part in an October 23 conference with students at Conservatorio Superior de Música de Castilla y León, discussing Musica Callada. More about the October 24 event at http://62.97.131.227/noticia/local/200604/el_centro_segoviano_en_madrid_pone_en_marcha_la_semana_de_san_frutos.
Following in the tradition of 18th and 19th century pianist/composers, Haskell Small is an accomplished composer as well as pianist. He has received commissions from such organizations as the Phillips Collection, Washington Performing Arts Society, Three Rivers Piano Competition, Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic, Georgetown Symphony and Paul Hill Chorale, and he was the winner of the Marin Ballet Dance Score Competition. He has recorded for Naxos, MSR Classics, Museum Music, Orion, Northeastern, Ongaku, Centaur, 4Tay, Albany and Klavier. In recent seasons, Mr. Small has made several tours of Japan and Germany and performed piano recitals in New York, Paris and London. In the next few years, Small will be furthering his fascination with music that is primarily quiet, spacious, and of a mystical nature with 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 presented in Washington, New York, San Francisco, and at Houston's Rothko Chapel. You can see his videos on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/haskellsmall.
For more information about Haskell Small, visit http://www.haskellsmall.com/, or contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
New York, NY - Pianist Haskell Small will perform Catalan Spanish composer Federico Mompou’s Musica Callada on Wednesday, October 22 – 8:00 PM at Conservatorio Superior de Música de Castilla y León, Calle del Lazarillo de Tormes in Salamanca and on Friday, October 24 – 7:30 PM at La Iglesia de los Padres Carmelitas in Madrid, Spain. This is part of his Journeys in Silence European concert tour.
Mr. Small will perform the complete Musica Callada. This set of 28 miniatures was composed between 1959 and 1967. Rarely performed, the work carries the listener through a musical journey in quietude counterpointed with moments of explosive contrast. The title of this set of pieces refers to a poem by the Spanish mystic St. John of the Cross, who expressed the idea of music as the voice of silence. While touring the U.S., Small will perform this work in diverse venues including monasteries, churches and other sites conducive to a contemplative experience. Hear an excerpt at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYL-PecB8Ko.
More about his Journeys in Silence project at http://www.haskellsmall.com/journeys-in-silence.
For more information about the October 22 concert, visit http://www.coscyl.com/en. Mr. Small will also take part in an October 23 conference with students at Conservatorio Superior de Música de Castilla y León, discussing Musica Callada. More about the October 24 event at http://62.97.131.227/noticia/local/200604/el_centro_segoviano_en_madrid_pone_en_marcha_la_semana_de_san_frutos.
Following in the tradition of 18th and 19th century pianist/composers, Haskell Small is an accomplished composer as well as pianist. He has received commissions from such organizations as the Phillips Collection, Washington Performing Arts Society, Three Rivers Piano Competition, Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic, Georgetown Symphony and Paul Hill Chorale, and he was the winner of the Marin Ballet Dance Score Competition. He has recorded for Naxos, MSR Classics, Museum Music, Orion, Northeastern, Ongaku, Centaur, 4Tay, Albany and Klavier. In recent seasons, Mr. Small has made several tours of Japan and Germany and performed piano recitals in New York, Paris and London. In the next few years, Small will be furthering his fascination with music that is primarily quiet, spacious, and of a mystical nature with 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 presented in Washington, New York, San Francisco, and at Houston's Rothko Chapel. You can see his videos on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/haskellsmall.
For more information about Haskell Small, visit http://www.haskellsmall.com/, or contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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