The Circle and the Child
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, 2014
A concerto in 3 movements for Piano and Orchestra.
Poco Allegro (Listen on YouTube)
In a cold inexorable steady tempo (Listen on YouTube)
Allegro (Listen on YouTube)
Instrumentation: 2 fl/picc, 2 ob/e.h, 2 cl/bscl, 2 fgt/cfgt, 2 hn, 2 tr, 2 trb. hp, perc, solo piano strings.
Publisher: Rassel Editions
Premiere: pianist Simone Dinnerstein and the Atlanta Symphony, October 2013
Recorded: SONY classical “Broadway-Lafayette” Simone DInnerstein and the MDR Leipzig Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi, conducting
The composing of the Concerto began as far back as 1999 and slowly evolved into a three movement work, with the middle movement involving the most unusual and haunting Chorale by JS Bach: Ihr Gestirn, Ihr Lüfte (You shinning stars, you vaulted skies) which indeed inspires the entire work. The concerto was written for and commissioned by pianist Simone Dinnerstein. It has been performed by the Atlanta, Boulder, Shreveport and Frost School Symphonies, as well as the Berlin and Leipzig Radio Orchestras.