NIKOLAS CAOILE

Sempre Chamber Music The Seasons Performance Hall April 3, 2022 Nikolas Caoile, piano Violins: Vanessa Moss, Paul Christian, Denise Dillenbeck, Stephanie Hsu Violas: Jessica Jasper, Kelly Moore Cellos: Casey Felt, Alex Pualani Double Bass: Eva Stoumbos 0:00 Movement I (6:01 cadenza) 7:19 Movement II (14:32 cadenza) 16:44 Movement III (for Arvo Pärt) Streaming rights obtained from Dunvagen Music Publishers PREMIERE: September 22nd, 2017, Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston MA with Simone Dinnerstein and A Far Cry NOTES: Written for pianist Simone Dinnerstein who is universally known for her interpretations of Bach, in 2016 Dinnerstein met Philip Glass at his home and performed music by Schubert and some of Glass’ piano pieces on the composer’s piano. Around this time Dinnerstein had started performing with the virtuoso chamber orchestra A Far Cry in Boston. Shortly afterwards, Glass was awarded the Glenn Gould Prize, Canada’s highest musical honor, and at the celebratory concert Dinnerstein performed Glass’ piano etudes. It was upon seeing the magical transaction that Dinnerstein had with the public it became an inevitability that Glass would compose a new piano concerto for her. The collaboration between Dinnerstein and A FAR CRY continued in the intervening time, and in late 2017 all parties reunited in Boston for the world premiere of Piano Concerto No.3 (for piano and strings) that took place on 22 September 2017 on an entire program which paired the music of Bach and Glass. A few days later, the new concerto was recorded along with Bach’s Keyboard Concerto No.7 in G minor, BWV 1058 in Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Mass., a hall known for its famously warm acoustic and was released on Orange Mountain Music in May 2018. PUBLISHER: Dunvagen Music Publishers

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