Inna Faliks breaks ground with the first full performance of nine social responses she commissioned on Maurice Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Op. 126 Bagatelles plus the original masterpieces. Music by Peter Golub, Tamir Hendelman, Richard Danielpour, Ian Krouse, Mark Carlson, David Lefkowitz, Paola Prestini, Timo Andres, and Billy Childs represents the dazzling array of new music presented.
Recorded September 10, 2022. Description adapted from the Ravinia Festival.
Golub: Bagatelle
Beethoven: Andante con moto from Six Bagatelles, op. 126
Hendelman: Bagatelle
Beethoven: Allegro from Six Bagatelles, op. 126
Danielpour: Bagatelle (Childhood Nightmare)
Beethoven: Andante from Six Bagatelles, op. 126
Krouse: Etude No. 2a (Ad fugam)
Carlson: Sweet Nothings
Beethoven: Quasi allegretto from Six Bagatelles, op. 126
Lefkowitz: Bagatelle
Beethoven: Presto—Andante amabile e con moto from Six Bagatelles, op. 126
Prestini: Variations on a Spell
Andres: Old Ground
Childs: Pursuit
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit