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The Swedish duo of trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger and pianist-composer Roland Pontinen, longtime collaborators, present a program of recently composed works, arrangements, favorites of both musicians and standards from the Great American Songbook. The centerpiece of the program is Three Autumns by Staffan Storm, a reflection on elegiac autumn moods. Among contemporary composers, Mark-Anthony Turnage and HK Gruber, who have provided Hardenberger with more works than any other composers, are also represented. Roland Pontinen contributes two pieces, one of them a meditative work inspired by the simplicity and mood of Thomas Newman’s masterful film scores. Legende by George Enescu reflects the impressionistic style of the composer’s teachers. The recital is also interspersed with shorter pieces, arrangements, and reinterpretations of classic American songs, and includes legendary jazzman Ornette Coleman’s “Chanting.”

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