The first in a two-part exploration of the intriguing 20th-century composer Ernst von Dohnányi.

Season Premiere: Illinois State University piano professor Geoffrey Duce explores the musical genealogy of works by Wilhelm Friedmann Bach, Car Phillip Emanuel Bach, John McCabe, Franz Schubert, and Ernst von Dohnányi.

Cyril Smith, a leading pianist of the early 20th century, plays selections by Balakirev, Schubert, Rachmaninoff, and Dohnányi.

“Music can maintain community and uphold humanity, even in the darkest of times.”