Saturday | June 6 2026 | 8 pm
PIANO DIALOGUES
100 Years of American Piano Music: The Maverick Jungle
The trailblazing pianist takes audiences on a journey through iconoclastic American composers from Conlon Nancarrow to John Adams and Meredith Monk, traversing multiple genres. One of the world’s foremost champions of contemporary music, “De Mare’s passion and vision almost radiate from the stage ... he causes all involved – composers, performer and audience members – to think about how music is made and how we listen to it” (The Chicago Sun Times).
AARON COPLAND – Three Moods
HENRY COWELL – The Banshee
JOHN CAGE – The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs
JOHN CAGE – Nowth Upon Nacht
SAMUEL BARBER – Excursions No. 3
CONLON NANCARROW – Sonatina
BILLY STRAYHORN/FRED HERSCH – Lotus Blossom
LEONARD BERNSTEIN (arr. Leo Smit) – Cool
HAROLD ARLEN/KEITH JARRETT – Over the Rainbow
MORTON FELDMAN – Intermission V
GEORGE CRUMB – Spring Fire
MEREDITH MONK – Railroad (Travel Song)
LAURIE ANDERSON – Statue of Liberty
JOHN ADAMS – China Gates
JAMES MOBBERLEY – Caution to the Winds
JON BATISTE – The Gun Song / The Ballad of Booth
FREDERIC RZEWSKI – Piano Piece No. 4