Faculty artists, Paul Barnes, Hixson-Lied Professor of Piano, and the Chiara String Quartet in concert on Sunday, Sept 9 at 3:00 pm in Kimball Recital Hall. The repertoire will feature three works, commissioned by Barnes and the world premiere performances of the past three years.
Barnes and the Chiara String Quartet will perform Ivan Moody’s “Nocturne of Light,” a piano quintet based on Greek Orthodox resurrection hymns. This work made its world premiere on April 26, 2010 at Cutting Edge Concerts, Symphony Space, New York, NY. William Shomos, Hixson-Lied Professor of Voice and Opera, and Barnes’ son, Peter Barnes, will join Barnes in singing the two hymns prior to the performance.
Included on the program are Gilad Cohen’s “Ballade for Piano,” which won the 2011 American Liszt Society Bicentennial Composition Competition held at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA. The world premiere was given on February 19, 2011.
Concluding the program will be N. Lincoln Hanks “Monstre Sacre,” a four-movement virtuoso work based on the idea of the “Holy Monster,” those troubled and conflicted artists without whose art we simply cannot live. The world premiere was given on April 2, 2012 at Cutting Edge Concerts, Symphony Space, New York, NY.

This event is FREE and open to the public.