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Tobias Picker Highlighted in Cutting Edge Concert at Symphony Space

Apr. 05, 2007

On April 30 Tobias Picker’s music features in the closing concert of Cutting Edge Concerts' 2007 season. Responsible for the conception of the series, composer and conductor Victoria Bond comments:

“This year's Cutting Edge Concerts focus on the relationship between composers and weavers and is called 'A Tapestry of Sound.' There are many similarities between these two art forms, and in addition to color, texture and design, composers, like weavers, thread musical motives from one work to another. Tobias Picker's music, as represented on the April 30th program, exemplifies the transformation of an idea from one form to another. The seminal work here is his Suite for Cello and Piano, which generated three arias for his opera Thérèse Raquin, as well as a set of piano etudes. On the April 30th concert, Tobias and I will be discussing the relationship between the Suite for Cello and Piano and the works it generated, and first listen to a movement from the suite and then the corresponding music of the arias and the etude, alternating back and forth from one into the other.
“As Tobias is primarily known for his operatic output, it is significant to bring attention to his chamber music, especially as it has served as such an important source of ideas. We are also particularly honored to have pianist Ken Noda on the program, performing Pickers' Old and Lost Rivers. The tapestries of weavers Susan Martin Maffei and Archie Brennan will be projected during the performances.”

Tobias Picker
“Not Even the Rain” (1999)
piano and soprano
Duration: 5’

Tobias Picker
“The Dove Aria” from Thérèse Raquin (2001)
piano and soprano
Duration: 6’

Tobias Picker
Etude No. 4 from Four Etudes for Ursula (1996)
piano
Duration: 3’

Tobias Picker
Suite for Cello and Piano (1998)
Duration: 27’

Tobias Picker
Old and Lost Rivers (1986)
piano
Duration: 6’

For more information about Tobias Picker, please visit www.schott-music.com or www.tobiaspicker.com.

For more details about Cutting Edge Concerts at Symphony Space, please visit www.symphonyspace.org.

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