PROGRAM NOTES

Likening his music to a Japanese garden where tradition, proportion and restraint exist in delicate harmony, listeners of Takemitsu's music are taken on a stroll through a soundscape built on a balance of silence and sound in a liminal space between the real and imaginary, the past and present.

Philip Glass’ numerous works have been heard in art galleries, opera houses, concert halls and as backdrops to various stage productions and films. A constant seeker of new musical experiences, Glass embraces a multitude of influences, from the music of Bach, Schubert and John Cage to visual arts, films of the French New Wave, and experimental theater. While in Paris in the late 60's where he studied with the famous pedagogue Nadia Boulanger, he encountered the music of Pie

Clara Schumann was destined to become a virtuoso pianist even before her birth on September 13th in 1819. Her father Friedrich Wieck, a prominent piano pedagogue, had decided his next child would become a living example of his successful teaching methods. Beginning early with a rigorous routine of piano, violin, theory, composition, and counterpoint lessons, by age nine Clara was ready for the big stage in her birth town of Leipzig. What followed was a whirlwind career with t