Wayward Music Series: Post Avant Garde feat. Peter Nelson-King

George Benjamin — Meditation on Haydn's Name
Robert Beaser — Landscape with Bells
Fulvio Caldini — Notturno – Sequenza de Fayyum
David Chaitkin — Impromptu
Edmund Rubbra — Invention on the Name of Haydn
Peter Sculthorpe — Mountains
John Tavener — In Memory of Two Cats
Augusta Read Thomas — Whites
Charles Wuorinen — Bagatelle

Peter Nelson-King, piano

Robert Beaser – Landscape with Bells
George Benjamin – Meditation on Haydn's Name
Fulvio Caldini – Notturno (Sequenza de Fayyum)
David Chaitkin – Impromptu
Edmund Rubbra – Invention on the Name of Haydn
Peter Sculthorpe – Mountains
John Tavener – In Memory of Two Cats
Augusta Read Thomas – Whites
Charles Wuorinen – Bagatelle

Multi-instrumentalist and modern music rabble-rouser Peter Nelson-King presents an eclectic program of individualist piano music from the 1980's. The international cadre of composers presented wrote these works in a time of unprecedented pluralism and freedom in classical music, and whether they were beginning their careers or nearing the end each work speaks from a personal and vital musical language.

Peter Nelson-King is the founder of Cursive, a modern chamber ensemble specializing in performing hidden gems of 20th- and 21st-century classical music with a modular ensemble. A King County native, he got degrees at University of Puget Sound and Boston University before returning to the Seattle area to perform in a variety of groups and capacities. He is a trumpet player, pianist, vocalist and composer, and is a regular member of Brass Band Northwest, the Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra, the Ensign Symphony, and the Paper Puppet Opera.

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