HALLELUJAH JUNCTION

Adams, John, Copland, Aaron, Gershwin, George, McPhee, Colin, różni kompozytorzy, Rzewski, Frederic, Stravinsky, Igor

Geniušas, Lukas, Geniushene, Anna

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Anna Geniushene and Lukas Geniušas both have brilliant careers as soloists: Anna won the silver medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2022 and now records for Fuga Libera, while Lukas’ two Rachmaninov recordings, a recital of solo works (ALPHA997) and songs with Asmik Grigorian (ALPHA796), have both won major awards.

Partners in life and in art, they form a highly virtuosic and tightly knit duo.

This highly varied programme pays tribute to American music with works by Gershwin, Stravinsky, Copland and McPhee, a succession of melting-pots that create fusions of classical music, jazz, Mexican music and Balinese rhythms. The spectacular and rebellious Fourth Ballad from Frederic Rzewski's North American Ballads (1978–79) is also included. This musical odyssey concludes with the vast fresco that is John Adams' magnificent Hallelujah Junction (1996).

Works:

•Adams, J: Hallelujah Junction
•Copland: El Salón México (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Leonard Bernstein)
•Gershwin: Cuban Overture (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Gregory Stone)
•McPhee, C: Balinese Ceremonial Music
•Rzewski: Four North American Ballads: No. 4. Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
•Stravinsky: Concerto in E-Flat Major, K060 "Dumbarton Oaks Concerto" (Version for 2 Pianos)

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5/12/25

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