Haskell Small, piano
Final concert of 2011-12 series on Westmoreland Circle.
Saturday, May 12 at 8 pm
Free: Pay-as-you-can admission
Westmoreland Congregational Church
1 Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda, MD
Program
Partita in G Major....J.S. Bach
Visions of Childhood....Small
Toccata No. 1....Ordусez
Sonata in B-flat Major....Schubert
Haskell Small has concertized with great success in major European capitals, South America, Japan, and China, and has been enthusiastically received by American audiences in such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Spoleto Festival. In 2010, he participated in an American Music Festival in Iceland.
A prize winner in the Johann Sebastian Bach International Piano Competition, Small has received numerous awards and has been featured in the nationally broadcast PBS special, "A Celebration of the Piano."
Small is also an accomplished composer who often performs his own works. He has received commissions from such organizations as the Washington Ballet and Paul Hill Chorale, and was the winner of the 1999 Marin Ballet Dance Score Competition. In 2005, Small completed Renoir's Feast, a commission by the Phillips Collection to celebrate the return of their beloved painting, Luncheon of the Boating Party. His The Rothko Room: Journeys in Silence received its world premiere at the Phillips Collection in February 2011.
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