A new fugue state
Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 10:29PM
I am currently involved in a most interesting, unique project. Picture it:
1990s: Pianist Dale Tsang and I are classmates at Rice.
2020: Dale's fiancé, Bay Area-based composer David Garner, has written seven fugues for organ. Dale remembers me and asks me to premiere them!
2020: I marvel at the high quality of these pieces and thoroughly enjoy learning them. Maestro Garner has written for the art and not for the market. These pieces are not easy! But they are masterful and a delight to play. I hope they will go far. There is a soothing one "on" D (Garner prefers "on" to "in"), a pompous one on E-flat, and rambunctious ones on F-sharp, A, C, G, and B-flat.
The premiere is Friday, April 22, 2022, 7:30 pm at the Congregational Church in Berkeley, Calif.
Meanwhile, a recording is in mind. Go here and participate!