A LIMINAL SPACE. Piano Music from the Interbellum Years (Asher Ian Armstrong)

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Acclaimed pianist Asher Ian Armstrong presents an album of rarely-heard “outcast” works written by women between the two World Wars. Includes music by Henriëtte Bosmans, Jean Coulthard, Varvara Gaigerova, Katherine Parker, Ilse Fromm-Michaels, and Gayane Chebotaryan

Acclaimed pianist Asher Ian Armstrong presents an album of rarely-heard “outcast” works written by women between the two World Wars. Includes music by Henriëtte Bosmans, Jean Coulthard, Varvara Gaigerova, Katherine Parker, Ilse Fromm-Michaels, and Gayane Chebotaryan

The interbellum Twentieth century offers one of the most fascinating ecosystems of piano music – one which tends to be dominated by works like the sonatas of Berg and Scriabin, the préludes of Debussy, the character pieces of Prokofiev and Barber (all established repertoire, played and heard every season). This program is an act of advocacy, positing an “alternative” cross-section of repertoire – rarely-heard “outcast” works written by women between the two World Wars – as worthy contributions to a richer, more complete piano literature.

HENRIËTTE BOSMANS (1895-1952)
Prélude No. 1, Moderato assai (1917)

JEAN COULTHARD (1908-2000)
Prelude No. 5, Dirge (1939)

HENRIËTTE BOSMANS
Prélude No. 2, Lento assai (1917)

JEAN COULTHARD
Prelude No. 8, Song (1939)

VARVARA GAIGEROVA (1903-1944)
Four Sketches (1926)
I. Andante sostenuto
II. Agitato
III. Lento
IV. Appassionato

VARVARA GAIGEROVA
Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 1 (1925)*

KATHERINE PARKER (1886-1971)
Nocturne (1926)

ILSE FROMM-MICHAELS (1888-1986)
Piano Sonata, Op. 6 (1918)
I. Markig
II. Sehr langsam. Frei im Zeitmaß
III. Lebhaft, aber nicht schnell

GAYANE CHEBOTARYAN (1918-1998)
Dedication (1972)

*World Premiere

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