Accompanying Myself In Beethoven's Emperor Concerto
What do you do when one of the greatest composers who ever lived is about to turn 250 years old and you're stuck at home? You do this:
From the Archives: Ken and Ben perform Tom Lehrer (Oct. 2016)
Actor-singer Ken McPherson and I gave this recital of "Our Favorite Songs by Tom Lehrer" at the Providence Art Club almost exactly four years ago, on October 18th, 2016. I met Ken several years earlier than that, when I was an undergrad and a rehearsal pianist for Brown University Gilbert and Sullivan. Though not affiliated with Brown, Ken was a regular...
Cello Sonata
Episode two of remote chamber music: cellist Melanie Ambler joins me in the sonata in G major which I wrote back in 2012. This is effectively my Opus One, as it's my...
The Dodecatet
In which I am joined by eleven other musicians, all twelve of us either alums or current students from Brown University, playing at our respective homes:
For anyone graduating from anywhere
I had planned to close out the 2019-2020 performing season with some springtime/graduation-themed recitals, and this arrangement of Sir Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance" was to have been the last piece on the program. Well, the recitals were canceled - as were a good many graduation ceremonies - but...