Work of Ricky Ian Gordon, David Shire Featured in Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano; Repertoire Announced | Playbill

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News Work of Ricky Ian Gordon, David Shire Featured in Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano; Repertoire Announced As previously reported, a host of composers from the worlds of jazz, classical, musical theatre, pop and film will be represented in Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano, which will be presented at Symphony Space's Peter Jay Sharp Theatre April 21.

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Conceived and performed by Anthony de Mare, the concert is scheduled for 7:30 PM.

Playbill.com has obtained the list of composers who have reimagined their favorite Sondheim songs as solo piano works in their own styles. Composers and song titles follow:

Mason Bates – "Putting It Together"
Derek Bermel – "Sorry / Grateful"
William Bolcom – "A Little Night Fughetta" based on "Anyone Can Whistle" / "Send in the Clowns"
Kenji Bunch – "Demon Barber"
Ricky Ian Gordon – "Every Day a Little Death"
Annie Gosfield – "A Bowler Hat"
Jake Heggie – "I'm Excited. No, You're Not." based on "A Weekend in the Country"
Fred Hersch – "No One is Alone"
Ethan Iverson – "Send in the Clowns"
Gabriel Kahane – "Being Alive"
Tania Leon – "Good Thing Going"
Ricardo Lorenz – "The Worst [Empanadas] in London" based on "The Worst Pies in London / "A Little Priest"
Paul Moravec – "I Think About You" based on "Losing My Mind"
John Musto – "Epiphany"
David Rakowski – "The Ladies Who Lunch"
Steve Reich – "Finishing the Hat"
Eric Rockwell – "You Could Drive a Person Crazy"
Daniel Bernard Roumain – "Another Hundred People"
Frederic Rzewksi – "The News" based on "I'm Still Here"
David Shire – "Love is in the Air"
Mark Anthony Turnage – "Pretty Women"

For this New York premiere, Sondheim will also take the stage; he will be interviewed by Mark Eden Horowitz, author of the acclaimed "Sondheim on Music."

Tickets are priced $15, $38 and $45. For more information visit Symphonyspace.org.

 
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