Lara Downes, pianist: Programs

LONG TIME COMING

LONG TIME COMING is an innovative new work for solo piano, Spoken Word artist and orchestra by composer David Sanford, celebrated as "the real thing, a composer in the American tradition of brash, open-eared exploration."

Inspired by and created as a modern day response to Duke Ellington's iconic 1943 fantasy work New World A Comin', Mr. Sanford's new composition draws inspiration from multiple musical genres to synthesize the diverse racial and cultural traditions that define contemporary American music - classical, jazz, R&B/funk, hip-hop and others.  Interwoven throughout the piece are the words of a young urban poet, reflecting on the power of hope in troubled times.

Lara is offering LONG TIME COMING as an individual piece, or in a combined performance with Ellington's New World A Comin'.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts plans to present LONG TIME COMING in November, 2011.

COMPLETE CONCERTO REPERTOIRE

CONCERTO REPERTOIRE, 2010-2013

Franz Liszt                 Concerto No. 1 in Eb Major, S. 124        
                                   Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125
  
Robert Schumann      Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
    
Clara Schumann        Concerto in A minor, Op. 7

Maurice Ravel            Concerto in G Major

Alberto Ginastera      Concerto No. 1

Carlos Chavez           Piano Concerto

George Gershwin       Rhapsody in Blue

Duke Ellington             New World A-Comin’

David Sanford            Long Time Coming