PIANO SONATA

"The most striking work performed was the newest, a piano sonata … by Sebastian Currier. The sonata's five connected movements are evocations of emotional states; ''Bold and Defiant,'' ''Anxious'' and ''Suppressed'' are among the titles, and Mr. Currier evokes them vividly. His language is expressively dissonant, and often couched in thick quickly changing textures.  In the finale, a set of variations in which the passions of the foregoing movements are reprised, the composer's sense of structure and movement is impeccable."

-New York Times

The American composer Sebastian Currier was still a student at the Juilliard School when he wrote his Piano Sonata (1988), his only work in the genre. But the score already displays the hallmarks of his later pieces: exuberant energy, boisterous rhythms, emotional intensity and a broad coloristic palette. 

-New York Times

                                                     Program Note

Written for pianist Emma Tahmiziàn. Premiered Merkin Concert Hall in March 1989. The five movements are: Bold and Defiant, Fragile (with outbursts), Anxious, Suppressed, and Multifarious. 

Scoring
for piano

Territory
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