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!!!! Notice !!!! Concert II of The Complete Piano Works of Milton Babbitt has been postponed due to illness. It has been rescheduled to June 10, 2008.
In the spring of 2008, Mr. Arnone will perform the complete solo piano music of Milton Babbitt in two concerts at Merkin Hall, at the Kaufman Center. This historic undertaking will showcase music spanning over five decades, from 3 Compositions for Piano (1947) to Allegro Penseroso (1999). Concerts will take place March 6, and June 10, 2008, click here for more details. For tickets contact the Merkin Hall Box Office 212 501 3330, or visit www.ekcc.org.
Mr. Arnone will release the complete live recordings from this Babbitt series as free downloads under a Creative Commons license. This will include two works, "Overtime' and "My Complements to Roger," which have not yet been made commercially available. Recordings from Concert I, March 6, 2008, are available here. Concert II will be available after June 10.
During the upcoming season, Mr. Arnone will also perform contemporary programs devoted to works by American composers, written within the past three decades including: Donald Martino, Roberto Sierra, Frederic Rzewski, and Yotam Haber. See concerts for more details.