Conrad Tao and Caleb Teicher
Counterpoint
Part of Hancher's Infinite Dream festival
Music and movement push, pull, and come together in a quirky, thrilling collaboration.
Pianist/composer Conrad Tao and dancer/choreographer Caleb Teicher explore harmonic, rhythmic, and theatrical counterpoints through a striking blend of sound and movement. Built around music both magnificent and idiosyncratic—including works by Bach, Schoenberg, Tatum, Ravel, and others—Counterpoint is threaded together by Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. A cherished piece of the American songbook, Rhapsody in Blue celebrates its centennial in 2024.
“[Counterpoint] demands such a high level of presence and such a close attentiveness to one another ... [T]he interpretation is actually taking flight anew for every single show.” — San Diego Tribune
PROGRAM:
Johann Sebastian BACH: “Aria,” from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Conrad TAO/Caleb TEICHER: Improvisation
Arnold SCHOENBERG: “Walzer,” from Five Piano Pieces, op. 23
Ray NOBLE/Bud POWELL/Art TATUM: “Cherokee”
Charles “Honi” COLES/Brenda BUFALINO: The Coles and Bufalino Soft Shoe
Johannes BRAHMS: Intermezzo in E Major, op. 116/4
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART/David PARKER: Song and Dance, based on Mozart’s Sonata in A Major, K. 331: III. Allegretto “Alla Turca”
Conrad TAO/Caleb TEICHER: “Swing 2,” from More Forever
George GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue, arr. for solo piano
Maurice RAVEL: “Mouvement de menuet,” from Sonatine
Johann Sebastian BACH: “Aria,” from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
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