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COMPOSED and PERFORMED by DAN KNIGHT AFTER HOURS RECORDINGS AHR 004 PRICE: $17.95 Available From RIVES AUDIO |
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“Dan Knight is a composer who uses twentieth century artists to inspire his work. His palette is made up of musical notes and scales: his brushes are the keys. His ‘piece de resistance’ is a CD of compositions based on the visual art of Philip Guston, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro, Jackson Pollack and others. The CD is called “Pictures at an Exhibition.” Christopher Lydon, National Public Radio’s “The Connection with Christopher Lydon.”
“E” (from Marsden Hartley’s “E”) “EDGE” (from Philip Guston’s “Edge”) “UNDER THE PARIS SKY ( for O, N, B and M Strobel)” (from Lyonel Feininger’s “In a Village Near Paris”) “BLUE INTERIOR” (from Henri Matisse’s “Blue Interior with Two Girls”) “PORTRAIT OF H.M.” (from Jackson Pollock’s “Portrait of H.M.”) “ROSALIE” (from Joan Miro’s “A Drop of Dew Falling from the Wing of a Bird Awakens Rosalie Asleep in the Shade of a Cobweb”) “NEW YORK — PARIS, No. 1” (from Stuart Davis’ “New York — Paris, No. 1”) “AUTUMN (for Claude Nobs)” (from Achille Emile Othon Friesz’ “Autumn/l’Automne, 1907) “A TRAVERS LES ARBRES” (from Maurice de Vlaminck’s “Through The Trees/A Travers Les Arbres”) |
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STEINWAY ARTIST DAN KNIGHT has earned an international reputation as one of the finest solo pianists in the world. Inspired by nine masterpieces of modern art from the permanent collection of the University of Iowa Museum of Art, Knight’s “PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION” represents a “fusion” of classical music and jazz, composition and improvisation, in a synthesis of music and visual art as daring as the masterpieces which inspired it. |
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Cover Art: Lyonel Feininger, “In a Village Near Paris (Street in Paris, Pink Sky.” |
