Les Violons du Roy – Steven Mackey – Four Iconoclastic Episodes

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Anthony Marwood weaves different eras together in an extraordinary concert built around Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. He performs this musical monument in conjunction with one compelling 21st century work : Four Iconoclastic Episodes, composed especially for Mr. Marwood by Steven Mackey. Here is M. Mackey describing his compositions. www.violonsduroy.com

A Composer Who Escapes Easy Labels

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“Some of my favorite pianistic influences have a charming wrongness to them, like Thelonious Monk, who just managed to play the right ‘wrong’ notes,” Mr. Mackey said. “At the other end of the spectrum is Bach’s ‘Well-Tempered Clavier’ — to me that is still the most virtuosic sounding piano music.”