Keys Across America — Narrative Musicales

Event Grand Piano Series Narrative Musicales Keys Across America Konstantin Soukhovetski , host Mackenzie Melemed , piano Copland — Buckaroo Holiday from Rodeo Suite Beach — Ballade, Op. 6 Jaakko Kuusisto — Jurmo , Op. 31 Gottschalk — Union ( Paraphrase on National Airs ), Op. 48 Cowboys. Storms. Silence. Fireworks. Hosted by Konstantin Soukhovetski, Keys Across America brings frontier imagery and expansive sound into vivid focus with Finland-based, award-winning pianist Mackenzie Melemed in a program defined by contrast and character. Music by Aaron Copland, Amy Beach, Jaakko Kuusisto and Louis-Moreau Gottschalk collides, moving from frontier energy and open-range exuberance to romantic introspection, Nordic stillness and flashes of dazzling virtuosity — altogether forming a vivid portrait of America as a living crossroads of dances, dreams and diverse musical sensibilities. Narrative Musicales is presented in collaboration with Grand Piano Series , an indepdendent nonprofit organization.