| 2005 Summer Seminar |
—Douglas Wagoner
Course Description:
A recurrent motif of Atlas Shrugged is the search for the Fifth Piano Concerto of Richard Halley. Many Objectivists have sought a work in the real world that matches the imagined power and depth of Rand's imagined one. The piano literature of the 20th Century contains many gems to choose from. In this talk aimed at the general listener, we will examine the "concerto form" as a distinct genre in the musical literature by using three very different piano concertos—the Prokofiev 3rd Concerto, the Vaughn Williams Concerto, and the Howard Hanson Concerto—as a lens to focus on different aspects of the relationship between soloist and orchestra.
Douglas Wagoner has over 30 years of public and professional performance as a singer, instrumentalist, composer and conductor.
Schedule: Sunday, 8 PM
Track: Art and Aestethics