Performed live by Steven P. Niles as an encore number.


If I Had You, Art Tatum

This is a  Pastorale from the "Album des Six," a collaborative work by the six French composers known as "Les Six."  The "Album" consists of six movements, each by one of the members of Les Six: Poulenc, Milhaud, Honegger, Auric, Durey, and Tailleferre.

Pastorale, Germaine Tailleferre

Claude Debussy's "L'Isle Joyeuse"

Litany, Toru Takemitsu

Commissioned by Music of Changes, a 501(c)(3) presenting organization dedicated to promoting new music.  Chris Dench is "New Complexity" composer from England, currently living in Australia.  Piano part performed by Steven Niles.  Conducted by Maxim Eshkenazy.  Recorded live at Zipper Auditorium, Colburn School of Performing Arts, Los Angeles.

Light-Strung Sigils, Chris Dench

From "Années de Pélérinage: Suisse."  This piece depicts the bank of a stream in the Swiss countryside.  

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