EVENTS

Event Information:

• Sun

  28

  Feb

  2016

  Paganini Reverie

  8:00 PMMATCH, Houston, TX

  Pianist Christopher McKiggan takes The MATCH stage with not one, but two pianos! Piano vs. Piano offers a side-by-side comparison of an 1863 Steinway vs. a modern one, with McKiggan performing works on the 1863 instrument from the time of its creation, including Balakierev’s Mazurka No. 2, Liszt’s Les Adieux, Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons, Brahms-Paganini’s Variations Book 2, and ending with Karim Al-Zand’s Paganini Reverie. Works performed on the new instrument include Robert Beaaser’s Pag-Rag, Narong Prangcharoen’s Pact Ink, and James Mobberley’s Capricious Invariance.