4pm: Guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan, New York Connection
April 19 at 4:00 pm
New York Connection
honey cadence (2022) Larget-Caplan (b.1978)
Two Harmonies from Apartment House 1776* (1976) John Cage (1912-1992)
- Harmony 26 – Judea-William Billings
- Harmony 20 – O Give Thanks-James Lyon
World Premieres
In A Landscape* (1948) Cage
Over the Rainbow Harold Arlen, arranged by Toru Takemitsu
Freight, after Elizabeth Cotton (2014) David Liptak (b. 1949)
Midnight Train* (2021) Ian Wiese (b.1994)
NYC Premiere
From Only Winter Certainties* (2023) Daniel Felsenfeld (1970)
- Just a Song at Twilight
- It wasn’t me
Usher Waltz, after the story by E.A. Poe Nikita Koshkin (b.1956)
*written for or arranged by Aaron Larget-Caplan
Classical guitarist and composer Aaron Larget-Caplan searches for the life in music & music in life. He has performed in Europe, Russia, and Taiwan, premiered over 120 compositions, directs the Spanish music & dance ensemble ¡Con Fuego!, while curating the New Lullaby Project, and the Now Musique recital series. His arrangements and recording of the music of John Cage are the first to be sanctioned by the John Cage Trust, are published by Edition Peters, and have received international accolades. His 11 solo albums have earned over 10 million streams, and include albums dedicated to J.S. Bach, John Cage, Spanish romantic and flamenco composers, contemporary composers, and his own music. Raised in Colorado he makes his home in Boston where is on the faculty at the New England Conservatory.
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Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar