Waltzes and Character Pieces of Florence Price Michael Clark

• Florence Price (1887 - 1953): Valsette Mignon:
• 1Price: Valsette Mignon02:12
• Impromptu No. 1:
• 2Price: Impromptu No. 102:08
• Barcarolle:
• 3Price: Barcarolle04:12
• Hilda's Waltz:
• 4Price: Hilda's Waltz02:48
• Waltz of the Spring Maid:
• 5Price: Waltz of the Spring Maid03:57
• Scherzo in G Major:
• 6Price: Scherzo in G Major02:10
• Rowing:
• 7Price: Rowing: Little Concert Waltz02:01
• In Sentimental Mood:
• 8Price: In Sentimental Mood02:03
• Summertime Waltz (Waltz Charming):
• 9Price: Summertime Waltz (Waltz Charming)03:03
• Dream Boat:
• 10Price: Dream Boat01:50
• Rainbow Waltz:
• 11Price: Rainbow Waltz02:44
• Clouds:
• 12Price: Clouds05:27
• Pensive Mood:
• 13Price: Pensive Mood03:21
• Whirlaway Waltz:
• 14Price: Whirlaway Waltz01:57
• To a Yellow Rose:
• 15Price: To a Yellow Rose03:03
• To a White Rose:
• 16Price: To a White Rose02:50
• To a Red Rose:
• 17Price: To a Red Rose02:09
• Cherry Blossoms in Her Hair (Debutante Waltz):
• 18Price: Cherry Blossoms in Her Hair (Debutante Waltz)04:23
• Waltzing on a Sunbeam:
• 19Price: Waltzing on a Sunbeam02:50
• Total Runtime55:08

Info for Waltzes and Character Pieces of Florence Price

In WALTZES AND CHARACTER PIECES OF FLORENCE PRICE kommt Michael Clarks Wissen und seine Verehrung für Florence Price zum Ausdruck. Er beginnt mit dem ersten Walzer in Price' musikalischem Katalog, Valsette Mignon, und schließt mit einem ihrer letzten Walzer, Waltzing on a Sunbeam. Clarks Respekt und intimes Verständnis für diese eleganten Klavierwerke zeigt sich in seiner delikaten Behandlung jeder Passage bis hin zur einzelnen Note. Die schiere Musikalität, die Clark in den geschwungenen melodischen Linien von Charakterstücken wie Dreamboat und Barcarolle an den Tag legt, ehrt Price' Werk auf eine Art und Weise, die sowohl die Erwartungen hebt als auch übertrifft. Clark hofft, dass der in WALTZES AND CHARACTER PIECES OF FLORENCE PRICE gezeigte Ausschnitt aus ihrem riesigen Repertoire die Zuhörer dazu anregt, ihre Werke weiter zu erforschen und Price die längst überfälligen Blumen zu schenken.

Michael Clark, Klavier

Michael Clark
is a pianist devoted to the interconnection of performance, scholarship, and pedagogy. He has appeared in 15 U.S. states as a soloist, chamber musician, and clinician, specializing in 20th and 21st century repertoire. An advocate for the music of Florence Price, Clark has presented numerous lecture recitals on her piano works and made his solo album debut with Price’s complete waltzes and selected character pieces for Navona Records.

In addition to his interest in Price, Clark researches historical approaches to piano fingering and is the founder of Piano Tricks, an online database of fingerings and redistributions for over 800 passages from the piano repertoire. He recently explored Chopin’s and Liszt’s redistributions in an article for Piano Magazine and published a study of the most frequent historical redistributions in Beethoven’s sonatas in MTNA e-Journal.

A dedicated teacher, Clark was appointed as Lecturer in Piano at Baylor University in 2022, building upon a record of diverse teaching experience in collegiate, studio, and community outreach settings in the Houston area. Clark earned a D.M.A. in Piano Performance with the Certificate in Teaching and Learning from Rice University, an M.M. in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Houston, and a B.M. in Piano Performance from Ithaca College. His primary teachers include Robert Roux, Nancy Weems, Jennifer Hayghe, and Melinda Smashey Jones.

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