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Classical music in West Virginia and Beyond

Jens Bernieck and Music of Our Time

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By Mona Seghatoleslami

· October 12, 2009

German pianist Jens Barnieck will be performing a recital of 20th- and 21st-century music in Charleston this Wednesday.

The music comes together through Barnieck’s personal connections to the composers and their music, as well as an environmental theme – including John Cage’s Watermusic, “On a Mountain Road at Summer’s End” by Tui St. George Tucker, and selections from John Luther Adams’ In Search of An Ecology of Music. He will also play music by Ruth Crawford Seeger, Frederic Rzewski, and others.

Pianist Jens Barnieck

This is Barnieck’s first visit to West Virginia, but not to the United States – he studied piano at SUNY Buffalo in New York.

This week, he’ll be performing in West Virginia and Virginia, where he’ll also be doing research about composers Tui St. George Tucker and Vera Lachmann.

We spoke over the phone about the music his plays, his research, and the upcoming recital. He is an intelligent and thoughtful musician, so take a listen:

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Interview with Jens Barnieck

Jens Barnieck performs Wednesday evening at 8 pm at Cavendish Hall in Charleston. You can read more about Barnieck and listen to samples of his playing on his Web site.

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