Originally titled "Phonoramas. Tonal journeys for the Pianoforte" and based on Leopold Godowsky's visit to Java during the pianist and composer's 1922-23 tour of the Far East, The Java Suite consists of twelve finely wrought miniatures for solo piano and is influenced by the gamelan music of Java, Indonesia—whose bewitching sound is invoked throughout, along with other sights and sounds he had encountered.
With The Java Suite as our musical centerpiece this week (occupying the entire 10 o'clock hour), our final hour will be given over to a birthday celebration of the great 20th Century Polish composer, Witold Lutoslawski—and the program will open with music of an earlier Polish master, Frederick Chopin, as performed by the legendary pianist who wowed audiences at the Grand Rapids Symphony earlier this weekend, Garrick Ohlsson.
You can hear Sunday on Blue Lake with Foley Schuler every Sunday morning from 9 until noon on Blue Lake Public Radio.
