TGIF, Mar 7, 5:30pm
Unwind this Friday as Michael Tortorella plays the gentle and soothing rhythms of three piano barcarolles. Doors to the sanctuary open at 5:15pm and the concert begins at 5:30pm. The concert is free with donations accepted.
Program
Barcarolle in F#, op. 60—Frederic Chopin (1810–1839)
Dedication: Mme. le Baronne de Stockhausen
Barcarolle from Fantasy Pieces, op.6—Charles Griffes (1884–1920)
Dedication: Gottfried Galston
Barcarolle—Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–2012)
Dedication: To Carole and Amelia, with love
Michael Tortorella
Michael began playing the piano while living in Tirrenia, Italy, at age 5. His first teacher was Maria Fanali of Marina di Pisa. Subsequently he studied with Constance Meich of the Bronx, NY. He currently works with Rose Maria Martin of San Diego, CA. While loving Chopin as the fount of all pianism, he currently favors the music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Scriabin, Debussy, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, and Griffes.
Michael moved to Santa Fe in 2019 after retiring from Bell Laboratories and Rutgers University. He holds the PhD in mathematics from Purdue University. With co-author Dave Hoeflin he is currently writing a third book Flows in Unreliable Networks: Principles of Unified Performance and Reliability Modeling.