Lisa Lanza returns to the keys of a 9-foot 1935 Steinway for a concert of classical music this Saturday.
Lanza first played that piano, now housed at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship …
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Lisa Lanza returns to the keys of a 9-foot 1935 Steinway for a concert of classical music this Saturday.
Lanza first played that piano, now housed at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (QUUF), 25 years ago.
“I had never played on a piano of that size and sound before, and recall how impressed and intimidated I was by it,” she said. “It felt like it was a bit like a wild horse.”
Since QUUF purchased the piano in 2007 from Max Barnard, Lanza has played on it multiple times as an accompanist; the Jan. 28 concert is to be her second as a soloist.
The program, set for 7 p.m. at QUUF, includes a selection of piano works, from Baroque pieces to a contemporary prelude. Lanza also is to be joined on stage by local woodwind duo Anne Krabill (oboe) and David Krabill (bassoon).
The first half of the program features Robert Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes, also known as “Etudes in the Form of Variations.”
“It is a brilliant piece of music, which has totally consumed me for the past several months,” said Lanza, who is also looking forward to performing it at the Hebden Bridge Piano Festival in England this April.
The piece is based on a slow, serious theme that unfolds into a variety of charming miniature pieces and concludes with a triumphant finale, Lanza said.
The second half of the program begins with the Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano by Michael Head (1900-1976).
Lanza said that Anne Krabill gave her the music last year as something to play in the future, and it was perfect for the QUUF concert, she said.
Following those works are three charming polonaises by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, a shimmering prelude by Prokofiev and Chopin’s highly lyrical and intense Nocturne in C minor Op. 48 No. 1, Lanza said.
QUUF is located at 2333 San Juan Ave. Admission is by a suggested $20 donation. Proceeds support that evening’s artists and help maintain the 9-foot 1935 Steinway piano, which was refurbished in 2015.
Lanza is also to perform in concert at 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 27 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Port Angeles as a partial benefit for the church’s Sons of Norway Children’s Fund.
