Christopher Taylor, piano
“Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jesus”
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
7:30 p.m.
Old Stone Church
“A pianist of awesome intelligence.”
–Anthony Tommasini, New York Times
The wide-ranging virtuoso pianist Christopher Taylor performs from memory the massive “Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jesus” (“Twenty Ways of Looking at the Infant Jesus”), a solo work that the New York Times calls “music that juxtaposes stillness, mysticism, and frenzied ecstasy.” At over two hours in length, the piece’s ravishing colors and structures are a portal to the divine. $29, CMA members $27.