Candlelight Concert - Lino Rivera

Light and Love

Trinity United Methodist’s Candlelight Concerts host Lino Rivera a classical pianist who will be performing at the Candlelight Concert series at Trinity United Methodist Church on Thursday June 26 at 7:00 PM for one set with no intermission. 

The performance will also be streamed live at https://trinityumcpt.org/concerts where you will find a link for the Candlelight Concerts Online and ways to donate. The concert will also be simulcast on KPTZ FM 91.9. 

Admission to the concert is free (really!) with a suggested donation $15 per person. You are most welcome to attend whether you choose to donate or not. Half of the proceeds from this concert will go to Rivera’s chosen charity Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County.

Born in the Philippines Rivera has performed as a solo recitalist concerto soloist chamber musician and accompanist on three continents. He makes it his mission to advocate and premiere contemporary works; to explore and meet the artistic creative and technical challenges of piano transcriptions; and to discover and perform obscure solo piano repertoire throughout the ages. Rivera maintains active concert engagements across the country and is a regular performer teacher and chamber music coach at music festivals here and abroad.

The program will feature two types of piano transcription or piano arrangement:

Literal transcription is where the transcriber takes each note of the original work written for another instrument and adds an aspect or layer of difficulty for the pianist. The selection presented here is Bach's Chaconne in D minor for solo violin transcribed for the piano by Brahms;

Partition or reduction is where the transcriber could not possibly enhance or add notes to the original text but simply adapted the extensive orchestral score for piano solo in an effective manner idiomatic to the instrument. This is the art of extracting the essence and meaning of the original text and rewriting them for ten fingers. The selection presented here is Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture for orchestra transcribed for the piano by the Russian pianist Vyacheslav Gryaznov.

Another work in the program is a Washington state premiere of California pianist and composer Richard Cionco's Lux Aeterna  (2024). From the composer’s notes: "Lux Aeterna finds its origins within the Catholic Mass meaning Eternal Light. Richard Cionco's Lux Aeterna suggests a broader secular message wherein our world as we experience it historically and currently holds forces both evil and good--a timeless narrative…Compositionally the music unfolds episodically utilizing thematic transformation techniques throughout. Two emotionally opposing themes are juxtaposed and transformed texturally and rhythmically finding resolution in the end.”

Trinity United Methodist Church is located at 609 Taylor Street across from the Community Center in Uptown. Attendees should plan on arriving early – doors will open at 6:30. Masks are encouraged for in-person attendees.

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