Revisits

I'd seen Jennifer Hou play only days before when she performed for Michael Dooley and his revisit to his compositions in Anachronisms.  That was a collection of original compositions in the styles of various periods of music.  Jennifer had played a meditative work in Reflection and a picturesque etude with mirth and virtuosity called In pursuit of the mouse.  Hearing it a second time was revelatory beyond the first day and had me chuckling in my seat, with Jennifer playing it faster and perhaps more confidently that the first time.  The rest of the program was of the anachronisms approach, different styles over time, and also highlighting more unusual works from each composers, a Ravel prelude, a Debussy ballade, a Chopin etude and a more common nocturne.  So, a range of styles and that sometimes quirky Dooley sense of invention and influence.  Maybe something like my take in The Pots, where Megan suggested film music one time, then electronica over quotes, then...  Playing with the range of musics and themes but not locked to any.  I like this and I very much liked Jennifer's concert of fabulous playing and intriguing insights to introduce each work.

Jennifer Hou (piano) performed Ravel, Debussy, Dooley and Chopin at Wesley.