CONCORDANCE: 150 YEARS OF CHARLES IVES Released By Owsley Stanley Foundation
Pianist Donald Berman and the late Phil Lesh champion the classical composer's legacy on Bear's Sonic Journals.
The Owsley Stanley Foundation has released CONCORDANCE: 150 YEARS OF CHARLES IVES, a new 2-CD collection celebrating the legacy of Charles Ives.
The release brings together a 1974 live recording of Ives’s Piano Sonata No. 2 (“Concord, Mass. 1840–1860”) performed by John Kirkpatrick and recorded by Owsley Stanley and Phil Lesh, alongside a 2025 performance by pianist Donald Berman.
The project connects Ives’s influence across generations, highlighting the relationship between Kirkpatrick, who helped establish the Concord Sonata in the repertoire, and Berman, one of his final students.
In addition to the sonata, the second disc includes Concord Legacy: Other Transcendentalists, a series of newly commissioned works by composers Eve Beglarian, David Sanford, Marti Epstein, and Elena Ruehr, inspired by figures such as Emily Dickinson, Harriet Tubman, Louisa May Alcott, and Margaret Fuller.
The collection features 12 tracks spanning nearly two hours of music, along with a 112-page booklet containing essays, interviews, and archival material related to Ives and his legacy.
The album is available on CD through the Owsley Stanley Foundation.
CONCORDANCE: 150 YEARS OF CHARLES IVES
Presented by: Owsley Stanley Foundation
Format: 2-CD collection
Release Date: April 17, 2026
Featured Artists:
John Kirkpatrick (piano)
Donald Berman (piano)
Includes:
– Piano Sonata No. 2 (“Concord, Mass. 1840–1860”) by Charles Ives
– Concord Legacy: Other Transcendentalists (new works by Beglarian, Sanford, Epstein, and Ruehr)
Purchase:
Available via the Owsley Stanley Foundation website
Additional Materials:
112-page booklet with interviews, essays, and archival content
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