Video: Brett Mitchell plays Barber, Stravinsky, and Mussorgsky

Brett Mitchell records music of Samuel Barber at home in January 2021.

Published Jan 27, 2021 Updated Mar 25, 2021

DENVER — Brett Mitchell has released several new recordings of brief works by Samuel Barber, Igor Stravinsky, and Modest Mussorgsky.

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Samuel Barber
Blues from Excursions

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Samuel Barber’s passing on January 23, 1981, Mr. Mitchell performs the second movement, 'In slow blues tempo,' from Barber’s first published piano piece, Excursions, Op. 20 (1942-44).

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Samuel Barber
To My Steinway

To commemorate the anniversary of the founding of Steinway and Sons on March 5, 1853, Mr. Mitchell plays Samuel Barber’s To My Steinway, written in 1923 when the composer was just 13 years old.

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Igor Stravinsky
Chorale from Symphonies of Wind instruments

To commemorate the anniversary of the passing of Claude Debussy on March 25, 1918, Mr. Mitchell plays the closing chorale from Igor Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Wind Instruments, written in memory of Debussy.

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Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Igor Stravinsky)
Chorus from the Prologue to Boris Godunov

To commemorate the anniversary of its premiere on January 27, 1874, Mr. Mitchell plays Igor Stravinsky's transcription of the chorus from the Prologue of Modest Mussorgsky’s opera, Boris Godunov.

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