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Lara Downes celebrates new album release at Crocker Art Museum
Pianist Lara Downes, a favorite with Mondavi Center audiences for the past decade, has released a new album titled “13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg.”
The album begins with J.S. Bach’s opening aria from the “Goldberg Variations,” followed by new variations by highly regarded contemporary composers, including Jennifer Higdon, who won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her violin concerto.
Downes will mark the release of the new album with a CD release celebration at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at the Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. in Sacramento. Admission is free with museum admission.
For more information, call (916) 808-1182 or visit www.crockerartmuseum.org.
Listeners also can sample tracks from the album online at www.laradownes.com. In addition, Downes will perform music from the album in concert at the Mondavi Center’s Vanderhoef Studio Theatre at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13.
Tickets are $37 general or $18.50 students, available at www.mondaviarts.org or (530) 754-2787.
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