On Saturday, August 9, 2020 at 10am PT, pianist Sarah Cahill will give a livestreamed performance from Harrison House, composer Lou Harrison’s desert retreat in Joshua Tree, where she is currently in residence. The free concert will be streamed on Harrison House’s website, www.louharrisonhouse.org. 

Cahill’s program intentionally features music suitable for an upright piano, and includes music by Lou Harrison, Mamoru Fujieda, and the remarkable 96-year-old Ethiopian nun Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou.

Sarah Cahill’s program for the August 9 concert livestreamed from Harrison House includes:

Lou Harrison: Sonata for Cembalo No. 3 (1943)
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou: Homeless Wanderer (1951)
Mamoru Fujieda: Patterns of Plants - 7th Collection Patterns A and B (1997)
Lou Harrison: Serenade (1943) (premiere of original version)
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou: Presentiment (1941/1949)
Mamoru Fujieda: Patterns of Plants - 12th Collection Pattern B (1999)
Mamoru Fujieda: Patterns of Plants - 19th Collection Pattern D (2010)
Lou Harrison: Homage to Milhaud (1948)
Lou Harrison: Waltz for Evelyn Hinrichsen (1977)
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou: The Song of the Sea (1946/1953)
Mamoru Fujieda: Patterns of Plants - 13th Collecton Pattern D (2003)
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou: The Madman's Laughter
Lou Harrison: Tandy's Tango (1992)