Tulevaisuus Digital Booklet

TULEVAISUUS mackenzie melemed

The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

Prelude and Fugue No.22 in B-Flat Minor,

Prelude and Fugue No.22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867

I Prelude

II. Fugue

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Prelude and Fugue (Aeolian)

I Prelude Maestoso energico

II. Fugue. Allegro molto ritmico

Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173

VII Funérailles

Threnody…October 2024

Kaminsky

Brahms

Thema

Var. 1, L'istesso tempo

Var. 2, Poco più moto

Var 3, Tempo di tema

Var 4, Poco più moto

Var. 5, Allegro capriccioso

Var. 6, Allegro

Var. 7, Andante

Var 8, Andante

Var 9, Schnell

Var. 10, Poco adagio

Var. 11, Un poco più animato

Var. 12, Allegretto, poco scherzando - Allegro

Var 13, Non troppo presto

Var 14, Andante

Var. 15, Poco adagio

Var. 16, Adagio

Johann Sebastian Bach

Tulevaisuus Finnish for “future” is my debut album and musical introduction to a

For this project, I chose compositions by Bach, Liszt, and Brahms, works that have served as guideposts throughout artistic development. invited three composer colleagues Sir Stephen Hough, Laura Kaminsky, and Avner Dorman create modern responses these masterpieces, reimagining their spirit in today’s world. Each pairing forms dialogue across time, adding musical continuum.

Stephen Hough’s Prelude and Fugue (Aeolian) draws on one of Bach’s darkest works the Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor (WTC Book I) but plays mostly the white keys until the original key returns in bold, dramatic surge. The fugue subject, drawn from the letters of my last name, weaves the personal into the structural.

Laura Kaminsky’s Threnody…October 2024 responds to Liszt’s Funérailles with raw, urgent expression of today’s anxiety and grief, much how Liszt captured the spirit of the 1848–49 Hungarian Revolution.

Avner Dorman’s Lament and Variations takes inspiration from Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9, a work marked by introspection and devotion. Dorman’s piece, dedicated to those lost in the October 2023 attack in Israel, moves through and resilience, building powerful climax before Finding Peace in Stillness solemn benediction that returns the opening lament, though somewhat changed from all that's preceded it.

Rooted in the past and reflection of the present, Tulevaisuus invites listeners to explore how tradition, memory, and new voices can come together shape what lies ahead. Mackenzie Melemed

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Recipient of the 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant, 30-year-old American pianist Mackenzie Melemed has emerged as one of his generation’s most distinctive musical voices. A prodigy, Melemed gave 500 concerts before age 13, including an appearance on The Rosie O’Donnell Show as well as five performances at The White House. laureate of the 2021 American Pianists Awards and the 1st China International Music Competition, Melemed has collaborated with conductors Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Gerard Schwarz, Michael Stern, Mei-Ann Chen, Yoel Levi, and many others. He has performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Helsinki Philharmonic, and the KBS Symphony at venues like Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, the Helsinki Music Centre, and Warsaw’s National Philharmonic. Melemed is a Steinway Artist and graduate of The Juilliard School’s prestigious Artist Diploma program, where he studied with Robert McDonald and Emanuel Ax.

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