Will Liverman and Paul Sánchez perform "III. I, Too," from "Three Dream Portraits," by Margaret Bonds.  Live at the International Piano Series, College of Charleston, Sottile Theatre, Charleston, South Carolina, April 19, 2022.

Paul Sánchez presents the world-premiere of Graham Lynch's "Landscapes with Angels," the final work of WHITE BOOK 3. Co-presented by the San Francisco International Piano Festival and the International Piano Series. ______________________ www.paultsanchez.com www.facebook.com/SanchezComposer www.instagram.com/SanchezComposer ___________________________________________ NOTES BY THE COMPOSER, GRAHAM LYNCH White Book 3 is unified by the work of the artist Christopher le Brun, whose paintings and woodcuts have inspired these five pieces. Before the last sounds [of "The Rhine," the previous work in White Book 3] have died away, the lustrous opening of Landscapes with Angels begins. This is the one piece in the set in which the title is not from a specific Le Brun painting, instead reflecting a number of his works, including the studies for the Parables at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral as well as ‘Travellers in a Landscape’. Angels walk among men, and the world is momentarily transformed by a heavenly presence.

Will Liverman and Paul Sánchez perform "II. Dream Variation," from “Three Dream Portraits,” by Margaret Bonds. Live at the International Piano Series, College of Charleston, Sottile Theatre, Charleston, South Carolina, April 19, 2022.

Paul Sánchez presents the world-premiere of Graham Lynch's "The Rhine," from WHITE BOOK 3. Co-presented by the San Francisco International Piano Festival and the International Piano Series. ______________________ www.paultsanchez.com www.facebook.com/SanchezComposer www.instagram.com/SanchezComposer ___________________________________________ NOTES BY THE COMPOSER, GRAHAM LYNCH White Book 3 is unified by the work of the artist Christopher le Brun, whose paintings and woodcuts have inspired these five pieces. The first three pieces of the set have surface qualities of colour and light, and move easily from one to the next. These pieces reveal Lynch’s predilection for the qualities of French music, but with The Rhine a new world opens out, one of a Northern European sensibility. This work is by far the longest of the set and the individual ideas are subordinated within the textures, sometimes breaking the surface of the music before falling back again - the abundance of the notes threatening to blur the distinction between line and decoration, dragging the music into the world of the unconscious. This is music of a much darker nature, its primal energy gathering weight as it moves towards a climax, before concluding, with a nod to the Wagnerian Rhine, on a series of hushed E flat chords.

Will Liverman and Paul Sánchez perform "III. Kashmiri Song,” from "Five Songs of Laurence Hope," by Henry Burleigh.  Live at the International Piano Series, College of Charleston, Sottile Theatre, Charleston, South Carolina, April 19, 2022.

Paul Sánchez presents the world-premiere of Graham Lynch's "Glow," from WHITE BOOK 3. Co-presented by the San Francisco International Piano Festival and the International Piano Series. ______________________ www.paultsanchez.com www.facebook.com/SanchezComposer www.instagram.com/SanchezComposer ___________________________________________ NOTES BY THE COMPOSER, GRAHAM LYNCH White Book 3, a set of five works that take their inspiration from the paintings and woodcuts of British artist Christopher Le Brun. The first three pieces of the set have surface qualities of colour and light, and move easily from one to the next. Glow, where constantly shifting foreground rhythms are framed within a more regular, formal architectural structure. These pieces reveal Lynch’s predilection for the qualities of French music.

Will Liverman and Paul Sánchez perform "II. The Jungle Flower,” from "Five Songs of Laurence Hope," by Henry Burleigh.  Live at the International Piano Series, College of Charleston, Sottile Theatre, Charleston, South Carolina, April 19, 2022.

Paul Sánchez presents the world-premiere of Graham Lynch's "The Hesperides," from WHITE BOOK 3. Co-presented by the San Francisco International Piano Festival and the International Piano Series. ______________________ www.paultsanchez.com www.facebook.com/SanchezComposer www.instagram.com/SanchezComposer ___________________________________________ NOTES BY THE COMPOSER, GRAHAM LYNCH White Book 3, a set of five works that take their inspiration from the paintings and woodcuts of British artist Christopher Le Brun. The first three pieces of the set have surface qualities of colour and light, and move easily from one to the next. The Hesperides tunes into the magical and enigmatic zone of imagery created by Le Brun’s painting of the same name.

Will Liverman and Paul Sánchez perform "I. Worth While," from "Five Songs of Laurence Hope," by Henry Burleigh. Live at the International Piano Series, College of Charleston, Sottile Theatre, Charleston, South Carolina, April 19, 2022.