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The Miniaturist from Queens

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Thursday, March 22, 2007

Author and composer Paul Bowles started writing music while he was a child growing up in Queens; eventually his artistic reach touched nearly every important literary and musical figure in the 20th century. Calling himself a "miniaturist" composer, Bowles specialized in short, self-contained pieces — such as the work we'll hear tonight, his Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra.

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