Pianist Alex Raineri sat down with Adrian McEniery recently to talk about his new album released by ABC Classic—A Story from the Sand Dunes—featuring works by award-winning Australian composer Melody Eötvös.
Tune in to Intermezzo 5.30pm Thursday 29 August to hear their interview and a preview of one of the works from the album or listen back to their discussion here.
Award-winning Australian composer Melody Eötvös communicates mystery and adventure within deeply sophisticated ideas in musical craft. For this album, she focuses on music for solo piano, with performances by internationally acclaimed ‘born communicator’ pianist Alex Raineri.
The main work, A Story from the Sand Dunes, draws on the Hans Christian Andersen story of the young man Jörgen, raised in humble circumstances among the fisher-folk of Jutland...