Horszowski Trio: NY Premiere of Jan Swafford’s “They That Mourn” (in memory of 9/11), and more
About This Event
At Bargemusic the Horszowski Trio performs the New York premiere of Jan Swafford’s They That Mourn (in memory of 9/11). Swafford is an American composer and author of biographies of Charles Ives, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; he holds a BA (magna cum laude) from Harvard and M.M.A. and D.M.A. degrees from the Yale School of Music and studied with Earl Kim, Jacob Druckman and Betsy Jolas. The program pairs the premiere with additional works by the trio.
About They That Mourn(chamber)
At Bargemusic, the Horszowski Trio presents the New York premiere of Jan Swafford’s *They That Mourn*, written in memory of September 11. Swafford is known in New York not only as a composer but as a biographer of Ives, Brahms, Beethoven, and Mozart, with an academic background that anchors the work in research as much as feeling. The piece sits between classical chamber writing and the tonal world of rock and pop, using direct gesture rather than abstraction. Its significance here is local and historical: a new NYC premiere that revisits a shared civic trauma without turning it into spectacle.
About the Artist
Jan Swafford
Jan Swafford is an American author and composer. He earned his Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from Harvard College and his M.M.A. and D.M.A. from the Yale School of Music. His teachers included Earl Kim at Harvard, Jacob Druckman at Yale, and Betsy Jolas at Tanglewood.