Justin Davidson, New York music and architecture critic and sometime Noise guest blogger, has written a remembrance of the late Peter Lieberson for the New York Times. The passages about Lieberson's teaching especially strike home for me, since I took the same class a year or two later. Justin knew Peter much better than I did, and beautifully captures his complexities and inner conflicts. It's good to be reminded of what a potent piece the First Piano Concerto is. Perhaps Alan Gilbert — another Lieberson student – will consider reviving it.
