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Fredrik Ullen

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Ullen once again pushes the boundaries of the piano. CD with sheet music.Fredrik Ullen, known alongside Amram as a pianist with superhuman virtuosity, has released a highly anticipated new album that is, once again, an incredibly challenging piece. It features Trinity by American composer George Flynn [1937], a monumental work in three parts that lasts a full 114 minutes. Composed over a 25-year span from 1968 to 1993, the title refers to the works three-part structure and the place name in New Mexico where the first nuclear test was conducted in 1945.According to the composer himself, Underground and Wounding represent the era of 20th-century violence (Poland during World War II and Vietnam in the 1960s), while Rescue explores reconciliation and confronts that reality. The piece demands a great deal from both performers and listeners in terms of length, technical difficulty, and content. In f