About this Piece

Picture a private club in a downtown loft on a Saturday night. Bits of music can be heard from the street as you approach, and, as you pass the front door and snake your way upstairs, it gets louder and louder until you’re enveloped in the joyous and throbbing throng. In this scene, two people with some history unexpectedly run into one another. To their great surprise, they have something left to say to one another. During the gaps in the music they try to get in a few casual, defiant, and some tender words before the exultant cacophony overwhelms it all. 

This virtuoso piano piece depicting this scene is inspired by and dedicated to a great artist and friend, Yuja Wang. —Michael Tilson Thomas