Pianist Edward Neeman explores the origins of the piano ballade in two of Chopin’s groundbreaking works, and continues with the composers who followed in Chopin’s footsteps. The concert includes the heartfelt Grieg Ballade Op. 24, as well as late Romantic ballades by Amy Beach and Ignaz Friedman. Premieres by American composers Michael Ippolito and Reinaldo Moya bring the power of pianistic storytelling into the twenty-first century.