Dream Loop Spells

Dream Loop Spells features music by Nick Dinnerstein — original works for cello/piano and cello/loop pedal, alongside Philip Glass’s piano etudes and Leoš Janáček’s Pohádka, played by Nick Dinnerstein on cello and Paul Jacobs on piano.

Dinnerstein’s Sonatina reimagines the classical sonata in three movements: manic, cathartic, and theatrical. Janáček’s Pohádka (“Fairytale”) unfolds through romantic lyricism, shaped by pattern, evoking dream and memory. Glass builds luminous structures from pulse and color. Puppet Music, for cello and loop pedal, opens a space for inward narrative — tender and turbulent, with the energy of an otherworldy dance.