TULEVAISUUS

Mackenzie Melemed

Release Date: November 21, 2025

Mackenzie Melemed’s debut album Tulevaisuus (Finnish for “future”) pairs music that has shaped his artistry with new works by Laura Kaminsky, Stephen Hough, and Avner Dorman, each inspired by Bach, Liszt, or Brahms. Hough’s Prelude and Fugue (Aeolian) reimagines Bach’s B-flat minor Prelude and Fugue from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, weaving the letters of Melemed’s name into the fugue subject. Kaminsky’s Threnody…October 2024 offers a raw, urgent reflection on Liszt’s Funérailles. Dorman’s Lament and Variations, dedicated to the victims of the October 2023 attack in Israel, reflects on Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9, moving from sorrow to resilience before finding peace in stillness. Rooted in the past yet alive in the present, Tulevaisuus explores how memory and tradition can shape the music of the future.

Special thanks to Ms. Kuniko Washio and William Scollard, as well as to the following donors: Mary Beth and David Alexander, Lynn Bernard, Alex Blakemore, Carol Butler, Robert and Virgil Chan, Bob Cundall, Vic Dhooge, Brian Feit, Susan Jacobs, Elise Jacques, Rich McNally and Kelly Lizotte, The Rains Family, Lou and Jil Valerio, and John Wohlstetter.

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Tulevaisuus

by Mackenzie Melemed

2:26

Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude and Fugue No.22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867 - I. Prelude

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2:53

Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude and Fugue No.22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867 - II. Fugue

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2:43

Prelude and Fugue (Aeolian) - I. Prelude. Maestoso energico

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4:13

Prelude and Fugue (Aeolian) - II. Fugue. Allegro molto ritmico

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13:19

Harmonies poetiques et religieuses, S. 173: VII. Funerailles

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11:34

Threnody...October 2024

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1:18

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.9 - Thema

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1:15

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.9 - Var. 1, L'istesso tempo

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0:33

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.9 - Var. 2, Poco piu moto

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1:07

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.9 - Var. 3, Tempo di tema

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0:45

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.9 - Var. 4, Poco piu moto

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0:51

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.9 - Var. 5, Allegro capriccioso

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0:50

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.9 - Var. 6, Allegro

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0:58

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.9 - Var. 7, Andante

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2:04

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.9 - Var. 8, Andante

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0:37

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.9 - Var. 9, Schnell

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2:15

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.9 - Var. 10, Poco adagio

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1:05

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.9 - Var. 11, Un poco piu animato

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0:45

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.9 - Var. 12, Allegretto, poco scherzando - Allegro

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0:33

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.9 - Var. 13, Non troppo presto

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0:58

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.9 - Var. 14, Andante

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1:47

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.9 - Var. 15, Poco adagio

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2:21

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.9 - Var. 16, Adagio

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15:13

Lament and Variations

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