Metamorphoses, Book I is a cycle of ten pieces for amplified piano by George Crumb. The work represents the composer’s interpretation of paintings by Paul Klee, Vincent van Gogh, Marc Chagall, James McNeill Whistler, Jasper Johns, Paul Gauguin, Salvador Dalí and Vasily Kandinsky. Metamorphoses will receive its world premiere at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. on May 7, 2017, performed by Margaret Leng Tan for whom the work is written.
