Bread and Circuses Album Cover (1)

Bread and Circuses

Works

Performers

Aron Kallay, piano
Ian Dicke, piano

Released in June, 2026

Bread and Circuses presents the piano music composed by Ian Dicke during the turbulent period of the subprime mortgage crisis (2008) to the unprecedented US presidential election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump (2016). This album explores Dicke’s wide ranging approaches to programmatic music, which employs a variety of technical processes while simultaneously creating an artistic experience greater than the sum of its parts.
TRACKS:
1. Get Rich Quick
2. White Parasol
3. Counterpundit I. Bread
4. Counterpundit II. Circuses
5. Postlude

Credits

Compositions by Ian Dicke

Piano by Aron Kallay

Producers: Ian Dicke and Aron Kallay

Engineering, Mixing and Mastering: Scott Fraser

Editing: Ian Dicke

Graphic Design: Dian Dicke

Cover Photo: Elisa Ferrari