DOCSLIB.ORG

Redefining the Role of a Classical Player

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Redefining the Role of a Classical Player CONQUER YOUR SPECIAL FOCUS: AUGUSTIN HADELICH’S UPPER-POSITION ANXIETIES GREAT TEACHERS ON TEACHING DEPENDABLE 1723 STRAD GERARD REDEFINING THE ROLE SCHWARZ’ OF A CLASSICAL ALL-STARS PLAYER TAKE IT TO TELEVISION IMPERFECTION VS. IMITATION: THE MAKINGS OF A MASTERPIECE NILS ØKLAND EXPLORES THE August 2017 No. 268 HARDANGER FIDDLE’S StringsMagazine.com FLEXIBLE VOICE 001_Cover copy.indd 1 6/22/17 4:49 PM FEATURES SPECIAL FOCUS Great Teachers on Teaching 16 Star Power 36 T e All-Star Orchestra Play It Again, shines in a new season Viola. And Again. By Cristina Schreil On orchestra excerpts and the unconditional love of music By Atar Arad 40 The Impossible 22 Dream The Eye of the Beholder Tackling the everyday struggle Imperfection may just be the thing of teaching that separates true art from imitation intonation By James N. McKean By Robert Gillespie 44 Finding the Right Balance Producing transcendent 26 musical moments— Fire and Ice and the need to Cellist Seth Parker Woods on his keep track of my inf uences and inspiration, and students’ thumbs the trajectory of his artistic adventure By Karine Georgian By T omas May 46 Constant Evolution On the development of my teaching approach to the opening of the Sibelius Concerto By Almita Vamos 32 Nordic Tracks Nils Økland explores the many voices of his Hardanger f ddle By Bob Doerschuk AUGUST 2017 VOLUME XXXII, NUMBER 1, ISSUE 268 COVER: SETH PARKER WOODS WOODS—MICHAEL YU; ØKLAND—FREDERIC BOUDIN; GEORGIAN—KATE MOUNT PHOTO: MICHAEL YU StringsMagazine.com 5 005-009_TOC&EdNote.indd 5 6/22/17 1:10 PM EDITOR’S NOTE Karine Georgian StringsMagazine.com CONTENT DEVELOPMENT Editor Megan Westberg Managing Editor Stephanie Powell Production Manager Hugh O’Connor Contributing Editors Cristina Schreil, James N. McKean, Darol Anger, Sarah Freiberg, Inge Kjemtrup, Louise Lee, Laurence Vittes, Anna Pulley, Thomas May, Patrick Sullivan, Emily Wright Creative Services Creative Director Joey Lusterman Production Designer Olivia Wise SALES & MARKETING Chief Revenue Officer Lyzy Lusterman Sales Director Cindi Olwell Associate Sales Director Greg Sutton Sales Managers Ref Sanchez, Amy-Lynn Fischer Marketing Services Manager Tanya Gonzalez Marketing Designer Tricia Baxter Product Marketing Manager Kelsey Holt Magazine Marketing Coordinator Lauren Boyd egendary violin teacher Dorothy his or her students. And more and more stu- Single Copy Sales Consultant Tom Ferruggia DeLay would have turned 100 on dents are embracing careers of increasing March 31, a date that also almost eclecticism. Take cover subject Seth Parker exactly marks 15 years since her Woods. His projects run the gamut between death. Yet her infuence, as evidenced avant-garde performance art and 17th- Lby a star-studded tribute event organized by century Italian Baroque cello music. her former student Philippe Quint, has been As players are rethinking how they will undiminished by time. As Itzhak Perlman, forge careers, even the orchestral model is Sarah Chang, Midori, and others voiced their getting a new look. Gerard Schwarz, former memories and gratitude for her guidance, the longtime music director of the Seattle Sym- Stringletter.com importance of a violin teacher’s role in phony, decided that the best way to create a the lives of her students took center stage. bigger audience for orchestral music was to Publisher and Editorial Director David A. Lusterman This issue focuses on that role, and four create an orchestra that would perform . FINANCE & OPERATIONS great teachers—violist Atar Arad, violinist without an audience. His All-Star Orchestra, Chief Operations Officer Anita Evans Robert Gillespie, cellist Karine Georgian, and its seats filled with top players from top Accounting Associate Raymund Baldoza violinist Almita Vamos—talk about the chal- American orchestras, plays for the cameras Bookkeeper Geneva Thompson Office Assistant Vanessa Averbeck lenges and rewards of their craft, and how only, hoping to bring the orchestral-music they shoulder the responsibility of what experience into American homes via public General Inquiries [email protected] amounts to so much more than teaching tech- television in a new, more engaging way. Customer Service [email protected] nique and musical expression. As always, I invite you to share your Advertising Inquiries [email protected] Each of these educators occupies a place of thoughts about these stories, and the many Send e-mail to individuals in this format: honor in a noble teaching lineage—the mod- others that appear in this issue, including [email protected] ern heirs to the great historical Russian, James N. McKean’s memories of noted violin Front Desk (510) 215-0010 French, and Franco-Belgian schools of violin dealer Jacques Francais, Nils Økland’s Customer Service (800) 827-6837 playing. thoughts on the stylistic flexibility of his General Fax (510) 231-5824 String teaching, while heavily infuenced Hardanger fddle, and Augustin Hadelich’s Secure Fax (510) 231-8964 by the past, is still the province of musicians description of his 1723 “ex-Kiesewetter” Mail & Shipping with their eyes on the future. A teacher’s leg- Strad violin. 501 Canal Boulevard, Suite J, Richmond, CA 94804 acy is, after all, tied frmly to the successes of —Megan Westberg, editor Printed in USA TO SUBSCRIBE to Strings magazine, call (800) 809-6372 or visit us online at StringsMagazine.com. As TO ADVERTISE in Strings, Strings Notes, and on StringsMagazine.com and connect with more than a subscriber, you enjoy the convenience of home delivery and you never miss an issue. You can take care 200,000 string players, teachers, and members of the trade, please contact sales director Cindi Olwell of all your subscription needs at our online Subscriber Services page (StringsMagazine.com/subscriber- at (510) 215-0025 or [email protected]. services): pay your bill, renew, give a gift, change your address, and get answers to any questions you may have about your subscription. A single issue costs $7.99; an individual subscription is $40.00 per DISTRIBUTED to the music trade by American International Distribution Corporation (AIDC), year; institutional subscriptions are also available. International subscribers must order airmail delivery. PO Box 2211, Williston, VT 05495-2211, 800-765-8737, [email protected]. Add $15 per year for Canada/Pan Am, $30 elsewhere, payable in US funds on a US bank, or by Visa, Strings articles are indexed in The Music Index and The Music Article Guide. Except as noted, all con- MasterCard, or American Express. tents © 2017 String Letter Publishing, Inc., David A. Lusterman, Publisher. No part of the contents may KATE MOUNT be reproduced, in print or electronically, without prior written permission. StringsMagazine.com 9 005-009_TOC&EdNote.indd 9 6/21/17 3:47 PM STR POWER The All-Star Orchestra shines in a new season By Cristina Schreil t’s August 2016 at SUNY Pur- chase, a college just north of I New York City. As she’s done countless times in her two decades with the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra, violinist Elita Kang dons concert attire. She’s all made up, notes in hand, as she moves with fellow players onto the concert stage. Yet some- thing feels distinctly odd about this performance: There is no audience. Along with 86 other musi- cians, Kang is performing for a feet of high-defnition cameras. “You develop kind of a Pavlovian routine after a while: You get into your concert gear and you walk out onstage and there are going to be people listening. It was a little bit odd to just pretend,” Kang says after the performance. Tere was, she stresses, a gratify- SCHWARZ—STEVE SHERMAN ing reason behind the experience. StringsMagazine.com 17 016-021_FT_All-StarOrchestsra.indd 17 6/22/17 1:11 PM T is recording session was for season three New Jersey, North Carolina, Jacksonville, feel less equivalent to an Olympic basketball of the All-Star Orchestra, a public-television Washington, D.C., and beyond rub shoulders. team than to a musical Justice League. Since project bringing classical-music education to Giving the event this kind of universal its f rst season in 2013, about 85 percent of the masses this September. moniker communicates the goal of nudging public-broadcasting stations have aired the When you hear “all star,” it’s usually base- classical music onto a more public stage. “I orchestra’s specially crafted concert-like epi- ball diamonds—not concert halls—that are thought that we should be called the All-Star sodes, which are interspersed with commen- likely come to mind. But this inclusive cele- Orchestra to make it as popular as possible,” tary and interviews with players and bration of the “best of the best” embraces a says maestro Gerard Schwarz, the founder. composers. mega ensemble that unites principals and “It wouldn’t be a New York show or Chicago Minutes before Schwarz shares his vision concertmasters from a host of American show or San Francisco show . We wanted it with me, I’m walking along a sun-streaked orchestras—30, in fact. T e roster is a virtual to be an American show.” With this harmoni- Park Avenue to meet him at his home. It’s cross-country journey; players from Utah, ous mission of public service, the All-Stars springtime in New York City and clusters of bright tulips seem to wave at me from their f owerbeds. And then Schwarz, turning our handshake into something of a dance move, Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music is proud to announce whisks me into his opulent apartment. As he the Starling-Shepherd Distinguished Artist Teacher Series in settles in a window-side chair, the marigold Classical Violin. This new initiative celebrates thirty-seven years blobs of taxicabs streak down the avenue of collaboration between the Dorothy Richard Starling behind him.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • MOSCOW STATE RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Zellerbach Hall Alexei Kornienko, Chief Conductor, Laureate of International Competitions
    CAL PERFORMANCES PRESENTS ORCHESTRA ROSTER Saturday, March 20, 2010, 8pm MOSCOW STATE RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Zellerbach Hall Alexei Kornienko, Chief Conductor, Laureate of International Competitions Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra Robert Cole, conductor Robert Cole, conductor Violin I Cello Bassoon with Igor Khvalev, Concertmaster Alexey Shulgin, Principal Evgeny Evstafyev, Principal Alexander Sinchuk, piano Alexader Torsukov Alla Makova Mikhail Velichenko Elena Abdullina Liubov Kotsiubenko and Liudmila Zhukova Alexander Koptsov Horn Julian Schwarz, cello Igor Kiselenko Yulia Tretiakova Nikolay Kumarin, Principal Tatiana Revedinskaya Tatiana Barykina Dmitry Babintsev Julia Maklakova Mikhail Yakovlev Dmitri Kouznetsov PROGRAM Evgeniya Badaeva Lyubov Kozhemiatova Victor Platonov Boris Markosyan Sergey Zheltov Nataliya Mikhalkina Double Bass Vladimir Efimenko Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture Yury Zhogas Evseviy Kirnitskiy, Principal Natalia Alexeeva Andrey Knyazev Trumpet (1869; rev. 1870, 1880) Olena Kostaniants German Chernyavskiy Evgeny Kudryavtsev, Principal Ekaterina Khoroshilova Vladimir Prikhodko Yury Poliakov Alexandr Serdyukov Nikolay Aseev Serge Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Violin II Svetlana Rodionovskaya Nikita Tokarev for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43 (1934) Nina Rumyantseva, Principal Alexander Sinchuk, piano Mikhail Karapetyan Flute Trombone Leonid Tobolev Vladimir Maydanovich, Principal Konstantin Baev, Principal Anna Venina Albert Ratsbaum Alexander
    [Show full text]
  • Eighteenth Season 2009 2010 Orchestra Management
    Russian Diversions R. Joseph Scott Conductor & Music Director eighteenth season 2009 2010 Orchestra Management Board of Directors elcome to today’s performance of the Sammamish Symphony Orchestra Founding Director will join forces with four other area Joyce Cunningham Sammamish Symphony Orchestra. W groups to perform Mozart’s immortal Music Director & Conductor As I celebrate my 11th year with this group Requiem. It is a great honor to our R. Joseph Scott of talented musicians, it is gratifying to Orchestra to be asked back for this refl ect upon the remarkable growth of the special event. President Miranda Thorpe Orchestra. The dedication and diligence of each member is evident in the ever- The Sammamish Symphony Vice-President improving artistry displayed in each Orchestra’s 2009/2010 season off ers Deborah McCormick performance. Our achievements have been a dynamic array of music selections from traditional works to new Treasurer recognized in the invitation from Northwest Pat Hebner Associated Arts to participate again in a favorites. The entire family will enjoy special appearance at Benaroya Hall. The performances such as Holst’s The Secretary Planets, Rimski-Korsakov’s Russian Cathy Grindle Easter Overture, and Beethoven’s Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, Dennis Helppie Andy Hill Cello and Orchestra (featuring Myrl Venter world-class soloists from the Seatt le Tim Winter Symphony and Finisterra trio), as well as a host of popular music included on our Holiday Pops concert in December Honorary Board Members Don Gerend and our American West Pops concert Mayor, City of Sammamish in June. Be sure to visit our website at www.sammamishsymphony.org for Cheryl Pfl ug a complete listing of works presented Washington State Senator this season.
    [Show full text]
  • JULIAN SCHWARZ, Double Bass RIE ANDO, Piano
    2008-2009 presents BARRY LIEBERMAN & FRIENDS presents guest artists JULIAN SCHWARZ, double bass RIE ANDO, piano December 7, 2008 2:00 PM Brechemin Auditorium PROGRAM SUITE for Solo Cello in G Major ...................................................... JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) Prelude Allemande Courante Sarabande Minuets Gigue SONATA for Piano and Cello in D Major, Op. 58 .................................... FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Allegro assai vivace Allegretto scherzando Adagio Molto Allegro e vivace INTERMISSION SONATA for Solo Cello ...................................................................................... GYORGY LIGETI (1923-2006) Dialogo Capriccio from JEWISH LIFE: SUITE .............................................................................. ERNEST BLOCH (1880-1959) Prayer Supplication Jewish Song SUITE ................................................................................................................. DAVID POPPER (1843-1913) Spanish Dance, Op. 54, No. 5 To the Memory of My Parents, Op. 64, No. 1 Spinning Song, Op. 55, No. 1 JULIAN SCHWARZ was born in 1991 to a family of musicians. After starting his studies with David Tonkonogui he made his debut as soloist with the Seattle Symphony at age 11 playing the Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto. Since then Julian has won many competitions and awards including the David Tonkonogui Memorial Award, the Merle P. Griffe Award for Cello Performance, the Northwest Sinfonietta Concerto Competition in 2 consecutive years, the Sammamish Symphony Concerto
    [Show full text]
  • Eastman Heard Round the World
    NEW FEATURE EASTMAN’S Gateways’ Lee Koonce Alumni on the Move Jazz Festival Diary EASTMAN FALL 2016 Eastman Heard Round the World In the American Wild, China, Italy, and Elsewhere The EASTMAN PHILHARMONIA at LINCOLN CENTER Conducted by Neil Varon Featuring Renée Fleming Historic Premiere of Letters from Georgia by Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Kevin Puts Two distinguished Eastman alumni— world-renowned soprano Renée Fleming (MM ’83, ’11 Honorary) and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts (BM ’94, DMA ’99)— join forces for the New York premiere of a new song cycle inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe. Kevin Puts Neil Varon Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole Puts: Letters from Georgia* Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, Op. 100 Monday, November 14, 2016, 8 PM Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center Ticket information at esm.rochester.edu/concerts/series/nyc * Commissioned by the Eastman School of Music with the generous support of Joseph and Bette Hirsch (’64) and the Howard Hanson Institute for American Music. World premiere in Rochester on Saturday, November 12 at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. Tickets at EastmanTheatre.org ESM_PhilNYC_NotesAd_Final-r1.indd 1 9/21/16 11:44 AM { FALL 2016 } “The hardest-working man at the jazz festival”: Eastman guitarist Bob Sneider closed out each Xerox Rochester Jazz Festival night with an after-hours jam at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 2 From the Dean 3 Brief Notes 4 Alumni on the Move 19 School News 6 10 26 Eastman Exceptions Recordings Jazz Festival Heard to the Rule: 29 14 Alumni Notes Diary Round Gateways the World at Eastman 33 From June 24 to July 2, jazz was In Memoriam at the center of Rochester—and Eastman ensembles With a new partnership, 34 spanned the globe with Eastman hopes to open Tributes Eastman musicians were at the center music this summer.
    [Show full text]
  • November Activity Highlights
    November Activity Highlights Sat 1 The New York Metropolitan Opera performs Bizet’s Carmen with Anita Rachvelishvili singing her signature role of the ill-fated gypsy temptress. Aleksandrs Antonenko plays her desperate lover, the soldier Don José, and Ildar Abdrazakov is the swaggering bullfighter, Escamillo, who comes between them. Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the irresistible score. Approximate running time 3 hrs 40 min at Century Theater, Capital Mall (broadcast LIVE). Sign up at Activity Desk; Cost includes ticket and transportation. $25.00, BL 9:15AM. Sat 1 Traditions Café presents Allie Farris from Nashville. Allie has a strong following as a singer and songwriter; she will be joined by a fine local trio headed by singer songwriter Terry Holder. Sign up at the Activity Desk, Dine no-host before the 8:00PM show. $18.00, BL 6:15PM. Sun 2 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ENDS – TURN YOUR CLOCK BACK ONE HOUR (FALL BACK) Sun 2 Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia (SOGO) presents Fall Concert. The Conservatory Orchestra will present Weber’s Overture from the opera Oberon, Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 featuring Nolan Welch, and Grieg’s music from the Peer Gynt Suites. For tickets call WCPA at (360)753-8586. Post Date 10/19. $3.00, BL 3:15PM. Mon 3 LIR Video-Dutch Art Masters – Rembrandt 1650’s & Last Years - In the final two lectures of this extraordinary Teaching Co. series, the deepening emotional level of Rembrandt’s work and the life like quality of his last decade’s artistry demonstrates why Dutch Art, of this time period, is considered a golden age.
    [Show full text]
  • Northern Lights
    Bright SHENG Northern Lights Dan Zhu, Violin Julian Schwarz and Trey Lee, Cellos Robert Black, Double Bass Yoobin Son, Flute/Alto flute Pius Cheung, Marimba David Friend, Marika Bournaki, Bright Sheng, Pianos Bright SHENG (b. 1955) Northern Lights (2009) • Melodies of a Flute (2011) • Four Movements for Piano Trio (1990) Sweet May Again (2007) • Hot Pepper (2010) Northern Lights (2009) During one conversation, Bill, well versed in Norwegian for violoncello and piano culture, introduced me to Norwegian and Scandinavian 1. ♪ = 88 folk music. I became even more excited when, after 2. ♩ = 69 further examination, I noticed its kinship with some 3. ♩ = 63-66 forms of American country music, such as Appalachian 4. ♩ = 144-152 and Bluegrass. In many ways, composing music in various styles is The work is dedicated to Inger G. Ginsberg. similar to an author writing in different languages. On Northern Lights was jointly commissioned by The the one hand, an opus is usually at its most effective Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, La Jolla when written in a mother tongue, but on the other, Music Society, and the Bergen Festival with a generous many literary giants wrote in their second (or even gift from William Ginsberg in honour of his wife, Inger third) language with great results. Northern Lights is G. Ginsberg. It was finished on December 28th, 2009, my first attempt to integrate Norwegian/Scandinavian in New York City. folk music into my work, and it probably has a linguistic Folk music has been my fascination and creative ‘accent’. However, as a student who is embarking on his resource for over four decades.
    [Show full text]
  • 660172-74 Bk Walküre EU
    559379 bk MOR 2/13/08 1:24 PM Page 24 AMERICAN CLASSICS Also available from Music of Remembrance: JAKE HEGGIE For a Look or a Touch GERARD SCHWARZ: In Memoriam LORI LAITMAN: The Seed of Dream Music of Remembrance 8.570119 8.559219 8.559379 24 559379 bk MOR 2/13/08 1:24 PM Page 2 Jake Heggie (b. 1961) For a Look or a Touch (2007) 33:47 Libretto by Gene Scheer Commissioned by Music of Remembrance, Mina Miller, Artistic Director World première recording 1 Prelude: Do You Remember? 4:16 2 I. The Voice 5:13 3 II. Golden Years 5:48 4 III. The Story of Joe 4:26 5 IV. Silence 3:59 6 V. Der Singende Wald (The Singing Forest) 3:21 7 VI. Remember 6:43 Morgan Smith, Baritone Julian Patrick, Actor Music of Remembrance Zart Domburian-Eby, Flute • Laura DeLuca, Clarinet Mikhail Shmidt, Violin • Amos Yang, Cello Craig Sheppard, Piano Permission to use the libretto by Gene Scheer was granted by the author Gerard Schwarz (b. 1947) 8 In Memoriam (2005) 9:06 World première recording Julian Schwarz, Cello Music of Remembrance Jeannie Wells Yablonsky, Violin 1 • Leonid Keylin, Violin 2 A chart of colored prisoner markings used in German concentration camps (1938-1942). Susan Gulkis Assadi, Viola • Mara Finkelstein, Cello Section 175 prisoners were assigned pink triangles. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of KZ Gedenkstaette Dachau 8.559379 2 23 8.559379 559379 bk MOR 2/13/08 1:24 PM Page 22 Lori Laitman (b. 1955) The Seed of Dream (2004) 17:57 Poems written in the Vilna Ghetto by Abraham Sutzkever Commissioned by Music of Remembrance, Mina
    [Show full text]
  • Mozart Orchestra of New York
    Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 8 pm Join us for these upcoming shows Mozart Orchestra of New York Buy 3 or more and save 10%! Gerard Schwarz, Music Director and Conductor Vladimir Feltsman, Piano Betty Buckley in Story Songs Saturday, October 7 at 7:30 & 9:30 pm Program Shanghai Quartet Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 Sunday, October 8 at 3 pm Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 (Emperor) Allegro George and Ira Gershwin’s Of Thee I Sing Adagio un poco moto Saturday, November 4 at 8 pm Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo Music for Two Violins Intermission Sunday, December 3 at 3 pm Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D Major Adagio molto – Allegro con brio Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Larghetto Friday, January 19 at 8 pm Scherzo: Allegro Allegro molto China National Symphony Steinway is the official piano of Tilles Center. Sunday, February 11 at 3 pm Classical music performances are made possible, in part, by Buy tickets and sign up for our email list at tillescenter.org, The Classical Music Fund in honor of Dr. Elliott Sroka. and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram! 2017-18 Presenting Season Sponsor NOTES ON THE PROGRAM 1807, the drama was no longer frequently While he was composing this work, score as an integral part, giving the music The following program notes are performed; nevertheless, Beethoven’s Beethoven, whose hearing was already continuity, but at the same time denying copyright Susan Halpern, 2017. composition quickly became a popular poor, felt tortured by the noise of the the soloist opportunity for impromptu concert piece.
    [Show full text]
  • Showcase of CMS Performers & Composers II
    Sixty-First National Conference Showcase of CMS Performers & Composers II Brian A. Cobb • Concert Manager Friday, October 12, 2018 7:30 p.m. JW Marriott Parq Vancouver Fairview I—II Vancouver, British Columbia PROGRAM ORIGINAL COMPOSITION: Suite for Jules .................................... Mark Olivieri (Hobart & William Smith Colleges) II. Reach III. The Rationing of the Artichokes Jo Nardolillo, violin Julian Schwarz, cello Suite for Jules was commissioned and premiered by the acclaimed Schulhoff Duo for the San Francisco Chamber Music Festival in January of 2008. The piece had its choreographic premiere by Melanie Aceto Contemporary Dance at the Heidelberg New Music Festival in April of that same year. As a composer and jazz pianist, my compositions are influenced by a number of popular musical idioms such as rock, funk, jazz, and hip-hop. For instance, the first movement of Suite for Jules, titled “Cutting Contest,” pays homage to two of the most important stride piano players in Harlem during the 1920s: “Jelly Roll” Morton and “Fats” Waller. The middle movement —“Reach”—is an exploration of phrasing and intent held together by a single interval. This interval, (a major seventh) not only pervades the entire fabric of the movement, but the entire composition -- providing coherence through disparate compositional worlds often marked by such derivative elements as blues and rock. At several moments in the composition, the music gives the impression that “arrival” is imminent, yet the sonorities purposely fall short of resolving their tension near the end of the composition – perhaps leaving the listener with the impressions that the harmonic and dynamic climax of the piece was never fully realized.
    [Show full text]
  • North Carolina Art
    ★ ★ GreensboroCelebrate North Carolina Art. Culture. Entertainment. Greensboro plays a starring role. ★Art. Culture. Entertainment. Celebrateby brian cook Greensboro North Carolina arbecue, basketball, and Yet there’s so much more to the city’s identity Tanger Family top collections of African culture, and the — museums, galleries, festivals, parks, music, Bicentennial Garden Greensboro Cultural Center at Festival Park business: It’s a conveniently and the dramatic arts. The combination of a includes galleries, gift shops, studios, and alliterative trio that’s synony- pleasant, four-season climate, a deep menu of rehearsal space. Nearby, Center City Park is mous with Greensboro, the restaurants, and a gracious Southern style is a popular spot for concerts, art shows, and tough to top. other events. historic hub of North Carolina’s A signature event is the annual Eastern Got kids? Get face-to-face with meerkats, picturesque Piedmont region. Music Festival, celebrating its 50th anniver- tigers, and more at the Natural Science sary summer 2011 (June to July). Other ways Center’s Animal Discovery Zoological Park. B to enjoy the performing arts: a concert by the The interactive Greensboro Children’s Greensboro Symphony Orchestra; a play at Putting the “Greene” in Greensboro Triad Stage or from the Community Theatre When Taking a Stand Meant Sitting Down of Greensboro; or a Broadway-style show With its abundance of trees and On February 1, 1960, four parkland, you might think the (plus a meal!) at The Barn Dinner Theatre, African-American students from city’s name is tied to the natural the oldest continually operating dinner Greensboro’s NC A&T State setting.
    [Show full text]
  • Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra Sailorpar / By
    sm26-5_BI_p01_coverV2web_sm26-5BI 2021-07-04 9:48 AM Page 1 sm26-5_BI_p02_ADS_SMCQ_sm26-5_BI_pXX 2021-01-25 12:03 AM Page 1 sm26-5_BI_p03_ADS_Canerata_OCMfr_Doxas_sm26-5_BI_pXX 2021-01-24 11:57 PM Page 1 FEV/MARS À NE PAS MANQUER/ NOT TO BE MISSED FEB/MAR SAISON 2020-2021 DE LA GRANDE VISITE Hugo Laporte (baryton) Charles Galipeau (théorbe) Mathieu Gaudet (piano) Catherine Dallaire (violon) Peggy Bélanger (soprano) Jean-Michel Dubé (piano) Lise Beausoleil (danse) Nathalie Tremblay (composition) et autres... Rés. : 418-692-5646 Lepointdevente.com / Prix : 28$-5$ photo: John Castillo e FESTIVAL.CASTELIERS.CA 51 saison 2020-2021 www.couperin.ca présente un concert direct en ligne En streaming TRÉSORS CACHÉS Dimanche le ADVERSTISE Trios pour piano, violon et violoncelle 14 mars à 16h your event here! Mozart, Turina et Edward Manning Berta Rosenohl, piano Luis Grinhauz, violon Annoncez votre événement ici! Concert co-commandité Bruno Tobon, violoncelle par Mme Vanda Treiser 2020-21 • Canada www.mySCENA.org 514 489-8713 • www.cameratamontreal.com ORCHESTRE CLASSIQUE DE MONTRÉAL FUEGO LATINO George’s DU 16 FÉV AU 2 MAR 2021 Daniel Bolshoy - Guitare BOUTIQUE DE SON Studios d'Enregistrement DE YEREVAN À MONTRÉAL Spécialisée en musique acoustique. DU 9 AU 23 MAR 2021 4 espaces isolés avec d'excellentes lignes de vue. Aline Kutan - Soprano Magnifique piano à queue Yamaha disponible sur place. LES 4 SAISONS 514-867-2122 DU 30 MAR AU 13 AVR 2021 [email protected] Mark Djokic - Violon Salle Pierre-Mercure &KėTSKONGNĚKING EN WEBDIFFUSION 20 $ Là,
    [Show full text]
  • Program Notes Symphony No
    presents Stefan Sanders, conductor Julian Schwarz, cello Saturday, 12 November 2016 • 7:30 p.m. Smith Opera House 1 GENEVA CONCERTS, INC. 2016–2017 SEASON Saturday, 24 September 2016, 7:30 p.m. Garth Fagan Dance Tony Award‐winner Garth Fagan, described by The New York Times as “unfailingly original,” choreographed Disney’s musical The Lion King, the highest grossing Broadway musical in history. Friday, 14 October 2016, 7:30 p.m. Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Christopher Seaman, Conductor Laureate Andrew von Oeyen, piano Tobias Picker: Old and Lost Rivers Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B‐flat Major, Op. 19 Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E‐flat Major, Op. 63 Saturday, 12 November 2016, 7:30 p.m. Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Stefan Sanders, conductor Julian Schwarz, cello Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Op. 25, “Classical” Haydn: Concerto in D Major for Cello and Orchestra Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 Saturday, 25 March 2017, 7:30 p.m. River City Brass Celtic Concert This brass band is famous for its varied and entertaining programming. They’ll have you tapping your toes and dancing in your seat. “It’s not a reach to say that this may be the most fun with music you’re going to have all year,” touts the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Friday, 21 April 2017, 7:30 p.m. Symphoria Lawrence Loh, Music Director Jon Kimura Parker, piano Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict Overture Grieg: Piano Concerto Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 Programs subject to change. Performed at the Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca Street, Geneva These concerts are made possible by generous underwriting from the Williams Family Foundation and by a continuing subscription from Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
    [Show full text]