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Da Camera 16-17 Season Brochure.Indd Sarah Rothenberg Artistic & Genera l Director ROOTS SEASON 2016-2017 SEASON AT A GLANCE OPENING NIGHT • HOUSTON PREMIERE JASON VIEAUX, GUITAR HOUSTON PREMIERE JULIA BULLOCK, SOPRANO Friday, December 9, 2016, 7:30 PM BRENTANO STRING QUARTET JOSEPHINE BAKER: Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the THE ART OF FUGUE A PERSONAL PORTRAIT Performing Arts Set Design by GABRIEL CALATRAVA OPENING Friday, September 30, 2016, 8:00 PM Choreography by JOHN-MARIO SEVILLA Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center ARTURO SANDOVAL Friday, March 3, 2017, 8:00 PM Friday, January 20, 2017, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center NIGHT JASON MORAN Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center IN MY MIND: MARQUIS HILL BLACKTET MONK AT TOWN HALL, 1959 ELIAS STRING QUARTET Saturday, March 11, 2017, 8:00 PM Friday, October 7, 2016, 8:00 PM IN BEETHOVEN’S FOOTSTEPS Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Julia Bullock, soprano Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 7:30 PM The Menil Collection LLŶR WILLIAMS, PIANO ST. LAWRENCE QUARTET: FRACTALS Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 7:30 PM Josephine Baker: A Personal Portrait HOUSTON RECITAL DEBUT The Menil Collection BEETHOVEN AND JOHN ADAMS PREMIERE CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF, VIOLIN Friday, September 30, 2016, 8:00 PM Friday, October 28, 2016, 7:30 PM TERENCE BLANCHARD Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts AND LARS VOGT, PIANO Friday, February 10, 2017, 8:00 PM FEATURING THE E-COLLECTIVE PICASSO AND MUSIC Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Saturday, April 22, 2017, 8:00 PM Julia Bullock, soprano; International Contemporary Ensemble; Tyshawn Sorey, piano/percussion Cullen Theater, Wortham Center Monday, November 14, 2016, 7:30 PM HORSZOWSKI TRIO Arrangements and new music: Tyshawn Sorey Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 7:30 PM HOUSTON PREMIERE Texts: Claudia Rankine The Menil Collection FAURÉ, TOWER AND SCHUBERT Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 7:30 PM VIJAY IYER – RADHE RADHE: CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT The Menil Collection RITES OF HOLI with INTERNATIONAL Josephine Baker: A Personal Portrait is a unique and poignant evening honoring the brilliance, CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE; Saturday, December 3, 2016, 8:00 PM daring, public courage and private tragedies of the icon who created a Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center JOSHUA REDMAN STEVEN SCHICK, CONDUCTOR STILL DREAMING with RON MILES, Friday, May 5, 2017, 8:00 PM singing, dancing declaration of independence and blazed a trail of SCOTT COLLEY and BRIAN BLADE Cullen Theater, Wortham Center irresistible challenge and charm in France in the 1920’s. Friday, February 24, 2017, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Center 16-17ROOTS SEASON Sarah Rothenberg :: Artistic & General Director Dear Friends of Da Camera, Da Camera’s celebration of musical and cultural roots kicks off with rising-star soprano Julia Bullock finding inspiration in Great music is often made by artists delving into their personal histories, taking the raw material of what legendary singer Josephine Baker. Julia Bullock has been hailed makes them tick and turning it into a public act. The magic is in the transformation. With the 2016-2017 as an “impressive, fast-rising soprano…poised for a significant season, Da Camera joins artists on this inward journey, focusing on musical works that vividly illuminate career” by The New York Times. She has captivated audiences with the “musical DNA” of composers and performers. ROOTS examines the sources from which creative artists her versatile artistry and commanding stage presence. Bullock makes develop a style that is uniquely their own. Experiences of childhood, ethnic identity and historic influences her Houston debut in Josephine Baker: A Personal Portrait, with new music and arrangements for the acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble all come into play in the act of creation. Who am I? The answer is in the music. by celebrated composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey and texts A new string quartet by John Adams takes inspiration from the late Beethoven quartets he heard performed by poet Claudia Rankine. in his youth. Jason Moran celebrates Thelonious Monk, whose music prompted him to turn from classical “Ravishingly visceral.” piano to jazz. The Brentano Quartet takes Bach’s seminal Art of the Fugue and uses architectural design, – The New York Times on Julia Bullock dance and texts to make the form visible. The art of Picasso finds parallel expressions in music as the 20TH century unfolds. Vijay Iyer turns to his Indian heritage for his filmic celebration of the Holi festival, “Bullock doesn’t just sing to her audience. Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi, which also celebrates Stravinsky’s iconic masterpiece, The Rite of Spring. She connects with it.” I hope you will join us for this musical exploration of Roots. – Democrat and Chronicle Sarah Rothenberg Artistic & General Director SEASON AT A GLANCE OPENING NIGHT • HOUSTON PREMIERE JASON VIEAUX, GUITAR HOUSTON PREMIERE JULIA BULLOCK, SOPRANO Friday, December 9, 2016, 7:30 PM BRENTANO STRING QUARTET JOSEPHINE BAKER: Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the THE ART OF FUGUE A PERSONAL PORTRAIT Performing Arts Set Design by GABRIEL CALATRAVA OPENING Friday, September 30, 2016, 8:00 PM Choreography by JOHN-MARIO SEVILLA Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center ARTURO SANDOVAL Friday, March 3, 2017, 8:00 PM Friday, January 20, 2017, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center NIGHT JASON MORAN Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center IN MY MIND: MARQUIS HILL BLACKTET MONK AT TOWN HALL, 1959 ELIAS STRING QUARTET Saturday, March 11, 2017, 8:00 PM Friday, October 7, 2016, 8:00 PM IN BEETHOVEN’S FOOTSTEPS Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Julia Bullock, soprano Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 7:30 PM The Menil Collection LLŶR WILLIAMS, PIANO ST. LAWRENCE QUARTET: FRACTALS Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 7:30 PM Josephine Baker: A Personal Portrait HOUSTON RECITAL DEBUT The Menil Collection BEETHOVEN AND JOHN ADAMS PREMIERE CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF, VIOLIN Friday, September 30, 2016, 8:00 PM Friday, October 28, 2016, 7:30 PM TERENCE BLANCHARD Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts AND LARS VOGT, PIANO Friday, February 10, 2017, 8:00 PM FEATURING THE E-COLLECTIVE PICASSO AND MUSIC Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Saturday, April 22, 2017, 8:00 PM Julia Bullock, soprano; International Contemporary Ensemble; Tyshawn Sorey, piano/percussion Cullen Theater, Wortham Center Monday, November 14, 2016, 7:30 PM HORSZOWSKI TRIO Arrangements and new music: Tyshawn Sorey Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 7:30 PM HOUSTON PREMIERE Texts: Claudia Rankine The Menil Collection FAURÉ, TOWER AND SCHUBERT Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 7:30 PM VIJAY IYER – RADHE RADHE: CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT The Menil Collection RITES OF HOLI with INTERNATIONAL Josephine Baker: A Personal Portrait is a unique and poignant evening honoring the brilliance, CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE; Saturday, December 3, 2016, 8:00 PM daring, public courage and private tragedies of the icon who created a Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center JOSHUA REDMAN STEVEN SCHICK, CONDUCTOR STILL DREAMING with RON MILES, Friday, May 5, 2017, 8:00 PM singing, dancing declaration of independence and blazed a trail of SCOTT COLLEY and BRIAN BLADE Cullen Theater, Wortham Center irresistible challenge and charm in France in the 1920’s. Friday, February 24, 2017, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Center 16-17ROOTS SEASON Sarah Rothenberg :: Artistic & General Director Dear Friends of Da Camera, Da Camera’s celebration of musical and cultural roots kicks off with rising-star soprano Julia Bullock finding inspiration in Great music is often made by artists delving into their personal histories, taking the raw material of what legendary singer Josephine Baker. Julia Bullock has been hailed makes them tick and turning it into a public act. The magic is in the transformation. With the 2016-2017 as an “impressive, fast-rising soprano…poised for a significant season, Da Camera joins artists on this inward journey, focusing on musical works that vividly illuminate career” by The New York Times. She has captivated audiences with the “musical DNA” of composers and performers. ROOTS examines the sources from which creative artists her versatile artistry and commanding stage presence. Bullock makes develop a style that is uniquely their own. Experiences of childhood, ethnic identity and historic influences her Houston debut in Josephine Baker: A Personal Portrait, with new music and arrangements for the acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble all come into play in the act of creation. Who am I? The answer is in the music. by celebrated composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey and texts A new string quartet by John Adams takes inspiration from the late Beethoven quartets he heard performed by poet Claudia Rankine. in his youth. Jason Moran celebrates Thelonious Monk, whose music prompted him to turn from classical “Ravishingly visceral.” piano to jazz. The Brentano Quartet takes Bach’s seminal Art of the Fugue and uses architectural design, – The New York Times on Julia Bullock dance and texts to make the form visible. The art of Picasso finds parallel expressions in music as the 20TH century unfolds. Vijay Iyer turns to his Indian heritage for his filmic celebration of the Holi festival, “Bullock doesn’t just sing to her audience. Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi, which also celebrates Stravinsky’s iconic masterpiece, The Rite of Spring. She connects with it.” I hope you will join us for this musical exploration of Roots. – Democrat and Chronicle Sarah Rothenberg Artistic & General Director dacamera.com | 713.524.5050 | SUBSCRIBE NOW! Jason Moran St. Lawrence String Quartet: In My Mind: Monk At Town Hall, 1959 Fractals Friday, October 7, 2016, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Center Beethoven and John Adams Premiere After creating the stunning Holed Up for his Da Camera residency in 2014, Friday, October 28, 2016, 7:30 PM Jason Moran returns to his roots in one of his first explorations into expanding Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts the possibilities for the jazz concert.
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