Thursday
April 26, 2007
7:30 p.m.
David Greer Concert Hall
Bloomingdale School of Music
323 West 108th Street
New York, NY 10025
(212) 663–6021
1 train (map) to 110th street and Broadway, walk
south for two blocks to 108th street, make a right towards Riverside Drive, the
school is half way between Broadway and Riverside Drive.
Nearby buses (map), M104, M4, M116, M60, M5. Other MTA
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Tableaux for Four
Description:
Employing a large array of instruments is one means composers
have of coloring their works in detail. But what if the composer
is limited to only a few timbres?
Camille Saint-Saens charming Tarantelle shows the wit and flourish
of a Parisian master. The three performers are called upon
to play virtuosically in this urbane reworking of the frenetic
Italian dance.
Upon hearing the premiere of Rene de Castera's Concert
for Flute, Clarinet, Cello and Piano in 1922 a reviewer wrote,
The scent of the soil of southwestern France arises. De Castera
was heavily involved in the musical life of his native Basque
region, and this work succeeds in evoking the character of
both French and Spanish music.
Bruce Broughton has won a record 10 Emmy awards for his television
scores, but he also composes highly evocative concert music.
A Primer For Malachi, written for the birth of the composer's
grandson, traces the stages of life. Instruments recombine
in various configurations as themes are introduced as first
haltingly, then with greater assurance as maturity approaches.
Maria Grenfell's work takes much of its influence from poetic,
literary and visual sources and from non-Western music and
literature. Poems of a Bright Moon was inspired by the songs
of Li Po, an 8th-century Chinese poet. The moon appears in
over a third of his poems, and the composer writes that she
found the opportunity to combine Li Po's images of moonlight
with the rich dark tones of the alto flute irresistible.
Program:
Camille Saint-Saens
Tarantelle, Op. 6
Rene de Castera
Concert for Flute, Clarinet, Cello and Piano
Bruce Broughton
A Primer for Malachi
Maria Grenfell
Poems to a Bright Moon
Performers:
Kaoru
Hinata, flute
Christopher
Cullen, clarinet
Jennifer
DeVore, cello
Katy
Luo,
piano
Yvonne
Troxler,
piano |
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