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GREAT ARTISTS IN THE MUSIC ROOM SERIES
Spring 2010 ~ Turns of the Centuries
Where we find significant social, political, and cultural shifts throughout history, we also find important music. Turns of the Centuries presents music of transitional importance written at the turns of the 18th into the 19th, the 19th into the 20th, and the 20th into the 21st centuries performed by some of today's most extraordinary artists. Each program explores influential music written at the time of seminal historical shifts, whether it be the movement away from the Classical style towards Romanticism of the late Haydn and middle period Beethoven, or the development of new musical languages in response to the loosening of tonality during the first decade of the 20th Century, or the entirely new world of our contemporary musical culture(s).
~ Curated by Christopher Zimmerman, Artistic Administrator
Turns of the Centuries: Piano Panoply
Sunday March 28 at 4:00pm
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Sarah Cahill, Benjamin Hochman, Ieva Jokubaviciute, Andrius Zlabys, Joel Fan, pianos
Solo piano works by: Haydn, Beethoven, Schoenberg, Berg, Debussy, Janacek, Scriabin, Ingram Marshall, Annea Lockwood, and a world premiere of a work by Annie Gosfield.
Turns of the Centuries presents a vast array of works for solo piano that represent dramatic and influential shifts from Classicism to Romanticism and from the last days of tonality to the new musical languages of the first decade of the 20th century, as well as works written in the last ten years that suggest the creative impulses and possibilities of contemporary composition. At the forefront of their generation, these pianists bring this music to life with powerfully original and highly sensitive and nuanced interpretations of this stunning diversity of repertoire.
Turns of the Centuries: St. Lawrence String Quartet
Saturday April 10 at 8:00pm
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Geoff Nuttall, violin; Scott St. John, violin; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello
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Quartet No. 67 in F Major, Op. 77 No. 2, Hob. III:82 (Lobkowitz) (1799) |
| Ravel |
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String Quartet in F Major (1903) |
| John Adams |
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String Quartet (2008 - composed for St. Lawrence String Quartet) |
Celebrating its 20th anniversary last season, the St. Lawrence Quartet is one the eminent chamber ensembles of our time. Steeped in tradition yet seeking the new, their program comprises three hugely influential works in the quartet literature: Haydn's last complete string quartet, Ravel's stunning and widely performed work from 1903, and the latest quartet, written for the St. Lawrence last year, by one of today's most celebrated composers: John Adams.
Turns of the Centuries: Caramoor Virtuosi
Saturday, April 17 at 8:00pm
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Jeewon Park, piano; Jesse Mills, violin; Yura Lee, violin; Max Mandel, viola; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; Edward Arron, Artistic Director and cello
| Beethoven |
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Variations in E-flat Major for Piano Trio, Op. 44 (1804) |
| Webern |
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Two Pieces for cello and piano (1899) |
| Webern |
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Three Little Pieces for cello and piano, opus 11, (1914) |
| Chen Yi |
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Sound of The Five for Cello and String Quartet (1998) |
| Dohnanyi |
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Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1 (1895) |
Always elegant, engaged, and insightful, the Caramoor Virtuosi's program paints vivid landscapes of the musical culture and creativity of the turns of the last three centuries. Beethoven's Opus 44 Variations for piano trio foreshadow later innovations and the first turns towards Romanticism. Dohnanyi's lush opus 1 piano quintet straddles the late-Romantic and the breaking apart of tonality, beautifully captured in Webern's sets of miniatures for cello and piano, of the early 20th century. Chen Yi's exhilarating Sound of the Five is a nod to the growing presence and contributions of Chinese and women composers in today's musical culture. |
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