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This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the “Mission 300” plan. You'll hear about the island Yap, and hear your fellow listener's thoughts on “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers. There's Ollia Horton's “Happy Moment”, and Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan”, too – all that, as well as the new quiz and bonus questions, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy! Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.The RFI English team is pleased to announce that Saleem Akhtar Chadhar, the president of the RFI Seven Stars Listening Club in District Chiniot, Pakistan, won the RFI / Planète Radio ePOP video contest, in the RFI Clubs category. Bravo Saleem! Mubarak ho!Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook: Be sure to send your photos to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner!More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write “RFI English” in the search bar, and there we are! 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As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it.” She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, The International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our journalists. 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Email overload!This week's quiz: On 1 February, I asked you a question about our article “African nations set to light up the homes of 300 million people by 2030”.Nearly 600 million Africans live without access to electricity, which is higher than any other continent. The World Bank and the African Development Bank have a plan: Dubbed "Mission 300”, it's meant to connect half of those homes to power by 2030.You were to send in the names of four African countries that have committed to reform their electricity utility companies, push renewable energy integration, and raise targets to improve access to national electricity. The World Bank grant will only be available to countries once these reforms have been carried out.The answer is, to quote our article: “In Nigeria, an estimated 90 million people, 40 percent of the population, don't have access to electricity. The country, along with Senegal, Zambia and Tanzania is one of a dozen that committed as part of the Mission 300 Plan.”The other countries are Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, DRC, Niger, Liberia, Madagascar, and Malawi. In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: “What item have you held on to as a remembrance of something?”Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI English listener Radhakrishna Pillai from Kerala State, India. Radhakrishna is also this week's bonus question winner. Congratulations, Radhakrishna, on your double win !Also on the list of lucky winners this week are Ahsan Ejaz, a member of the RFI Fans Club in Sheikhupura, Pakistan, and Sharmin Sultana, a member of the Shetu RFI Listeners Club in Naogaon, Bangladesh. Rounding out the list are two RFI English listeners: Subhas Paul, a member of the RFI Students Radio Club in West Bengal, India, and Christian Ghibaudo from Tende, France.Congratulations, winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: The “Vivace” from Serenade for Small Orchestra by Jean Françaix, performed by the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Louis Lane; “Djourou”, performed by Ballaké Sissoko and Sona Jobarteh; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer; “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, and “Baul Song” by Lalan, performed by Torap Ali Shah.Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frThis week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. 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Legend for Violin and Orchestra, P. 36 Featuring Dominique Beaulieu, violin In the Evening for 2 Oboes and Strings, P. 48 Featuring Erika Tuft and Louise Delmar, oboes Aria for Strings, P. 32 The Birds, P. 154 Serenata, P. 54 Trittico botticelliano, P. 151 Suite in G Major for Strings and Organ, P. 58 Featuring Sylvia Keller, organ Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1297/Respighi%3A_Works_for_Small_Orchestra.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you! http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com
Rhonda Skaggs, principle oboe Dominique Beaulieu, conductor CMD Paris Philharmonic in Orleans 1 - R Strauss: Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra in D Major 2 - Vaughan-Williams: Concerto for Oboe and Strings 3 - JS Bach: Sonata for Oboe and Continuo 4 - Britten: 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid 5 - Stravinsky: Pastorale 6 - Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p772/Introducing_Rhonda_Skaggs.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you! http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com
IV rahvusvahelise Uuno Klami nimelise heliloomingu konkursi finaalkontsert. Kavas on I preemia pälvinud Andrea Portera "Klecksophonic Lieder" ning eripreemiate laureaadid Roberto Sansuini "Four Tales for Small Orchestra" ning Pertti Jalava "Viola Concerto".
IV rahvusvahelise Uuno Klami nimelise heliloomingu konkursi finaalkontsert. Kavas on I preemia pälvinud Andrea Portera "Klecksophonic Lieder" ning eripreemiate laureaadid Roberto Sansuini "Four Tales for Small Orchestra" ning Pertti Jalava "Viola Concerto".
When John Muller was asked to come up with a story for the March 2016 Strange show, he responded with not one strange story, but several! From childhood schizophrenia to alien abductions, John infuses our final Strange episode with weirdness and humor alike. From his Odyssey bio: John Muller is a man of many talents. When not tending his flock of giraffes at his downtown ranch, he is an author of such NY Times best sellers as “Playing the Theremin for Fun and Profit,” “Marge Laszlo, the Medea of the Bay Area Bombers,” and his tell-all memoir, “I Was A Chihuahua for the FBI.” In addition, Mr. Muller has co-authored (with Ayn Rand) “The Great Objectivist Songbook.” A prolix composer as well, Mr. Muller's “Concerto for Gamalan, Accordion, Tuba and Small Orchestra is part of the score for SyFy's “Vampire Octopusnado (the Second Movement, marked Tempo alla Polka.) The film is due for an Easter 2016 release. He is currently developing a hybrid rose which smells like dirty socks, especially for people who hate their neighbors. To donate to Odyssey's Facebook Fundraiser, click here. And thank you so much! This story was performed and recorded in front of a live audience at The Screening Room in Tucson, AZ, on March 3rd, 2016, and was curated by Simon Donovan. For more information about Odyssey Storytelling, please visit www.odysseystorytelling.com
Erik gets ready for the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference at Arizona State University. He also gets a hearing test, goes to a concert, deletes his Facebook account, and rambles about who knows what else. The episode concludes with the first movement from the Concerto for Baritone Saxophone, Small Orchestra, and Electronics by Joseph Bozich. You can listen to the other movements on this YouTube playlist. Get in touch at lttcapshow@gmail.com or eriksteighner.com NASA schedule: March 7, 9:20 a.m. -- Performance of "Recitation and Improvisation" from the Concerto for Baritone Saxophone, Small Orchestra, and Electronics by Joseph Bozich and the world premiere of Les voyageurs qui errent dans la nuit III by Sachie Kobayashi. March 8, 9:40 a.m. -- World premiere of Magenta by Evan C. Paul for saxophone quartet and piano.
What can we say about Sergei Nakariakov?Brilliant performer. Stunning virtuosity and lyricism in his playing. And as you'll find out in this episode of the show, a thoughtful and insightful thinker who has simply done things the right way when it comes to performing on the trumpet. Enjoy! In my conversation with Sergei, you'll hear:-The influence of Timofei Dokshizer on Sergei's career...7:37-How Sergei's career began and quickly advanced...13:34-Sergei's process for making the impossible possible...18:47-Why Sergei isn't thinking about the audience when he performs...25:20-Some of the impressive younger players that we should know...29:44http://florisonstwedder.com (Floris Onstwedder) https://open.spotify.com/artist/24GBjJEWkP0b1NiOTheF54 (Lucienne Renaudin Vary) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geZCe3Cq8GY&list=PL4paCH43KdLPIVDLqX4AxA8hfUVNfVNmO&index=2 (David Guerrier) -Sergei's thoughts on the current repertoire available to trumpeters...31:56-Why Sergei doesn't warm up with long tones and other practice fundamentals...36:08-How Miles Davis influenced Sergei's perspectives on music...44:23https://amzn.to/3198cmS (Tutu) https://amzn.to/2tfNVQ1 (Amandla) -How an older Sergei is different from a younger Sergei...47:15Resources mentioned:-Videos of Timofei Dokshizer mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2bQMk_qYD4&fbclid=IwAR3IsTyZvg7m-mA0_2JqlZhjzQE71ll89y8h09Cetd0nOtRzEU4hJro5ptI (Glière: Konzert für Koloratursopran u. Orch. op. 82 - I. Andante) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey5CS48Vkbg&fbclid=IwAR3stpq3KzinbicUjAeHmJBGPNIcpe9SRAnPE0zFMPET9ORheNGjCAqP7C4 (J.S.Bach. Prelude Es Moll BWV 853 From WTK I) -Albums by Sergei Nakariakov: https://amzn.to/31cY0Kc (Trumpet Works), Sergei's first album https://amzn.to/319JAdL (Carmen Fantasies) -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI0YGQPPPCo (Jörg Widmann: ad absurdum – Concerto for Trumpet & Small Orchestra) -http://florisonstwedder.com (Floris Onstwedder) (listen to Floris' interview on this podcast http://jamesnewcomb.io/floris (here)) -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geZCe3Cq8GY&list=PL4paCH43KdLPIVDLqX4AxA8hfUVNfVNmO&index=2 (David Guerrier) -http://www.inouyejazz.com (Mark Inouye) -Albums by Miles Davis: https://amzn.to/3198cmS (Tutu by Miles Davis) https://amzn.to/2tfNVQ1 (Amandla) Got a question for me about this conversation w/ Sergei Nakariakov? Leave a comment below and I'll reply!
IV rahvusvahelise Uuno Klami nimelise heliloomingu konkursi finaalkontsert. Kuulamisel on I preemia pälvinud Andrea Portera "Klecksophonic Lieder" ning eripreemiate laureaadid Roberto Sansuini "Four Tales for Small Orchestra" ning Pertti Jalava "Viola Concerto".
IV rahvusvahelise Uuno Klami nimelise heliloomingu konkursi finaalkontsert. Kuulamisel on I preemia pälvinud Andrea Portera "Klecksophonic Lieder" ning eripreemiate laureaadid Roberto Sansuini "Four Tales for Small Orchestra" ning Pertti Jalava "Viola Concerto".
This latest release in Naxos’ ongoing series The Music of Brazil features chamber works and concertos by Heitor Villa-Lobos, one of Brazil’s best known and most prolific composers. He wrote more than two thousand pieces and was a major figure in the development of classical music in Brazil. Raymond Bisha introduces a colorful program that includes two works for chamber ensemble, in which new and daring sonic combinations enhance the composer’s seductive lyricism. Two larger-scale works provide musical contrast: the Concerto for Guitar and Small Orchestra, premiered by the legendary soloist Segovia, was Villa-Lobos’ last work for the instrument; and the Concerto for Harmonica explores the instrument’s full harmonic and chromatic possibilities.
Rhonda Skaggs, principle oboe Dominique Beaulieu, conductor CMD Paris Philharmonic in Orleans 1 - R Strauss: Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra in D Major 2 - Vaughan-Williams: Concerto for Oboe and Strings 3 - JS Bach: Sonata for Oboe and Continuo 4 - Britten: 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid 5 - Stravinsky: Pastorale 6 - Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin Download now at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p772/Introducing_Rhonda_Skaggs_%28digital_download%29.html
När den amerikanska tonsättaren Ruth Crawford Seeger är mellan 29 och 31 år komponerar hon de verk som långt senare ger henne en rättmätig plats i musikhistorien som en nyskapande tonsättare. Ruth Crawford föds i Ohio 1901 och utvecklar en kompositionsstil som ingen annan i världen har gjort tidigare. Efter ett Guggenheim-stipendium i Europa reser hon hem och gifter sig med den 14 år äldre musikvetaren Charles Seeger. Hon föder fyra barn: Mike, Peggy, Penny och Barbara och tar även hand om tre barn från Charles Seegers första äktenskap, bl a den legendariske folksångaren Pete Seeger. Även Mike och Peggy Seeger är välkända folkmusiker.Det trista är att hon samtidigt slutar tonsätta sin egen musik. När hon dör 1953, endast 52 år gammal, har hon just börjat komponera igen. Det gör tragiken ännu större och kvinnan Ruth Crawford Seeger en utmaning att försöka förstå.Hennes man gör först klart sitt förakt för kvinnliga tonsättare: "Din lilla kvinnosjäl som du kuvar genom att vara den mest manlige av konstnärer - musikern". För sina barn förklarar Charles Seeger barn att "kvinnor inte kan komponera symfonier".Senare blir dock Charles Seeger Ruth Crawfords starkaste stöd och de arbetar intensivt tillsammans med idéunderlaget till hennes kompositioner. Ruth Crawford går inte sällan emot hans teoretiska estetik. Trots att han varnar henne för att skriva för stråkar ger hon sig i kast med den stråkkvartett som kommer att bli hennes främsta komposition.Ett annat märkligt och vackert stycke, banbrytande med sitt pulserande kluster, är To A Kind God av den då 29-åriga Ruth Crawford. Hon tonsatte stycket redan 1930 - 20 år innan denna teknik skulle få sitt genombrott i Tyskland i det vi idag kallar en fullständig serialism. Verket skriver Ruth Crawford faktiskt i Berlin som den första kvinnliga tonsättaren att erhålla ett Guggenheim-stipendium. Först 60 år senare får To A Kind God sin urpremiär, nämligen 1994 vid Aldeburghfestivalen.Vad är det då som gör detta stycke musik så enastående för sin tid? Jo, själv kallade hon det dissonant musik. Ruth Crawford hade aldrig hört österländsk musik, t e x buddistiska munkars meditationer, men hade fått dem beskrivna av Charles Seeger som "ett komplext dissonant ljud-flor". Hon skriver här en slags världsmusik och hon vill använda ord ur någon engelsk översättning av den indiska Bhagavad Ghita, men hon finner ingen och löser uppgiften genom att skapa egna ord. Hon uppfinner både konsonanter och vokaler. I To A Kind God skriver Ruth Crawford in 12 röster, en för varje ton i den västerländska skalan, och i styckets klimax hörs alla tonerna samtidigt. En slags sammansatt mass-tonart.I ett brev till tonsättarkollegan Vivian Fine samma år som hon skrev To A Kind God - 1930 alltså - uttrycker Ruth Crawford sin besvikelse över romantik, neoklassicism, amerikansk mainstream-symfonisk jazz och tolvtonsättaren Arnold Schönbergs cerebrala övningar: "Här i Europa hoppas jag finna en stor tonsättare som frodas ur en mylla av både konsonans och dissonans. En mäktig musik som inte enbart är torrt intellektuell utan även bär en djup enkelhet - en känsla om man vill använda det ordet - som knyter an till vanliga människor lika mycket som till de intellektuella".Denna dröm-tonsättare skulle bli Ruth Crawford själv som med några få verk, komponerade mellan 1930 och 1932, skriver in sig i musikhistorien, inte enbart som en av USA:s främsta tonsättare utan även på en central plats inom hela 1900-talets musikaliska litteratur. Stråkkvartetten från 1931 räknas som hennes mästerverk.Sin tidiga musik beskrev Ruth Crawford som ett "träd av ljud och klangfärger". Nu ville hon ha horisontella linjer, "reda ut tilltrasslade nystan och finna en tråd i en hög av rotlösa, trädlösa löv". I formen bäddade hon in rika mönster vilka hon jämförde med komplext designade persiska mattor. Men liksom det i dessa mattor vävdes in små defekter och förskjutningar komponerade Ruth Crawford in en och annan asymmetri. Hon var noga med att beskriva skillnaden mellan sin "dissonanta kontrapunktik" och den samtida europeiska serialismen. Hon listade sina ideal: skriv klara melodiska linjer, undvik ihopklibbande rytmer, använd rytmisk självständighet mellan delarna, skapa en känsla av tonalt och rytmiskt centrum och experimentera med varierande typer av dissonanser.Hennes mor, Clara Crawford, hade tagit Ruth till hennes första pianolektion och blev hennes starkaste supporter och tuffaste kritiker. Modern tillhörde den tidiga vågen av feminister som strävade efter, och slutligen uppnådde, ekonomisk oavhängighet. Ruths mor var pionjär - en av de första kvinnliga stenograferna och var t ex irriterad över att Robert Schumann "blev bossen i huset när Clara Wieck gift sig med honom".Men Crawfords levde i en tid då det, precis som under Clara Schumanns liv - 70 år tidigare - ansågs att "den känslomässiga delen av kvinnan stred mot den kreativa processen i musikskapandet". Ruth Crawford kallade sig aldrig någonsin för kvinnlig tonsättare och var inte medlem i The Society of American Women Composers. Kollegan Charles Ives skrev att "en god dissonans är som en man". Och tidigt ansåg kritiker att hennes musik hade manliga kvaliteter: djärv och viril. Men i sin dagbok skrev hon tidigt ner sin mammas råd (Mamas Advice): "dölj alltid dina stygga tanker, var stolt över din blyghet och se till att andra har det bra i ditt sällskap, lägg dig inte i grannens business, vi lever för andras skull och ta hänsyn till andras känslor." I dagböckerna beskriver Ruth Crawford "brännande, irriterande och otåliga" känslor. Senare sina depressioner.Ruth Crawford föredrog målaren Corot framför den idylliske ljusskildraren Monet. Hon skriver: "I en målning måste finnas balans mellan skugga och sol; inte enbart lyses mörkret upp av ljuset utan genom denna kontrast bestrålar mörkret även ljuset."Music for Small Orchestra från 1926 skall spelas långsamt, grubblande. Med tritonus- och kvartsintervall relaterade till Scriabin och fagott-fragment ur Stravinskijs Våroffer. Hennes vän, tonsättaren och astrologen Dane Rudyar, talade om symboliken i en enda ton "som en levande cell där makrokosmos speglas i mikrokosmos; en enda cell som kan avslöja alla universums mysterier". Från österländsk musik stammade denna idé. Och Ruth Crawford anammade det esoteriska och mytiska. I Chicago upplevde hon ett andligt och spirituellt svärmeri för sin pianolärarinna Djane Lavoie Hertz och 27 år gammal dedicerade hon sina pianopreludier till "Djane, min inspiration." Genom henne kom Ruth Crawford i närmare kontakt med ryske tonsättaren Scrabins teosofi, mysticism och spiritualism, som fungerade som ett slags pre-freudianskt sätt att få kontakt med sitt undermedvetna. Tyvärr uppfördes aldrig Music for Small Orchestra under Ruth Crawfords livstid.1928 var Ruth Crawford med och startade Chicagoavdelningen av International Society for Contemporary Music och hennes Three Songs med texter Carl Sandburg representerade USA 1933 vid ISCM:s festival i Amsterdam.Ruth Crawford klipper sitt hår kort, flyttar till New York och inleder en tät vänskap med tonsättaren Marion Bauer, den första amerikanska eleven hos Nadja Boulanger i Paris. Marion Bauer stöttar henne och gör klart för Ruth Craword vilken stor talang hon är. "Min kära underbara Marion" börjar ett brev. "Marion har befriat mig", ett annat. "Jag skriver igen och jag komponerar". Med Marion diskuterar hon skapande och sexualitet. Ruth är oskuld och lever i celibat trots att hon närmar sig de 30. "Visst kan du sublimera", säger Marion, "men den fysiska akten kan fullbordas på ett vackert sätt, som en symbol."Senare funderar Ruth på arten av henne och Marions relation. I Berlin hade Ruth upplevt den helt öppet homosexuella kulturen under Weimarrepublikens sista skälvande dagar och nätter och skriver: "Med Marion var det som att bli förälskad. Vår förbindelse hade kommit mycket nära ett erotiskt uttryck, men vi delade på oss istället för att starta detta lesbiska projekt."I New York bosätter sig Ruth på gångavstånd till Carnegie Hall och Metropolitanoperan. Hon kommer i kontakt med den nyaste musiken av Copeland, Gershwin, Varèse, Duke Ellington och Bessie Smith. Hon går på konserter med verk av Rachmaninov, Hindemith, Schönberg, Brahms, Wagner, Bach, Béla Bártok, Carl Ruggles och mannen som uppfann en av de första synthesizrarna - Leon Theremin.Snart engagerar sig hennes make Charles Seeger i "musiken som ett vapen i klasskampen" och förlorar intresset för modernismen. Han komponerar revolutionär musik, antar pseudonymet Carl Sands och är mest på marxistiska möten. För Ruth är det omöjligt att ersätta deras tidiga musikaliska intimitet med den proletära kulturrörelsen. Hon förlorar sin musa. Hon komponerar inte längre.1952 skriver Ruth Crawford Seeger sitt sista verk, Suite for Wind Quintet, vars inledande ostinato återkallar början på andra satsen av det verk hon 1932 brände originalnoterna till: Sonat för violin och piano. Ruth Crawford Seeger insjuknar och dör i magcancer precis som hennes mamma gjort. Och resten är en öronbedövande tystnad.Programmet är inspirerat av Judith Tick's stora biografi Ruth Crawford Seeger - A Composer's Search for American Music från 1997. Judith Tick är professor emerita vid Northeastern University i Boston, USA. Musiklista:Rose, Rose and Up She RisesRuth Crawford, sång White MoonRuth CrawfordDawn Upshaw, sopranMargo Garret, pianoNONESUCH 7559 79364 2 To A Kind GodRuth CrawfordAmanda Pitt, sopranJeanette Ager, AltJames Wood, dirigentNew London Chamber Choir, damkörRuth Crawford Seeger: PortraitDeutsche Grammophon 449 925-2, 1997 String Quartet 1931, Sats 3, AndanteRuth CrawfordInstrumentalister ur Schönberg EnsembleRuth Crawford Seeger: PortraitDeutsche Grammophon 449 925-2, 1997 Andante for StringsRuth CrawfordChristoph Von Dohnanyi, dirigentCleveland Orchestra String Quartet 1931, Sats 1 Rubato AssaiRuth CrawfordInstrumentalister ur Schönberg EnsembleRuth Crawford Seeger: PortraitDeutsche Grammophon 449 925-2, 1997 Music for Small Orchestra IIRuth CrawfordOliver Knussen, dirigentMedlemmar Ur Schönberg EnsembleRuth Crawford Seeger: PortraitDeutsche Grammophon 449 925-2, 1997 Rat Riddles, ur "Three Songs" med texter Carl SandburgRuth CrawfordOliver Knussen, dirigentLucy Shelton, sopranInstrumentalister ur Schönberg EnsembleRuth Crawford Seeger: PortraitDeutsche Grammophon 449 925-2, 1997 To An Angel, för kvinnokör och sopransoloRuth CrawfordAmanda Pitt, sopranJeanette Ager, AltJames Wood, dirigentNew London Chamber Choir, damkörRuth Crawford Seeger: PortraitDeutsche Grammophon 449 925-2, 1997 Piano Study in Mixed AccentsRuth CrawfordReinbert De Leeuw, PianoRuth Crawford Seeger: PortraitDeutsche Grammophon 449 925-2, 1997 String Quartet 1931, sats 4Ruth CrawfordInstrumentalister ur Schönberg EnsembleRuth Crawford Seeger: PortraitDeutsche Grammophon 449 925-2, 1997 Suite for Wind Quintet, sats 1 (Svit för blåsarensemble)Ruth CrawfordInstrumentalister ur Schönberg EnsembleRuth Crawford Seeger: PortraitDeutsche Grammophon 449 925-2, 1997
In recognition of this week’s Columbus Day holiday, our program is “Music from Columbus’s New World,” with music and composers connected to the places in the Carribean and Central America that Columbus visited on his four voyages to the Western Hemisphere. Playlist for October 16, 2013 Music from Columbus’s New World JOSEPH WHITE (1835–1918) Violin Concerto in F-sharp Minor I. Allegro (11:40) From Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th Centuries Cedille Records CDR 90000 035 (Track 7) Rachel Barton Pine, violin Encore Chamber Orchestra Daniel Hege, conductor CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES (1745–1799) Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 5, No. 2 I. Allegro moderato (10:23) From Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th Centuries Cedille Records CDR 90000 035 (Track 4) Rachel Barton Pine, violin Encore Chamber Orchestra Daniel Hege, conductor ROQUE CORDERO (b. 1917) Eight Miniatures for Small Orchestra (1948) (11:47) I. Marcha Grotesca II. Meditación III. Pasillo IV. Danzonete V. Nocturno VI. Mejorana VII. Plegaria VIII. Allegro Final From African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II Cedille Records CDR 90000 061 (Tracks 3–10) Chicago Sinfonietta Paul Freeman, conductor MANUEL M. PONCE (1882–1948) Suite cubana (12:27) 1. Serenata marina 2. Plenilunio 3. Paz de ocaso From Mexican Piano Music by Manuel M. Ponce Cedille Records CDR 90000 086 (Tracks 20–22) Jorge Federico Osorio, piano LEONARD BERNSTEIN arr. RANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER (b. 1958) West Side Story Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra America (2:56) From Delights & Dances Cedille Records CDR 90000 141 (Track 12) Harlem Quartet Chicago Sinfonietta Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Artist Album/Date Track Bill Dixon New Music: Second Waves/1964 The 12th December Bill Dixon New Music: Second Waves/1964 Winter Song 1964 Bill Dixon Sons of Sisyphus/1988 Vector Bill Dixon Sons of Sisyphus/1988 Sons of Sisyphus Bill Dixon/Barry Guy/William Parker/Tony Oxley Vade Mecum II/1996 Ebonite Bill Dixon/Franz Koglmann/Steve Lacy Opium/2001 Flops Bill Dixon/Franz Koglmann/Steve Lacy Opium/2001 Der Vogel/Opium Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra Bill Dixon With Exploding Star Orchestra/2008 Entrances/Two Bill Dixon 17 Musicians in Search of A Sound/2008 Darfur Bill Dixon Tapestries for Small Orchestra/2009 Motorcycle 66: Reflections & Ruminations Bill Dixon Tapestries for Small Orchestra/2009 Slivers: Sand Dance for Sophia Bill Dixon Tapestries for Small Orchestra/2009 Allusions I
Here is a full-length recital showcase featuring a performance from double bassist Phillip Serna. Visit Phillip online at www.phillipwserna.com Northwestern University School of Music Presents a Doctoral Recital Phillip Woodrow Serna, double bass In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Music in Double Bass Performance Double Bass Student of Michael Hovnanian Viola da Gamba Student of Mary Springfels assisted by: Shirley Trissell, piano Sunday, April 27, 2003, 8:30 p.m. Regenstein Recital Hall 60 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, Illinois Sonata in E-Minor, Op.38 (1862-1865) Johannes Brahms For Violoncello and Piano (1833-1897) Allegro non troppo Allegretto quasi Menuetto Allegro SHORT INTERMISSION Sonata No.2 in E-Minor, Op.6 Adolf Mišek For String Bass and Piano (1875-1955) I. Con fuoco II. Andante cantabile III. Furiant: Allegro energico IV. Finale: Allegro appassionato SHORT INTERMISSION Sonata (1956) František Hertl For String Bass and Piano (b. 1906) I. Allegro moderato II. Andantino III. Rondo: Alla polka, moderato [ENCORE] Vocalise, Op.34, No.14 Serge Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Program Notes Johannes Brahms' Sonata in E-Minor, Op.38 (1862-1865) In the summer of 1862, Johannes Brahms composed the first two movements of the Sonata for Piano and Violoncello, Op. 38. He later added the final Allegro in June of 1865. Intended as an "homage to J.S. Bach," Brahms based the principal themes of the outer movements on Contrapuntctus 4 and Contrapunctus 13 from "The Art of Fugue." Indeed, beyond these thematic references, fugal interplay is the prevailing device employed throughout the work. The sonata was first performed in July of 1865, and submitted for publication to both Breitkopf & Härtel and Simrock in September of the same year. Breitkopf & Härtel refused to publish the work. Simrock soon accepted it, however, and it was probably published in early 1866. Brahms' famous description of the work, which accompanied his submission to Simrock, remarks that it is "a violoncello sonata which, as regards both instruments, is certainly not difficult to play. David Cardon, Discordia Music Discordia Music, a publishing company run by Professor Michael Hovnanian, publishes the edition used for this performance. Discordia specializes in publishing new works and transcriptions for the double bass, as well as to publish premium quality, well-researched, scholarly editions of music part of the standard double bass solo literature. Adolf Mišek's Sonata No.2 in E-Minor, Op.6 The typesetter, composer, conductor, and double bass player Adolf Mišek was born in Modletin, Czechoslovakia in 1875. At age 15, Mišek attended the Academy of Vienna, later conducting as choirmaster of The Czech Choir ,,Tovaovský" and Slavonic Chorus. Additionally, he conducted The Czech Academic Orchestra in Vienna. From 1890 to1894 Mišek was a student of the famous lecturer, Franz Simandl (1840-1912), who in Mišek's time was associated with the Vienna Conservatory, an institution that Mišek would later be engaged as bass professor. From 1920 to 1934 Mišek returned to his place of birth in Bohemia. He returned to Prague where he built a career as a soloist with the National Theatre. He died in Prague in 1955. Mišek composed various works in different genres for voice, violin, chamber ensembles, and lastly for the double bass. His works for bass include a Scales Study, Legend op. 3 for Double Bass and Piano, a Capriccio (1899), Concert Polonaise, Sonata No.1 in A Major, Op. 5, Sonata No.2 in e minor, Op. 6, Sonata No.3 in F Major, and a Concert in C-major. František Hertl's Sonata (1956) Composer and double bassist František Hertl was an active member in Czech music throughout his career. From 1920 to1926, Hertl studied double bass at the Prague Conservatory with Professor Fr. Cerny, also studying composition from 1933 to1936. Hertl was solo double bassist in the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (1929-1935) and Czechoslovak Radio Orchestra Prague (1935-1950). Hertl was director as well as performing member of the Czech Nonet from 1936 to 1950 and 1963 to1966 in addition to his duty as conductor of the Radio Orchestra in Brno (1950-1961). As a pedagogue, Hertl was professor at the Prague Conservatory (1951-1961), at the Leoš Janácek Academy of Music Arts in Brno (1954-1961), and at the Academy of Music in Prague (1953-1973). Hertl wrote 35 compositions for orchestra including a Czech Suite (1947), Czech Dances (1947), and a Symfonietta for Oboe and Small Orchestra. Hertl composed a Sonata for Violoncello and Piano as well as various choral works. Hertl also composed a Concert Polka (1948) and a Concert for Double Bass (1957) premiered by František Pošta in 1958. He additionally composed a Prelude, Burlesca, Nocturno, and Tarantella (1969). As pedagogical works, Hertl wrote a Double Bass School (1962) and 20 Studies (1965) for Double Bass. The Sonata for Double bass and Piano (1956) was first recorded by his pupil Pavel Horak, a member of Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, now in retirement. Hertl was directing during the recording process. Information courtesy of Miloslav Jelinek of the Czech Society of Double Bassists Biography A native of Houston Texas, Phillip W. Serna (viola da gamba) is an active and enthusiastic performer of early music, as well as the contemporary, solo, orchestral, and chamber repertoires. Phillip earned his Bachelor of Music in double bass performance with Stephen Tramontozzi at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 1998. Phillip later completed his Master of Music at Northwestern University School of Music in 2001 as a Civic Orchestra of Chicago Graduate Fellow. On June 16, 2007, Phillip will receive the Doctor of Music degree from Northwestern University where he studied double bass with international soloist DaXun Zhang and formerly with Chicago Symphony Orchestra member Michael Hovnanian. Phillip studied viola da gamba with Newberry Consort founder Mary Springfels. Since 2003, Phillip has been principal double bass of the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra and has been recently elected to a two-year term on the Board of Directors of the Northbrook Symphony. In addition, Phillip has performed regularly with other orchestras such as the Bach Chamber Orchestra & Choir, Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra, Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra, Kenosha Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonic Orchestra, Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra, Racine Symphony Orchestra, Rockford Symphony Orchestra, Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Waukesha Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra as well as the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. In March of 2007, Phillip will perform Giovanni Bottesini's Concerto No.2 in b-minor with the Waubonsie Valley High School Orchestra in Aurora, IL after having already performed Estonian composer Eduard Tubin's stirring Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra with Northwestern University's Summer Orchestra under the direction of Robert Hasty in July of 2003. Recently joining the board of the Early Music Chicago arts advocacy & performance organization, Phillip regularly performs on viola da gamba and period double bass/ violone with period instrument ensembles and organizations such as the Apollo Chorus of Chicago, Ars Antigua, Chicago Early Music Consort, Period Opera Cosi fan Tutte with Chicago Opera Theater, Classical Arts Orchestra, Comic Intermezzo, Early Music Chicago, the Janus Ensemble, the Newberry Consort, the Evelyn Dunbar Memorial Early Music Festival at Northwestern University, the Oriana Singers, the Second City Musick, and the Spirit of Gambo - a Chicago Consort of Viols, as well as the Concert for Compassion Viol Consort & the Forces of Virtue Ensemble and Choir, dedicated to raising money for disaster relief and other charities. In addition to his intense performance schedule, Phillip teaches lessons on double bass, bass guitar, guitar, viola da gamba, and presents master classes and workshops on modern and period double bass. As a passionate advocate of early music, Phillip has championed the viola da gamba with his initiative 'Viols in Our Schools,' bringing solo and chamber music for viols into Chicago area classrooms. Phillip also currently teaches at numerous institutions around the Chicago area. Phillip lives in Plainfield, IL with his best friend and wife, Magdalena.Program
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