Saturday, November 5 2011
These concert listings come courtesy of the following sites: Concerto, Concertino, and Portal VivaMusica in Brazil; ConcertDiary in the UK, Instant Encore in the US, and La Scena Musicale in Canada. Also from my faithful HVL Website viewers - send me an email if you know of any upcoming Villa-Lobos concert, anywhere in the world.
There's a new Concert Listing website: Bachtrack.
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Rebecca Lister & Berta Rojas at Lebanon College & Washington DCDate: 10/16/2011 - 15:00 11/05/2011 - 00:00 Location: USA: Annville PA USA: Washington DC Work Performed: Bachianas Brasileiras #5 LVC Music Prof Joins Acclaimed Guitarist Berta Rojas in Concert
ANNVILLE, PA (10/05/2011)(readMedia)-- Lebanon Valley College professor and soprano Dr. Rebecca Lister will join internationally acclaimed guitarist Berta Rojas in a recital performance at 3 p.m. on Oct. 16 in Lutz Hall of the Blair Music Center at LVC. The recital is a preview of the duo's "Concerts by Candlelight" program at the historic Dumbarton United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 5. The program will feature a variety of Spanish and Latin American pieces, and selections in Portuguese by several Brazilian composers, including the famous Villa-Lobos "Cantilena #5" from the "Bachianas Brazilianas." In addition to a number of duets, Rojas will perform solo guitar. Renowned for her flawless technique and innate musicality, Rojas ranks among today's foremost classical guitarists. She has been praised as "guitarist extraordinaire" by the Washington Post, and by Classical Guitar magazine as an "Ambassador of the classical guitar." She continues to captivate audiences and critics from Carnegie Hall to the South Bank Centre in London, selling out performances at venues around the world including the Frederick P. Rose Hall at the Lincoln Center in New York, the John F. Kennedy Center, the National Concert Hall in Ireland with the Irish Radio and Television Orchestra, and as soloist with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra for National Belgian Television. Rojas is professor of guitar at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. She studied with Abel Carlevaro and received a bachelor of music degree at the Escuela Universitaria de Musica in Uruguay where she was a student of Eduardo Fernandez. Later, she earned a master's degree in music from Baltimore's Peabody Conservatory where she studied under Manuel Barrueco. Lister is associate professor of music at LVC and teaches voice instruction. She earned a bachelor's degree from James Madison University and a master's and doctoral degree from Florida State University. She maintains an active performing schedule having appeared several times as guest artist on various music series, including the St. Paul Early Music Series, the Lebanon Community Arts Series, and the Goodman Series. Though early music is her main point of interest, Lister performs repertoire from all style periods and is a strong supporter and performer of chamber music, contemporary music, music by female composers, and music by Hispanic composers. Her current research interest is art song in Spanish, both from Spain and Latin America. Rojas and Lister met and performed together first when Rojas presented a concert at LVC in March 2010. According to Lister, "We decided to try to perform together again, since we both enjoyed it so much." For information, call the Music Department at 717-867-6275 or visit www.lvc.edu/music. Key 1
"Outside of the Bachs" in TusconDate: 11/04/2011 - 19:00 11/05/2011 - 20:00 11/06/2011 - 14:00 Location: USA: Tuscon AZ Work Performed: Bachianas Brasileiras #9 TSO concert thinks ‘Outside of the Bachs' Program features four composers' works from 18th to 20th centuries Music Director George Hanson will conduct the TSO's MasterWorks Chamber Orchestra for "Outside of the Bachs" this weekend. Posted: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 4:00 am | Updated: 4:04 pm, Tue Nov 1, 2011. By Chelsey Killebrew, Special to The Explorer "Outside of the Bachs" will provide the Tucson Symphony Orchestra MasterWorks audience with a wide-ranging listening experience from the amazing J.S. Bach, as well as that of other composers' music based upon his works. A challenge is made to the supposed "orderliness" of classical music. Presented by the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance, the program takes place Friday, Nov. 4, beginning at 7 p.m. with a pre-concert chat with TSO conductor George Hansen and concert at 8 p.m., at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 7575 N. Paseo del Norte in Tucson. Even J.S. Bach occasionally wrote to his own drummer. A display of melody in the Air from Suite No. 3 finally overshadows his often-noted skill in Baroque counterpoint. Scheduled to open the Nov. 4 concert, this composition will stay in the mind and heart as only great music can. Yet another Bach - C.P.E. (Carl Phillip Emmanuel, J.S.'s son) - brings an almost bewildering style to his Symphony No. 1. "Outside of the Bachs" is a good description of C.P.E.'s use of Baroque, Classical and even Romantic era treatment in this late life work. Reinterpreting was Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos's method bringing the style of Brazilian music to European classical. The Bachianas brasilieras No. 9 is indeed "Outside of the Bachs," but as with all the others, No. 9 is written as an homage to the great genius of Johann Sebastian Bach. "The Muse for Strings and Harpsichord" is part of a series called "The New Brandenburgs," in which six composers were commissioned to write works based on the distinctive orchestrations heard in Bach's Brandenburg Concerti. Christoph Theofanidis' modern, but light and transparent "Outside of the Bachs" muse is baroque-like in harmony and rhythm as heard in the original concerti No. 3. One of J.S. Bach's most popular works (early 1700s) laid unnoticed in the library of the Margrave of Brandenburg until rediscovery in the 19th century. It is speculated that No. 6 in B-Flat is the earliest of the six concerti. Excellent seating for "Outside of the Bachs" and for the three remaining MasterWorks concerts is available by calling 797-3959, ext. 9. Editor's note: TSO also will perform "Outside of the Bachs" at Catalina Foothills High School Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. Tickets start at $50. To order tickets, visit www.tucsonsymphony.org.
If you go What: TSO MasterWorks Concert Series When: Nov. 4; 8 p.m. concert, 7 p.m. pre-concert chat Where: St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 7575 N. Paseo del Norte Tickets: Start at $40, with subscription discounts available To purchase tickets, visit http://saaca.org/masterworksconcerts.html or call 797-3959, ext. 9 Key 1
OSESP Presents 3 PianosDate: 11/03/2011 - 21:00 11/04/2011 - 21:00 11/05/2011 - 21:00 Location: Brazil: Sao Paulo Work Performed: Bachianas Brasileiras #4 Osesp apresenta: 3 pianos / Burmester / Sassetti / Laginha Sala São Paulo Presenter: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp) |