,AeuA MUSICAL FEAST,Aeu, Tuesday, January 16, 8 PM. KAVINOKY THEATER AT D’YOUVILLE COLLEGE, Porter Avenue, Buffalo NY.
Charles Haupt and Feng Hew, associated principal cellist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, play Kodaly “Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7”. Tom Kolor, cited by the New York Times as a ,Aeuvirtuosic percussionist, in “Rebound” by Xenaxis. Tony Arnold, soprano and Cheryl Gobbetti-Hoffman, flute, will join Tom Kolor in John Cage,Aeos “Music for…..” .Tony Arnold is internationally recognized for her interpretation of the contemporary repertoire. Gobbetti-Hoffman will also play a magical piece by composer Toru Takemistu: “Voice”. And Charles Castleman will perform the Buffalo premiere of “Violin Sonata Nr.2” (written in 1967), by Mieczyslaw Weinberg who ranks along with Prokofiev and Schostakovich as one of the great Soviet composers. The charming, poetic PRIMAVERA, Spring, by Thea Musgrave will feature Tony Arnold, voice and Cheryl Gobbetti-Hoffman, flute. Don,Aeot miss this concert. Call 716-829-7668
Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996) Sonata #2 Opus 95 (1967) [Buffalo premiere]
Allegro moderato(Monody)-Andantino grazioso(Pauses)-Presto agitato(Intervals)- Andantino non tanto(Replicas)-Allegretto leggiero(Accompaniment)-Lento affetuoso(Incocation)-Vivace marcato(Syncopation)
He was a Polish Jewish composer who lived in the Soviet Union and Russia since before the World War II (1939) and lost most of his family to the Nazis. His large body of work included twenty-two symphonies and seventeen string quartets; according to one reviewer he ranked as, “the third great Soviet composer, along with Prokofiev and Shostakovich”.
In 1943 he moved to Moscow at the urging of Dmitri Shostakovich, who was impressed by his talent and was to become his close friend. He and Shostakovich lived near one another, sharing ideas on a daily basis. When Weinberg was arrested in February 1953, Shostakovich wrote to Lavrenti Beria, head of the KGB, to intercede on his behalf. Besides the admiration which Shostakovich frequently expressed for Weinberg’s works, they were taken up by some of Russia’s foremost performers, including the Borodin String Quartet, Emil Gilels, Leonid Kogan, Mstislav Rostropovich and Kurt Sanderling.
Weinberg’s works frequently have a strong programmatic element. Although he never formally studied with Shostakovich, the older composer, along with Prokofiev, Myaskovsky, Bartok and Mahler, had an obvious influence on Weinberg’s music. Jewish music features heavily, and one can also find other ethnic elements, including Moldavian, Polish, and Armenian. Weinberg has been identified by some critics as the source of Shostakovich’s increased interest in klezmer themes
Program ,Aei January 16, 2007
Rebonds (a)
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001)
Tom Kolor, percussion
Voice
Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996)
Cheryl Gobbetti-Hoffman, flute
Music for Three
John Cage (1912-1992)
Tony Arnold, voice Cheryl Gobbetti-Hoffman, flute Tom Kolor, percussion
Sonata no. 2 for violin solo, opus 95
Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996)
Allegro moderato (Monody) – Andantino grazioso (Pauses) – Presto agitato (Intervals) –
Andantino non tanto (Replicas) – Allegretto leggiero (Accompaniment) –
Lento affetuoso (Invocation) – Vivace marcato (Syncopation)
Charles Castleman, violin
Primavera
Thea Musgrave (born 1928)
Tony Arnold, voice Cheryl Gobbetti-Hoffman, flute
INTERMISSION
Rebonds (b)
Iannis Xenakis
Tom Kolor, percussion
Duo for Violin and Cello, opus 7
Zolt/*n Kod/*ly (1882-1967)
I. Allegro serioso, non troppo
II. Adagio
III. Maestoso e Largemente ma non troppo lento ,Aei Presto
Charles Haupt, violin Feng Hew, cello