Tuesday August 4 7:30 PM
Naumburg Bandshell
Central Park
New York NY
Five classical music instruments that normally play supporting or minor accent roles in classical music showcases were themselves given the star treatment in last night’s musical extravaganza. The Clarksville Community Concert Series presented The Imani Winds Quintet to Clarksville in a dazzling display of sounds and tones not typical to the classical music lovers ear, but nonetheless endearing and wondrous.
Wind instruments don’t usually spring to mind when one thinks of classical music’s big draw. The piano,…
Source: New York Times, Arts & Leisure feature article
Program
VALERIE COLEMAN, flute
JAMES ROE, oboe
MARIAM ADAM, clarinet
JEFF SCOTT, French horn
MONICA ELLIS, bassoon
Eugene Bozza (1905-1991) Scherzo for woodwind quintet, Op. 48
Arturo Marquez (b. 1950) Danza de Mediodia
Julio Medaglia (b. 1938) Suite Popular Brasileira
I. Choro
II. Baiao
III. Seresta
IV. Frevo
Lalo Schifrin (b. 1932) La Nouvelle Orleans
Intermission
György Ligeti (1923-2006) Sechs Bagatellen
I. Allegro con Spirito
II. Rubato. Lamentoso
III. Allegro grazioso
IV. Presto ruvido
V. Adagio. Mesto. Bela Bartok in memoriam
VI. Molto vivace, capriccioso
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Summer Music for Wind Quintet, Op. 31
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) Libertango, Arr. Jeff Scott (b. 1967)
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