Espressivo -- a small, intense orchestra -- presents
Stringing You Along
Elgar, Bartok, and Bach
- When
- Sun Oct 15, 2017
- Where
- UCSC Music Center Recital Hall
- Time
- 3pm
- Cost
- $5 - $37
- Tags
- Music, Concerts, Classical Music
Description
Conducted by Michel Singher and featuring the leading professional instrumentalists in Santa Cruz at its core, Espressivo -- a small, intense orchestra -- presents select masterpieces of classical music composed for a baker's dozen or so of players.Edward Elgar Introduction and Allegro for Strings (1905)
Bela Bartok Divertimento for String Orchestra (1939)
J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto Nr. 5 (1721)
Featuring soloists Vicki Melin, flute; Shannon Delaney, violin; Linda Burman-Hall, harpsichord.
The three works on this program have commonalities. Each was composed on demand: Bach’s for a ducal patron; Elgar’s to celebrate the newly formed London Symphony Orchestra, and specifically to emulate a Brandenburg concerto that his publisher and he had experienced together; and Bartók’s to fulfill a commission from a rich Swiss conductor. Beyond the similarities in their geneses, the three works are each a concerto grosso, in which a small contingent of players is profiled against the ensemble as a whole. The form was prevalent in Bach’s day, but its occasional use since has been a self-conscious reverting to that historical model.
See the program notes and recommended listening at the links below.
http://espressorch.org/pdf/prog_notes_20171015.pdf
http://espressorch.org/pdf/recommended_listening_20171015.pdf
More Info
- Link
- http://espressorch.org
- Contact Form (account required)
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