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(Ages 13+)
Join a community of musicians as we perform, experiment, and make new music!
Fridays: June 7, JUly 5, Aug. 2; 6:30 - 9 p.m. at John and Judy Gay Library (JJGL)
Series
Pub. Date
[2012], c1982
Language
English
Description
James Galway takes us backward through time to demonstrate how ageless and universal the human impulse is to make music. Working chronologically backward from Ligeti to Gregorian chant, Galway outlines the development of Western music. The impishness in his smile and tone are quickly submerged in the depth of his commitment to music and his enthusiastic conviction that knowledge of musical history is a prerequisite to understanding and that understanding...
Series
Pub. Date
[2012], c1982
Language
English
Description
This program covers Vivaldi's musical celebration of the seasons and the Italian countryside; Gluck's transformation of opera into a dramatic as well as a musical experience; new ideas for symphonic composition at Mannheim; and Haydn, father of the symphony. Performers include the Bach Orchestra and Choir of St. Paul's, Academy of Ancient Music, Takacs Quartet, Mannheim Orchestra. Contents include excerpts from: Vivaldi's L'Estro Armonico, The Four...
Series
Language
English
Description
In the period between the two World Wars, composers sought to express in music the jarring and discordant sense that civilization was giving way to barbarism. During the same time, jazz burst upon the international musical scene. Performers include the Moscow Classical Ballet Company, Maxim Shostakovich conducting his father's Symphony No. 7, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Sir Peter Pears and Galina Vishnevskaya in Britten's War Requiem, and an electric...
Series
Pub. Date
[2012], c1982
Language
English
Description
This program proceeds from the early music of the Eastern churches to the establishment of music as part of the Christian liturgy; the influence of Pope Gregory and the first composers for the Church; Notre-Dame de Paris and other religious centers; Leonin, Perotin, Guillaume de Machaut; the birth of secular song; Walther von der Vogelweide, Landini, Dunstable, and Dufay. Includes excerpts from: Traditional Gregorian, Hebrew, and Greek chants; Leonin's...
Series
Pub. Date
[2012], c1982
Language
English
Description
This program covers the patronage of the Dukes of Burgundy and the Kings of France, and the continued influence of the Church. It shows how music, like philosophy, moved away from the elaborate formality of the Gothic and, like architecture, sought new and purer forms. Music of Binchois, Ockeghem, Josquin des Pres, Palestrina, de Lassus, Tromboncino, and Gabrieli is performed by the Schutz Choir, Emma Kirkby and the New London Consort. Includes excerpts...
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