tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398993226239284052024-03-05T09:17:22.871-05:00Post-Classical Ensemble PRDavid Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-26237672594319266032011-01-04T14:50:00.000-05:002011-01-04T14:50:14.004-05:00New PCE website!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Post-Classical Ensemble has relaunched its website today, with <a href="http://post-classicalensemble.org/news/all/">News</a> and other features available there by <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/postclassical">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Post-Classical-Ensemble/10150136286505621">Facebook</a>, or soon by RSS feed from the website itself.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Please come and see the newly relaunched website! : <a href="http://www.post-classicalensemble.org/">http://www.post-classicalensemble.org/</a></span><br />
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<i>(Please note also that we will no longer post PCE PR announcements from this website but only at ensemble's relaunched website or by social media.)</i>David Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-5635788835337733402010-09-23T19:07:00.000-04:002010-09-25T19:07:40.842-04:00Washington Post previews P-CE's Russian GershwinDavid Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-32166520541148475522010-06-27T18:07:00.001-04:002010-09-25T18:10:07.458-04:00Unanswered Question: Joe Horowitz on P-CE's Upcoming 2010-2011 SeasonLast week, we announced our eighth season. It comprises a robust series of festivals celebrating an assortment of iconic twentieth century composers: George Gershwin, Lou Harrison, and Igor Stravinsky.<br />
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(<a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/uq/2010/06/gershwin-stravinsky-harrison-f.html" target="_blank">Read more</a>)David Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-38783971734555593662010-02-12T06:00:00.000-05:002010-02-12T10:39:02.683-05:00Examiner notes P-CE's Interpreting Liszt festivalDavid Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-52031596666803883042010-01-31T00:01:00.001-05:002010-01-31T09:06:36.781-05:00Washington Post lists P-CE's Interpreting LisztDavid Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-40165004202827366752010-01-30T16:38:00.002-05:002010-01-30T16:38:39.562-05:00Baltimore Sun notes P-CE's Interpreting LisztDavid Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-34129976709231475132010-01-29T09:15:00.001-05:002010-01-30T16:35:33.327-05:00WETA announces P-CE's Interpreting LisztDavid Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-79333081270937764572010-01-29T09:00:00.001-05:002010-01-30T16:35:44.393-05:00WAMU announces P-CE's Interpreting LisztDavid Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-78682889726358474252010-01-08T09:00:00.001-05:002010-01-30T16:35:58.360-05:00Georgetown announces Interpreting LisztDavid Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-67514493587645779762009-11-12T07:40:00.002-05:002009-11-12T07:40:49.872-05:00P-CE's Kerry Van Laanen at Gala Theatre in QuinTangoDavid Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-72211129433269979662009-09-24T10:00:00.008-04:002009-10-07T10:54:33.495-04:00Season Premieres with 'Encounters: David Taylor'<a href="http://societyofspain.org/post-classical-ensemble/1036" target="_blank"><img src="http://societyofspain.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/p-ce-gaston_web.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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For its 2009-10 season opener, P-CE brings to DC a pair of unclassifiable, widely recorded artists prominent both in jazz and classical circles. Both are fixtures of the edgy jazz scene in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The virtuoso bass trombonist David Taylor began his jazz career playing with the likes of Duke Ellington and Miles Davis, and with the Gil Evans and Charles Mingus Big Bands. More recently, he has toured with Winton Marsalis. <br />
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Encounters: David Taylor<br />
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David Taylor, bass trombone<br />
William Sharp, baritone<br />
Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor<br />
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DATE: Thursday, October 1, 2009<br />
TIME: 7:30 pm<br />
LOCATION: The Harman Center for the Arts, Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F Street NW, Washington, DC<br />
TICKETS: $25, $35, $10 (Students only) - For tickets: 202.547.1122 or www.harmancenter.org<br />
INFO: www.post-classicalensemble.org<br />
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When he is not composing for the Berlin Philharmonic or Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra, the composer/saxophonist Daniel Schnyder tours widely with a trio also including Taylor and the pianist Kenny Drew, Jr.; their repertoire ranges from Bach to Ellington to Schnyder. <br />
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Schubert/Mahler: Death and the Maiden <br />
Schubert: Doppelgänger and other late songs<br />
Stravinsky: Suite from A Soldier's Tale<br />
Daniel Schnyder: Works for bass trombone and orchestra<br />
(Post-concert discussion with Daniel Schnyder and David Taylor)David Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-26639859226951350372009-07-13T08:30:00.003-04:002009-07-18T13:49:52.459-04:00Post-Classical Ensemble: 2009-2010 Season Announcement<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/aaErf36KMwWwQ3-wOcDITA?authkey=Gv1sRgCMufjvDlzoKh3QE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz29f4jPv2Cb4cMV4SxUgVT3D4Kn07uUVCxKzHKjdWtimMQVuNOyo1ey8fpPK6msfgsgFjgVEGUycpfwzDYo6qAs6ZVb3ndO3RQLMFVUW6Ioh_ajqbBJtb0Zz_wfDMGoug2X7Djm_RLyrD/s144/image001.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"></td></tr></table><br />With the Harman Center for the Arts now principal venue, the Post-Classical Ensemble has its 2009-2010 season planned. <br /><br />This season includes "<strong>Interpreting Liszt</strong>," a two-day Post-Classical Ensemble Festival held in collaboration with Georgetown University to explore new perspectives on Romantic art and the Romantic artistic personality. The performances are part of “Interpreting Liszt,” a conference including film, historic recordings, and much more.<br /><br />The season also includes performances in Chicago for "<strong>Beyond Flamenco: Finding Spain in Music</strong>," a Post-Classical Productions festival exploring the search for Spanish identity through music, presented by the University of Chicago and sponsored by the Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales of the Spanish Ministry of Culture with additional support from WFMT radio.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">ENCOUNTERS: DAVID TAYLOR<br /></span>“Left every brass player in the packed house shaking his head in disbelief” – <span style="font-style:italic;">The Chicago Tribune</span> about David Taylor<br /> <br />Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, 7:30pm<br />The Harman Center for the Arts, Sidney Harman Hall<br />610 F Street NW<br />Washington, DC<br />www.harmancenter.org<br /> <br />David Taylor, bass trombone<br />William Sharp, baritone<br />Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor<br /> <br />Are you in the mood for something really edgy? Post-Classical Ensemble showcases one of the world’s great instrumentalists: the bass trombonist DAVID TAYLOR, whose flamboyant virtuosity and eruptive temperament astonishingly transfigure music of every stripe. With P-CE, Taylor performs a medley of harrowing late Schubert songs, plus a pair of jazzy and rambunctious Daniel Schnyder scores: subZERO Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra (DC premiere) and RoTor (world premiere).<br /> <br />Schubert/Mahler: Death and the Maiden (string orchestra)<br />Schubert: Doppelgänger and other late songs<br />Stravinsky: Suite from A Soldier’s Tale<br />Daniel Schnyder: Works for bass trombone and orchestra<br /> <br />Post-concert discussion with the participation of composer Daniel Schnyder<br /><br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">INTERPRETING LISZT</span><br /> <br />A Post-Classical Ensemble Festival in collaboration with Georgetown University, exploring new perspectives on Romantic art and the Romantic artistic personality.<br /> <br />Evening events at Georgetown University, Gaston Hall (Healy Building)<br />Liszt Conference at McNair Hall<br />37th and O Streets NW. (Parking available on campus through Prospect St. and Canal Rd.)<br />http://performingarts.georgetown.edu/DAVIS/<br /> <br />Friday, Feb. 12, 7:30 pm: LISZT AND ITALY, an illustrated piano concert including poetry by Petrarch and Dante, visual art by Raphael and Michelangeli, Mykola Suk’s harrowing interpretation of Liszt’s Dante Sonata, and Kumaran Arul’s Lisztian improvisation on St. Francis Walking on the Water.<br /> <br />Saturday, Feb. 13, 7:30 pm: ANGELS AND DEVILS<br />(Illustrated pre-concert on Totentanz by Anna Celenza at 6:30 pm)<br /> <br />Mykola Suk, piano<br />Georgetown University Chamber Singers; Frederick Binkholder, director<br />Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor<br /> <br />Liszt: Hymne de l'enfant a son reveil and Inno a Maria Vergine, for chorus<br />Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor<br />Liszt: Pastorale from Christus<br />Liszt: Totentanz for piano and orchestra<br /> <br />Feb. 12, 1:15 to 5 pm, and Feb. 13, 10 am to 4:30 pm: “INTERPRETING LISZT” CONFERENCE, including film, historic recordings, speakers Anna Celenza, Joseph Horowitz, and Thomas Mastroianni, and pianists Mykola Suk, George Barth, and Kumaran Arul. Free admission. For information: http://performingarts.georgetown.edu<br /> <br />“An astonishing blend of muscular power, poetry and utter control – one of the more formidable talents to have appeared in this country in years”– The American Record Guide on Mykola Suk. <br /> <br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">THE MAGISTRATE AND THE MILLER’S WIFE<br /></span> <br />Friday, April 23, 2010, 7:30 pm<br />The Harman Center for the Arts, Sidney Harman Hall<br />610 F Street NW, Washington, DC<br />www.harmancenter.org<br />(Pre-concert film presentation on “Falla and flamenco” at 6:30 pm)<br /> <br />Pedro Carbone, piano<br />Angel Gil-Ordonez, conductor<br />Ramon Oller, choreographer<br />Dancers from the Spanish National Dance Company<br /> <br />Falla: Fantasia Baetica (solo piano)<br />Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (piano and orchestra)<br />Falla: The Magistrate and the Miller’s Wife (dance/pantomime; DC stage premiere)<br /> <br />Manuel de Falla, Spain’s most famous composer, used flamenco to revitalize Spanish music after a century of somnolence. All the music on our program is infused with the haunting cante jondo of flamenco song, and the dramatic exuberance of flamenco dance. The Magistrate and the Miller’s Wife (El Corregidor y la Molinera), a boisterous farce, is an early version of Falla’s best-loved score, The Three-Cornered Hat. This new production, also to be conducted by Angel Gil-Ordonez at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, is Spain’s major American cultural export in celebration of its Spring 2010 Presidency of the European Union.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Benefit Gala<br /></span>May 20010<br />A gala benefit for Post-Classical Ensemble will be held in May 2010. Details will be available before the end of the year.David Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-32286868766086517712009-06-16T22:40:00.001-04:002010-01-30T16:23:38.594-05:00Society of Spain announces P-CE's 2009-2010 seasonDavid Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-11049360008522590422009-03-07T19:30:00.000-05:002009-03-08T18:12:19.939-04:00Shakespeare Theatre: Encounters - A John Adams Snapshot<img src="http://www.post-classicalensemble.org/images/david_krakauer%5B1%5D._april_22%5B1%5D.jpg" align="right" /> <u>Date</u>: April 22, 2009 (Wednesday)<br /><u>Time</u>: 7:30 P.M.<br /><u>Place</u>: <a href="http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/harmancenter/" target="_Blank">Harman Center for the Arts</a> at the Shakespeare Theatre, 450 7 ST NW, WDC (<a href="http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/harmancenter/visit/lansburgh/directions.aspx" target="_blank">directions</a>)<br /><br />"<a href="http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/harmancenter/events/details.aspx?id=203&source=t" target="_blank">Encounters: A John Adams Snapshot</a>" provides a rare opportunity for DC audiences to hear two cutting-edge compositions by an indispensable American original. "Phrygian Gates," early Adams, is a landmark of keyboard minimalism, a 30-minute kaleidoscope of swirling colors and textures. "Gnarly Buttons," late Adams, is a sizzling clarinet concerto distilling swing, blues, and jazz. Both works will be performed for the first time by two great American instrumentalists.<br /><br /><u>Principal Performers</u>:<br />David Krakauer, clarinet<br />Benjamin Pasternack, piano<br />Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor<br /><br /><u>Program</u>:<br />John Adams: Phrygian Gates<br />John Adams: Gnarly ButtonsDavid Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-71036361919785700752009-03-01T19:30:00.001-05:002009-03-21T22:15:43.166-04:00Kennedy Center: Iberian Inspirations<img src="http://www.post-classicalensemble.org/images/Harolyn-Blackwell.jpg" align="right" /> <u>Date</u>: March 1, 2009 (Sunday)<br /><u>Time</u>: 7:30 P.M.<br /><u>Place</u>: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, <a href="http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/fortas/" target="_blank">Fortas Chamber Music Concerts</a> on the Terrace Theater<br /><br />As the major presenter of Spanish concert music in both DC and New York City, Post-Classical Ensemble has long made a cause of the lesser-known works of Falla, and of the master Catalonian modernists Montsalvatge and Gerhard. PCE returns to the Kennedy Center with a program including the American premiere of a Montsalvatge sinfonietta, inspired by the paintings of Salvador Dali. <br /><br />(More at the <a href="http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showEvent&event=MJFSJ" target="_blank">Kennedy Center's website</a>.)<br /><br /><u>Principal Performers</u>:<br />Harolyn Blackwell, soprano <br />Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor<br /><br /><u>Program</u>:<br />Manuel de Falla: Psyche<br />Joaquin Turina: Poema en Forma de Canciones <br />Xavier Montsalvatge: Sinfonietta Folia Daliniana (US premiere)<br />Joaquin Rodrigo: Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios <br />Heitor Villa-Lobos: Choros no. 7 (Septet) <br />Roberto Gerhard: Cancionero de PedrellDavid Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-42720278778456684122008-11-06T19:30:00.000-05:002009-02-20T08:20:34.220-05:00Harman Center: The Mexican Odyssey<img src="http://www.post-classicalensemble.org/images/Mexicanodyssey.jpg" align="right" /> <u>Date</u>: November 6, 2008 (Thursday)<br /><u>Time</u>: 7:30-10:30 P.M.<br /><u>Place</u>: <a href="http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/harmancenter/" target="_Blank">Harman Center for the Arts</a> at the Shakespeare Theatre, 610 F Street NW, WDC (<a href="http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/harmancenter/visit/lansburgh/directions.aspx" target="_blank">directions</a>)<br /><br />Mexico’s explosive cultural saga — from stark Mayan ceremonies to the torrid revolutionary art of <strong>Diego Rivera</strong> and <strong>Frida Kahlo</strong> — produced centuries of explosive music. This unique program, combining music, history, and visual art, includes the Aztec intensities captured by <strong>Carlos Chavez</strong>, the florid reverence of Mexican Baroque, and the shrill trumpets and booming tubas remembered by <strong>Silvestre Revueltas</strong> from his rural childhood.<br /><br />(Additional Mexican programing Nov. 1 at Georgetown University: "Defining Mexico" — an all-day conference followed by a choral concert by Georgetown University Chamber Singers at 6:00 pm in McNeir Hall (New North Building). Free and open to the public.)<br /><br /><u>Principal Performers</u>:<br />Pedro Carboné, piano<br />Roberto Limón, guitar<br />Georgetown University Chamber Singers<br />Gregorio Luke, commentator<br />Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor<br /><br /><u>Program</u>:<br />Pre-hispanic culture — Xochipili by Carlos Chávez (with pre-Hispanic instruments)<br />Mexican Baroque — Choral works by Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla <br />Romantic/Post-Romantic — piano music by Ricardo Castro and Manuel Ponce<br />Solo guitar — Scherzino mexicano and Variations and Fugue on “La Folia” by Manuel Ponce <br />Nationalism — Three Pieces for solo guitar by Carlos Chavez; Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca by Silvestre Revueltas<br />High modernism — Three Secular Dances for cello and piano by Mario Lavista; Serenata by Ana Lara (East Coast premiere)David Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-89380260371051183992008-03-15T17:00:00.001-04:002008-02-22T20:49:46.473-05:00Joseph Horowitz at Library of Congress<img src="http://www.post-classicalensemble.org/images/Joe-director.gif" align="right" /> <u>Date</u>: March 15, 2008 (Saturday)<br /><u>Time</u>: 4:00 - 5:00 P.M.<br /><u>Place</u>: Room LJ 119, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress<br /><br />Moderator <strong>Georgette M. Dorn</strong>, Chief of the Hispanic Division at the Library of Congress leads discussants <a href="http://www.post-classicalensemble.org/About-Joseph.html" target="_blank"><strong>Joseph Horowitz</strong></a>, Artistic Director of the Post-Classical Ensemble, Roberto Kolb, Gregorio Luke, Leonora Saavedra, Barbara Tenenbaum, and Sergio Vela. This will be an open discussion, following a panel on cultural context, part of "<a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0708-mexicanmusic.html" target="_blank">Two Faces of Mexican Music</a>: <strong>Carlos Chávez</strong> (1899-1978) and <strong>Silvestre Revueltas</strong> (1899-1940) Revisited" running March 11 - 16, 2008, at the Library of Congress.David Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-13061765202769182432008-03-14T21:00:00.003-04:002008-02-22T23:00:23.459-05:00PCE Performs Revueltas at Library of Congress<a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0708-schedule.html#mar14" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/images/0708-postclassical.jpg" align="right" /></a> <u>Date</u>: March 14, 2008 (Friday)<br /><u>Time</u>: 8:00 P.M (Pre-concert Prelude at 6:15 P.M.)<br /><u>Place</u>: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/visit/g_jeffsn.html" target="_blank">Coolidge Auditorium</a>, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress (<a href="http://www.loc.gov/visit/directions.html" target="_blank">directions</a>)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.eugenialeon.com/frames.php" target="_blank"><strong>Eugenia Leon</strong></a>, vocalist, joins the Post-Classical Ensemble for chamber music, poetry, and popular song, celebrating Mexico’s revolutionary 20th-century “sound muralist,” <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvestre_Revueltas" target="_blank"><strong>Silvestre Revueltas</strong></a>, whose pulsing sonic canvases parallel in music the achievements of Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros in visual art.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.eugenialeon.com/frames.php" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/images/0708-leon.jpg" align="right" /></a> If there is a Latin American composer whose “time has come” it is surely Silvestre Revueltas. For one thing, Revueltas is the composer who most resonates with the charismatic Mexico of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. For another, he is the rare 20th century composer whose voice is both original and instantly recognizable. A program incorporating popular song and poetry as part of a four-day Library of Congress festival: “<a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0708-schedule.html" target="_blank">Two Faces of Mexican Music</a>: Chávez and Revueltas Revisited.”David Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-1617220231670621942008-02-16T20:00:00.002-05:002008-02-22T22:49:29.133-05:00PCE Performs "Free to Sing" at Strathmore<a href="http://www.strathmore.org/eventstickets/festivalsspecialevents.asp#free" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.strathmore.org/images/festivalsspecialevents/freetosing.jpg" align="right" /></a> <u>Date</u>: February 16, 2008 (Saturday)<br /><u>Time</u>: 8:00 P.M.<br /><u>Place</u>: Music Center at <a href="http://www.strathmore.org/" target="_blank">Strathmore</a> (<a href="http://www.strathmore.org/planyourvisit/directionsparking.asp" target="_blank">directions</a>)<br /><br /><u>Tickets</u>: <img src="http://www.post-classicalensemble.org/images/sold-out.gif" /><br /><br />"Free To Sing: The Story of the First African-American Opera Company" is an original Strathmore production featuring 19th Century Music<br /><br />Commissioned by Strathmore, the original script charts the personal advancement of some of Washington D.C.’s most prominent African- American individuals, as they use their musical talent to raise money for their church community and build schools for their children in the 1870s. Free to Sing focuses on the musical accomplishments of the Opera Company with an introductory narrative. The creative team for the show includes: Emmy Award-winning director Scot Reese, Joseph Horowitz and Angel Gil-Ordóñez of the Post-Classical Ensemble, and the Morgan State University Choir under the direction of Eric Conway.<br /><br />Almost 150 years ago, in 1858, St. Martin’s Parish, now known as St. Augustine’s Church, was founded as a place of worship for Washington D.C.’s African American Catholic population. With a heavy emphasis on music and education, the church employed the expertise of a former Marine Band member, Professor John Esputa, to lead their chorus. Recognizing the great musical talent found in the church, choir member Willia.m. T. Benjamin and Professor Esputa went on to form the Colored American Opera Company. In 1873, the Opera Company presented 7 performances of Julius Eichberg’s The Doctor of Alcantara to mixed race audiences—two at Lincoln Hall (capacity 1,500) and two at Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C., and three at Agricultural Hall in Philadelphia.David Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-66928314169766571142007-03-16T20:00:00.001-04:002008-02-22T22:40:34.374-05:00Performance: Song of the Earth<img src="http://www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/images/performances/P-CE%20Gaston_web.jpg" width="425" alt="Post-Classical Ensemble header" title="Post-Classical Ensemble header" /><br /><br />Performance: The Song of the Earth<br />Date: Friday, March 16, 2007<br />Time: 8:00 P.M. (Prelude at 7:00 P.M.)<br />Where: Kay Theatre of the <a href="http://claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/2007/c/media/article?rowid=AAAKpNABAAAAAH6AAB" target="_blank">Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center</a> at the University of Maryland/College Park (<a href="http://claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/2007/c/visitors/directions" target="_blank">directions</a>)<br /><br />Tickets: $30; students $7. <a href="http://claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/2007/c/performances/performance?rowid=3553" target="_blank">Clarice Smith Center</a> box office, call 301.405.ARTS, or to order online <a href="http://ev9.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?linkID=mcpa&shopperContext=&caller=&appCode=&ticketCode=GS:MCPA:07:MP0316:" target="_blank"><strong>click here</strong></a><br /><br />Description: Experience what happens when cultural boundaries are crossed by intrepid creative spirits. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mahler" target="_blank"><strong>Gustav Mahler</strong></a>'s sublime "Der Abschied" (The Farewell) from <em>The Song of the Earth</em> in the context of the traditional Chinese music and poetry that inspired it. The program includes the premiere of a commissioned work by the master Chinese-American composer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Long" target="_blank"><strong>Zhou Long</strong></a>.<br /><br />Guests:<br />DELORES ZIEGLER: mezzo-soprano<br />MIN XIAO-FEN: pipa<br />WANG GUOWEI: erhu<br />SHI HON GALDIN: actress<br /><br />Performers:<br />The Post-Classical Ensemble<br />Angel Gil-Ordonez, musical director<br />Joseph Horowitz, artistic director<br /><br /><img src="http://www.post-classicalensemble.org/images/songoftheeart/Mahler.jpg" height="125" alt="Gustav Mahler" title="Gustav Mahler" /> <img src="http://www.post-classicalensemble.org/images/songoftheeart/MinXiao-Fen.jpg" height="125" alt="Min Xiao" title="Min Xiao" /> <img src="http://www.post-classicalensemble.org/images/songoftheeart/wang2.jpg" height="125" alt="Wang Guowei" title="Wang Guowei" /><br /><br />PROGRAM: <ul> <li>7:00 P.M. <ul> <li>Prelude with Zhou Long, Min Xiao-fen, Wang Guowei, Angel Gil-Ordóñez, and Joseph Horowitz (host)</li> </ul> </li> <li>8:00 P.M. <ul> <li>Traditional Chinese music, with Min Xiao-Fen (pipa) and Wang Guowei (erhu)</li> <li>Poetry by Meng Hao-Ran and Wang Wei, with Shi hong Aldin, reader</li> <li>Zhou Long: "The Farewell" (after Wang Wei, Meng Haoran) (2007)<br />Premiere performance (Clarice Smith Center commission)</li> <li>Gustav Mahler: "Der Abschied" from <em>Das Lied von der Erde</em> (1909)<br />(as arranged for chamber orchestra for Arnold Schoenberg's Society for Private Musical Performances)</li> <li>Post-concert discussion</li> </ul> </li> </ul> (The program has no intermission)David Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-16509990640355101322007-03-08T18:00:00.000-05:002007-03-06T17:36:20.690-05:00Screening/Discussion: The Plow that Broke the Plains - NYC<h3><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Broke-Plains-Gil-Ordonez-Post-Classical-Ensemble/dp/B000L42J5E" target="_blank"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000L42J5E.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" width="200" align="right" alt="Naxos DVD of The Plow that Broke the Plains and The River" title="Naxos DVD of The Plow that Broke the Plains and The River" /></a><blockquote>See it Again<br />... but ...<br />Hear it Anew!</blockquote></h3> <u>Date</u>: March 8, 2007 (Thursday)<br /><u>Time</u>: 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. <br /><u>Where</u>: Donnell Media Center, 20 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019 (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps" target="_blank">directions</a>)<br /><u>What</u>: The classic documentary film <strong><em>The Plow that Broke the Plains</em></strong> (1936)<br /><u>Who</u>: <ul> <li><a href="http://josephhorowitz.com/default.aspx" target="_blanK"><strong>Joseph Horowitz</strong></a>, artistic director, <a href="http://www.post-classicalensemble.org/" target="_blank">Post-Classical Ensemble</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/orchestra/angel.html" target="_blanK"><strong>Angel Gil-Ordóñez</strong></a>, conductor, <a href="http://www.post-classicalensemble.org/" target="_blank">Post-Classical Ensemble</a></li> <li><a href="http://filmtv.tisch.nyu.edu/object/StoneyG.html" target="_blanK"><strong>George Stoney</strong></a>, Professor of Cinema at NYU, on <a href="http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/FILM/lorentz/front.html" target="_blanK"><strong>Pare Lorentz</strong></a> and the New Deal</li> <li><a href="http://musicweb.rutgers.edu/info/fac-bio/fussell/" target="_blanK"><strong>Charles Fussell</strong></a>, composer, on <a href="http://www.virgilthomson.org/bio.html" target="_blanK"><strong>Virgil Thomson</strong></a></li> <li><u>Moderator</u>: <a href="http://www.howardweinberg.net/" target="_blanK"><strong>Howard Weinberg</strong></a>, president, <a href="http://www.nyfvc.org/programs/currentprogram.html" target="_blanK">New York Film/Video Council</a></li> </ul> <u>No-Host Reception</u>: 8:15 P.P. at Sushiya Restaurant, 28 West 56th Street (R.S.V.P. 212-330-0450) (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=28+W+56th+St,+New+York,+NY+10019&saddr=20+West+53rd+Street,+New+York&f=l&hl=en&sll=40.768062,-73.97541&sspn=0.025287,0.086517&ie=UTF8&z=17&om=1" target="_blank">directions</a>)David Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439899322623928405.post-41934327931658563602007-03-07T19:00:00.000-05:002008-02-22T22:35:30.974-05:00P-CE's Joe Horowitz @ Library of Congress<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Broke-Plains-Gil-Ordonez-Post-Classical-Ensemble/dp/B000L42J5E" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.post-classicalensemble.org/images/Joe-director.gif" alt="Joseph Horowitz, artistic director of the Post-Classical Ensemble" title="Joseph Horowitz, artistic director of the Post-Classical Ensemble" align="right" /></a> <a href="http://josephhorowitz.com/default.aspx" target="_blank"><strong>Joseph Horowitz</strong></a>, artistic director of the <a href="http://www.post-classicalensemble.org/" target="_blank">Post-Classical Ensemble</a> will present a lecture on "The Classical Music 'Crisis' and What To Do About It" with music historian <a href="http://www.gwu.edu/~music/faculty/ahlquist.html" target="_blank"><strong>Karen Ahlquist</strong></a> and Washington National Opera director of artistic operations <a href="http://www.dc-opera.org/aboutus/aboutcompany/stafflisting.asp" target="_blank"><strong>Christina Scheppelmann</strong></a>.<br /><br />The lecture takes place on March 7 (Wednesday) at 7:00 P.M. in the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0607-seatmap.html" target="_blank">Coolidge Auditorium</a> of the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/visit/g_jeffsn.html" target="_blank">Jefferson Building</a> of the Library of Congress, free and open to the public. (<a href="http://www.loc.gov/visit/directions.html" target="_blank">directions</a>)<br /><br />For more details, please click on the following image from the Library of Congress:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0607-schedule.html#mar07" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/images/concerts-0607-subpage.gif" alt="Library of Congress 2006-2007 season" title="Library of Congress 2006-2007 season" width="400" /></a>David Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292276592964078944noreply@blogger.com0