SEASON 2009-2010
FALLA and FLAMENCO: El Corregidor y la Molinera
Friday, Apr 23, 2010, 7:30 pm
$45, $35, $25, $10- Students
The Harman Center for the Arts, Sidney Harman Hall
610 F Street NW,
Washington, DC
www.harmancenter.org
(Pre-concert film presentation on “Falla and Flamenco” at 6:30 pm)
Pedro Carboné, piano
Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor
Ramon Oller, choreographer
Dancers from Barcelona’s Passatges Dansa and New York’s Peridance Ensemble
Falla: Fantasia Baetica (solo piano)
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (piano and orchestra)
Falla: The Magistrate and the Miller’s Wife (dance/pantomime; DC stage premiere)
Manuel de Falla, Spain’s most famous composer, used flamenco to revitalize Spanish music after a century of somnolence. El Corregidor y la Molinera (The Magistrate and the Miller’s Wife)is an early version of Falla’s beloved The Three-Cornered Hat and exemplifies the haunting cante jondo of flamenco song and the dramatic exuberance of flamenco dance. Choreographed by Spain’s renowned Ramón Oller, this new production— featuring dancers from Barcelona and New York— is part of the international celebration of Spain’s Spring 2010 Presidency of the European Union.
Free Screening: Flamenco at the Source: Rito y Geografía del Cante Flamenco
Sunday, April 18 at 4:30 p.m.
In conjunction with Falla and Flamenco, the National Gallery presents
a free screening of rare films of legendary flamenco artists in private
performance, with commentary by flamenco authority Brook Zern.
"To hear Pedro Carbone perform the beginning of Falla's flamenco-inspired Fantasia Betica, click here"
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BEYOND FLAMENCO: Finding Spain in Music
March 4 through 6, 2010
Mandel Hall
University of Chicago
Conductor Angel Gil-Ordóñez and pianist Pedro Carboné explore the roots of Spanish modernism through serene Renaissance polyphony, provocative 16th-century religious poetry and vigorous 18th-century keyboard masterpieces. Works including the energetic writings of de Falla and Albéniz’ rhythmically demanding Iberia are augmented by the drawings and sculptures of Julio Gonzáles, classes and presentations. This festival is produced in collaboration with the University Symphony Orchestra, the Motet Choir, Smart Museum of Art and the Department of Romance Languages.
Thursday, March 4, 2010, 7:30 pm
Pedro Carboné, piano
Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor
Motet Choir
James Kallembach, director
Antonio Muñoz Molina, commentary
Joseph Horowitz, producer/host
Falla and the Music of Faith
Victoria: Two motets
Poetry by John of the Cross
Keyboard sonatas by Antonio Soler and Mateo Albéniz
Rodrigo: Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios
Falla: Ritual Fire Dance
Falla: Keyboard Concerto
Friday, March 5, 2010, 7:30 pm
Pedro Carboné, piano
Commentary with Antonio Muñoz Molina
Albéniz: Iberia (Books 1 through 4)
Saturday, March 6, 2010, 8:00 pm
University Symphony Orchestra
Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor
Pedro Carboné, piano
Falla: Pantomime and Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Guridi: Ten Basque Melodies
Turina: Danzas Fantásticas
Encounters: David Taylor
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“Left every brass player in the packed house shaking his head in
disbelief” – The Chicago Tribune about David Taylor
The Harman Center for the Arts, Sidney Harman Hall
This program is made possible in part with the support of Pro Helvetia
Oct. 1, 2009, 7:30pm
TICKETS: $45, $35, $25, $10 (Students)
David Taylor, bass trombone
William Sharp, baritone
Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor
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).
Schubert/Mahler: Death and the Maiden (string orchestra)
Schubert: Doppelganger and other late songs
Stravinsky: Suite from A Soldier’s Tale
Daniel Schnyder: Works for bass trombone and orchestra
Post concert discussion with composer Daniel Schnyder.
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INTERPRETING LISZT
A Post-Classical Ensemble Festival with Georgetown University, exploring new perspectives on Romantic art and the Romantic artistic personality.
Evening events at Georgetown University (37th and O Streets NW) in Gaston Hall (3rd floor of the Healy Building).
Liszt Conference in McNeir Hall (New North Building).
Parking: Street parking is available or patrons may park (for a fee on Friday) in the Leavey Center (entrance on Reservoir Road) or SWQ parking facilities (enter via Canal Road).
On-campus parking is free all day Saturday. http://performingarts.georgetown.edu; 202-687-2838
Tickets: $25, Students: $5
Mykola Suk, pianist
Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor
Friday, Feb. 12, 7:30 pm
Liszt and Italy , an illustrated piano concert including poetry by Petrarch and Dante, visual art by Raphael and Michelangelo, Mykola Suk’s exalted interpretation of Liszt’s
Dante Sonata, and Kumaran Arul’s Lisztian improvisation on St. Francis Walking on the Water
Feb. 13, 10 am to 4:30 pm: Film, historic recordings, and more music in live performance, with Anna Celenza, Joseph Horowitz, Thomas Mastroianni, Mykola Suk, George Barth, and Kumaran Arul.
For information: http://performingarts.georgetown.edu
To hear Mykola Suk play the Liszt Sonata in live performance, click here.
Saturday, Feb. 13, 7:30 pm Angels and Devils
(Illustrated pre-concert talk on Totentanz by Anna Celenza at 6:30 pm)
Mykola Suk, piano Georgetown University Chamber Singers
Frederick Binkholder, director
Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor
Liszt: Hymne de l’enfant a son reveil and Inno a Maria Vergine
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor
Liszt: Pastorale from Christus
Liszt: Totentanz for piano and orchestra
INTERPRETING LISZT conference (free admission)
Feb. 12, 1:15 pm to 5 pm:
Stanford University pianists George Barth and Kumaran Arul explore historic recordings of Liszt by Moriz Rosenthal, Eugen D'Albert, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and others -- and Arul improvises on the two Liszt Legends.
and Feb. 13, 10 am to 4:30 pm:
Film, historic recordings, and more music in live performance, with Anna Celenza, Joseph Horowitz, Thomas Mastroianni, Mykola Suk, George Barth, and Kumaran Arul.
Free admission.
For information: http://performingarts.georgetown.edu
“an astonishing blend of muscular power, poetry and utter control – one of the more formidable talents to have appeared in this country in years”– American Record Guide about Mikola Suk.
Funded in part by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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