Flutist Jesse Tatum and Percussionist Jeff CorneliusFlutist, Jesse Tatum, and Percussionist, Jeff Cornelius, present a concert of solo and duo works.  The program will including Gareth Farr's composition for flute and marimba, "Kembang Suiling.”  A native of New Zealand, Farr draws frequent inspiration from Eastern music, and in this three movement suite we hear the influence of musical traditions from Bali, Japan, and southern India.  The program will also include Ingolf Dahl's “Duettino…See More

Schoenberg and MozartArnold Schoenberg began work on his String Trio Opus 45 only weeks after suffering a violent heart-attack that nearly ended his life.  The composer's heartbeat ceased and he was only saved by a hypodermic injection directly to the heart.  While this attack left him physically weakened for the remainder of his life, his compositional powers were never stronger.  In this trio for Violin, Viola and Cello, Schoenberg teases an amazing array of sound worlds out of three…See More

Two rising stars: Conor Hanick, piano, and Tricia Park violinHear two rising stars play a duo recital. Based in New York, Conor Hanick has become a Chatter favorite performer. This time he plays with violinist Tricia Park, who is currently an Artist-in-Residence at the University of Notre Dame. Repertoire to include Leon Kirchner, “Duo no. 2 for violin and piano;” Arthur Berger, “Duo no. 1 for violin and piano;” Johann Sebasian Bach, solo violin; and Elliott Carter, “Two Diversions.” Tricia…See More

Serenata de Santa Fe, Sonic Genius Redux Serenata de Santa Fe, the renowned chamber music group, will perform works for woodwind quintet from their recent Sonic Genius concert in Santa Fe—Wallingford Reigger’s Concerto for piano and woodwind quintet, and Kenji Bunch’s “Changes of Phase.” Bunch wrote of Changes of Phase, “Change of phases’ is one of the few terms from high school chemistry that stuck in my adolescent head. I always like the idea of something changing its physical appearance…See More

Serenata de Santa Fe, Sonic Genius Redux Serenata de Santa Fe, the renowned chamber music group, will perform works for woodwind quintet from their recent Sonic Genius concert in Santa Fe—Wallingford Reigger’s Concerto for piano and woodwind quintet, and Kenji Bunch’s “Changes of Phase.” Bunch wrote of Changes of Phase, “Change of phases’ is one of the few terms from high school chemistry that stuck in my adolescent head. I always like the idea of something changing its physical appearance…See More

Schnittke String Trio and Mozart QuintetAlfred Schnittke (1934-1998) was a Soviet composer known for his mastery of what is often referred to as a "polystylistic" musical language.  He had a profound love of the music of the past, especially great classicists like Mozart and Schubert, in addition to popular music traditions, claiming that "The goal of my life is to unify serious music and light music, even if I break my neck in doing so."  Schnittke's powerful and expressive String Trio (1985)…See More

Guillermo Figueroa leads Mozart’s Divertimento Mozart's Divertimento in B-flat Major, K. 287 is a spirited and sublime work of epic proportions, yet scored for only 6 players.  Guillermo Figueroa leads the ensemble from the violin, tackling a first violin part of astounding virtuosity; a task he is sure to perform with the commitment and flair that has brought him world-wide recognition. This week’s poet is Dale Harris. Harris’s poems have been widely anthologized. She is the associate editor…See More