JUNE 13 & 14, 2015: “IN CONCERT WITH NATURE”

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Musical inspirations from our natural world …

IN CONCERT WITH NATURE

Snapshot 4 (3-15-2015 4-11 PM)

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OUR FINALE FOR THE SEASON!

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performed by:

Jonathan Moser and Megumu Kajino, violin

Geoffrey Baker, viola and Carlos Javier, cello

Rollin Wilber and Katarzyna Marzec-Salwinski, piano

Tatyana Rashkovsky, mezzo-soprano

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In our finale for this season of MUSIC AT ETHICAL ~ CONCERTS ON THE SQUARE, we take a first step on a “natural” journey in music-sharing. Composers find a well-spring of musical inspiration in poetry, imagery, and metaphor about human interaction with earth.

The music opens with Pablo Casals’ unique musical tribute for mankind, born of his native Catalan. From the imploring cry of birds, and violins in the evening air, the program then touches on the ocean’s depth, forest stillness, and a river’s lurid nightscape beheld in the deep South. Legend and longing, wonder and desire, are all part of this uplifting release through the power of great music. 

(Link to full printed program with notes – PDF)

(Link to lyrics, poems and translations insert – PDF)

featured music

Pablo Casals: El Cant dels Ocells (Song of the Birds), for solo cello and piano

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Anton Arensky: Landysh (Lily of the Valley), from “Six Romances”, Op.38 No.2, for mezzo-soprano, cello and piano

Camille Saint-Saens: Violons Dans le Soir (Violins in the Evening), for mezzo-soprano, violin, and piano

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Claude Debussy, solo piano:

Reflets dans l’Eau (Reflections in the Water)

La Cathedrale engloutie (The Engulfed Cathedral)

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Marion Bauer: Up the Ocklawaha, a tone-poem for violin and piano

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Joseph Marx: Durch Einsamkeiten (Through Solitudes), for mezzo-soprano, viola and piano

Johannes Brahms: Gestillte Sehnsucht (Stilled Longing) for mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano

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Antonin Dvorak:  Silent Woods (#5 from op.68, “From the Bohemian Forest”), for cello and piano

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Antonin Dvorak: PIANO QUINTET, op. 81, in A major

1. Allegro, ma non tanto

2. DUMKA – Andante con moto

3. SCHERZO (FURIANT) – Molto vivace

4. FINALE – Allegro

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SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015 at 7:30 pm  

IVY HALL – International Institute for Culture

6331 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19151

ADMISSION: $25/general

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SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 at 3:00 pm  

THE ETHICAL SOCIETY BUILDING

1906 S. Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA 19103

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