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Zarzuela a la Cubana: María & Cecilia
APRIL
Sun 22 at 7pm; Wed 25 at 7:30pm
Sat 28 at 2pm*; Sun 29 at 7pm
VENUE
GALA Theatre at Tivoli Square
3333 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20010
Columbia Heights Metro (Green line)
Parking at Giant garage, on Park Rd.
www.galatheatre.org
| Andriessen, Hendrik (1892-1981) | Thema met variaties | |
| Alain, Jehan (1911-1940) | Choral dorien | |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) | Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV564 | |
| Bolcom, William (b. 1938) | What a friend we have in Jesus | |
| Bartók, Béla (1881-1945) | Little suite for organ | |
| Tailleferre, Germaine (1892-1983) | Nocturne | |
| Preston, Simon (b. 1938) | Alleluyas |
| Stephen Farr, Organ |
Zarzuela a la Cubana: María & Cecilia
APRIL
Sun 22 at 7pm; Wed 25 at 7:30pm
Sat 28 at 2pm*; Sun 29 at 7pm
VENUE
GALA Theatre at Tivoli Square
3333 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20010
Columbia Heights Metro (Green line)
Parking at Giant garage, on Park Rd.
www.galatheatre.org
Zarzuela a la Cubana: María & Cecilia
APRIL
Sun 22 at 7pm; Wed 25 at 7:30pm
Sat 28 at 2pm*; Sun 29 at 7pm
VENUE
GALA Theatre at Tivoli Square
3333 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20010
Columbia Heights Metro (Green line)
Parking at Giant garage, on Park Rd.
www.galatheatre.org
Dark Dreams That Will Not Disappear (World Premiere performance)
Jacob Adams, Viola, Angela Draghicescu, Piano
In honor of illustrious American composer William Bolcom to celebrate his 80th birthday, this performance features a full program of Mr. Bolcom’s chamber music, including the World Premiere of his Dark Dreams that will Not Disappear, commissioned and performed by violist Jacob Adams and pianist Angela Drăghicescu for this occasion.
Program
Dark Dreams that Will Not Disappear (world premiere)
Let Evening Come (poetry by Maya Angelou)
Selections from Cabaret Songs
Fairy Tales
Artists
Jacob Adams, viola
Angela Drăghicescu, piano
Elias Goldstein, viola
Dennis Parker, cello
Linda Tsatsanis, soprano
Yung-chiao Wei, double bass
Matthew Sisia, conductor
PROGRAM
Millennium Canons – Kevin Puts
Scenes from “The Louvre” – Norman Dello Joio
Sea Songs – Ralph Vaughn Williams
Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story” – Leonard Bernstein/arr. Paul Lavender
A Musical Toast – Leonard Bernstein/arr. Claire Grundman
Description
Western Washington University Symphony Orchestra
This is the first performance of Bolcom’s Second Symphony since its premiere and only performance: 1965, Seattle Symphony, Milton Katims, conductor
The next “Music on the Lake” concert will be on Sunday, May 6, at 3pm, and will feature internationally acclaimed pianist, Thomas Tirino, known for his exquisite interpretation of the music of Ernesto Lecuona, 20-century’s greatest Cuban composer and pianist. It will be a rare and exhilarating chance to immerse yourself in the romantic and sensual melodies from the island nation.
Description
Director: Terry Redford
Program includes:
Aladdin, Selections from Composer: Alan Menken, Arranger: John Moss
Celebration Overture, Op. 61 Composer: Paul Creston
Movement for Rosa Composer: Mark A. Camphouse (b. 1954)
Molly on the Shore Composer: Percy Grainger (1882 – 1961)
The Southerner Composer: Russell Alexander and Glenn Cliffe Bainum
Wapaweka (White Sands) Composer: Alfred Reed
War March and Battle Hymn of the Vikings Composer: Alfred Reed
Asleep In the Deep Composer: H.W. Petrie and Harold L. Walters
Sara Davis Buechner, piano
Our season ends with an exciting return visit by internationally renowned pianist Sara Davis Buechner, who gave the inaugural recital at Wentworth Villa in May 2016. Now based at Temple University, Philadelphia, Ms Buechner is returning to the West Coast to play in Portland, Oregon, and we have been able to persuade her to include Wentworth Villa in her busy itinerary. She will perform an acclaimed program she gave at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York in June 2017. The program comprises Japanese Piano Music and French composer Jacques Ibert’s Histoires, choreographed and danced with Japanese masks by Yayoi Hirano.
http://wentworthvilla.com
Lori Sims, Piano
Friday, May 11, 2:00 PM | Wellspring Theater, Kalamazoo
Venerable pianist Lori Sims will present a performance in honor of distinguished composer William Bolcom’s 80th birthday. Works by Bolcom as well as his teachers Milhaud and Messiaen will be performed.
Sims is the John T. Bernard Professor of Music at Western Michigan University, and is esteemed for her many significant performing roles in most of the Gilmore Festivals.
| MILHAUD | Selections from Le Printemps |
| BOLCOM | Selections from Romantic Pieces |
| MESSIAEN | Selections from Oiseaux exotiques |
| BOLCOM | Bird Spirits |
| MILHAUD | Selection from Rag-Caprices |
Festival Finale – Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra with Igor Levit, 2018 Gilmore Artist
Saturday, May 12, 8:00 PM | Chenery Auditorium, Kalamazoo
As a fitting finale to end the Festival on a high note, the 2018 Gilmore Artist Igor Levit will perform Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra.
Raymond Harvey, the orchestra’s Music Director Emeritus, returns to conduct this concert, which also includes William Bolcom’s First Symphony in honor of the composer’s 80th birthday!
A pre-concert talk by David Colson, Western Michigan University, will be held at the Chenery Auditorium Reception Room at 7:00 PM (free for ticketholders).
| MENDELSSOHN | Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 27 |
| BOLCOM | Symphony No. 1 |
| BEETHOVEN | Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 |