Musical Usherings
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
The feline timbre of the clarinet opens our evening tonight, as we explore those works that helped usher in the wave of German romanticism.
Our first hour features music from a contemporary of Mozart, Franz Danzi and his Concertante for Flute and Clarinet in B with flutist Sir James Galway, clarinetist Sabine Meyer, and the Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra under Jorg Faerber. Next, we hear from Mozart himself in one of his later chamber works, the Clarinet Quintet in A, with Sabine Meyer making a reappearance with the Hagen Quartet.
Our evening continues into full-fledged Romanticism with Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, a work which saw its genesis in the profound friendship shared between the composer and the violinist Ferdinand David. Christian Ferras performs the honors as soloist with Constantin Silvestri conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra. BR> BR> A descriptive tour through locale-infused sonorities concludes our time together as we hear Ravel's "Rapsodie espagnole" with Geoffrey Simon conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra; Rodgrigo's "Concierto de aranjuez" with guitarist Narciso Yepes and the Philharmonia Orchestra under Garcia Navarro; and finally Milhaud's "Suite provencale" with Michel Plasson leading Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse.
Our first hour features music from a contemporary of Mozart, Franz Danzi and his Concertante for Flute and Clarinet in B with flutist Sir James Galway, clarinetist Sabine Meyer, and the Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra under Jorg Faerber. Next, we hear from Mozart himself in one of his later chamber works, the Clarinet Quintet in A, with Sabine Meyer making a reappearance with the Hagen Quartet.
Our evening continues into full-fledged Romanticism with Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, a work which saw its genesis in the profound friendship shared between the composer and the violinist Ferdinand David. Christian Ferras performs the honors as soloist with Constantin Silvestri conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra. BR> BR> A descriptive tour through locale-infused sonorities concludes our time together as we hear Ravel's "Rapsodie espagnole" with Geoffrey Simon conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra; Rodgrigo's "Concierto de aranjuez" with guitarist Narciso Yepes and the Philharmonia Orchestra under Garcia Navarro; and finally Milhaud's "Suite provencale" with Michel Plasson leading Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse.
