East meets West
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Tonight, music from Henry Purcell and William Lawes; also, Yo-yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble bring us some Turkmen Folk Melodies as re-imagined by Kayhan Kalhor.
We'll open with a composition by contemporary English composer John Duarte deftly entitled "English Suite." Viola da gambist Sarah Cunningham transports us back in time with the music of William Lawes, while the Chatham Baroque takes on some theater music written by the Patriarch of English Composers, Henry Purcell. We'll hear a Purcell work from 1690, "The Princess of Persia."
Speaking of Persia, we'll hear Henry Cowell's "Persian Set" with Richard Auldon Clark leading the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra. And in keeping with the theme, we'll go out with music based on Turkmen folk melodies by composer Kayhan Kalhor. Yo-Yo Ma joins the Silk Road Ensemble (named for the wide band from Turkey to China that brought wealth and knowledge in both directions) with a piece called "Gallop of a Thousand Horses."
We'll open with a composition by contemporary English composer John Duarte deftly entitled "English Suite." Viola da gambist Sarah Cunningham transports us back in time with the music of William Lawes, while the Chatham Baroque takes on some theater music written by the Patriarch of English Composers, Henry Purcell. We'll hear a Purcell work from 1690, "The Princess of Persia."
Speaking of Persia, we'll hear Henry Cowell's "Persian Set" with Richard Auldon Clark leading the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra. And in keeping with the theme, we'll go out with music based on Turkmen folk melodies by composer Kayhan Kalhor. Yo-Yo Ma joins the Silk Road Ensemble (named for the wide band from Turkey to China that brought wealth and knowledge in both directions) with a piece called "Gallop of a Thousand Horses."
