Threepenny Mania
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
If you haven't been to Studio 54 to catch the latest incarnation of "The Threepenny Opera" on Broadway, you can hear some of it this evening. Kurt Weill's music was such a hit when the show opened in Berlin (in 1928) that several concert adaptations were made, including tonight's "Seven Pieces from the Threepenny Opera" for violin and piano.
An interesting instrumental combination comes our way in the 8:00 hour with Canadian composer Marjan Mozetich's Concerto for Bassoon and Strings with Marimba. Bassoonist Michael Sweeney commissioned this work in 2003; inspired by the Bassoon concertos of Antonio Vivaldi (with the marimba echoing the harpsichord), we'll hear Sweeney with marimbist Graham Hargrove and the Seiler Strings.
An interesting instrumental combination comes our way in the 8:00 hour with Canadian composer Marjan Mozetich's Concerto for Bassoon and Strings with Marimba. Bassoonist Michael Sweeney commissioned this work in 2003; inspired by the Bassoon concertos of Antonio Vivaldi (with the marimba echoing the harpsichord), we'll hear Sweeney with marimbist Graham Hargrove and the Seiler Strings.
