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Music for Sarah Bernhardt
Washington University Symphony Orchestra in concert Nov. 22
Nov. 11,
2009 --
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| Sarah Bernhardt |
In a career spanning more than 50 years, the great French actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) emerged as one of the most celebrated women of her day, known for a signature acting style based on grand, theatrical gestures and a famously melodious voice. On Nov. 22 the Washington University Symphony Orchestra will highlight a series of rarely heard works originally composed for "The Divine Sarah," who commissioned and revived dozens of musical scores to accompany her plays.
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Brass Tacks
Trombones of the Saint Louis Symphony in concert Nov. 20
Nov. 10,
2009 --
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| Trombones of the Saint Louis Symphony |
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The Trombones of the Saint Louis Symphony are one of the nation's leading brass chamber ensembles, dedicated to elevating the status of the trombone quartet and to expanding the trombone quartet repertoire. At 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, the group will present a free concert at Washington University, with a program spanning four centuries.
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Liederabend
Soprano Jennifer Jakob and pianist Maria Sumareva in concert Oct. 18
Oct. 8,
2009 --
Soprano Jennifer Jakob and pianist Maria Sumareva will perform an intimate Liederabend for the Washington University Department of Music in Arts & Sciences at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, in Graham Chapel. Literally translated as "evening of song," Liederabend is a German term referring to a recital given by a singer and pianist, particularly of works by 19th-century Austrian or German composers. The program will include examples by Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg and Robert Schumann.
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Theme and Variation
Martin Kennedy to present faculty recital Oct. 10
Oct. 5,
2009 --
Pianist Martin Kennedy, assistant professor of composition and theory in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, will present a free faculty recital at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, in the 560 Music Center's E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall. The program will include five original works by Kennedy, performed by Kennedy and guest musicians from Washington University, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Maryville University and the University of Missouri—St. Louis.
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Chance Aesthetics Concert
Performance to feature avant-garde music Oct. 7
Sept. 29,
2009 --
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| John Cage |
Since the early 20th century avant-garde writers, artists and composers have championed the creative possibilities of the arbitrary and the accidental. Next week the Department of Music and the Dance Program in the Performing Arts Department, both in Arts & Sciences, along with the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will host a concert exploring the use of chance in modern and contemporary music. The performance — held in conjunction with the exhibition Chance Aesthetics, now on view at the Kemper Art Museum — is free and open to the public and begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, in the 560 Music Center's E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall.
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Summer of Love
Jazz at Holmes opens Sept. 10 with an outdoor jazz tribute to Woodstock
Aug. 31,
2009 --
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| William Lenihan |
Jazz at Holmes will open its fall series of free Thursday night jazz concerts Sept. 10 with an outdoor jazz tribute to the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. The concert will feature a six-person jazz ensemble led by William Lenihan, director of jazz performance in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences. "The connections between rock music and jazz of the era of Woodstock are many," Lenihan explained, "and not just that which the sonic possibilities of electric and electronic musical instruments brought to the stage."
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Summer Sunday concerts
Gateway Festival Orchestra to perform at Washington University throughout July
June 4,
2009 --
The Gateway Festival Orchestra will begin its 46th season of free Sunday-evening performances July 12 with a concert celebrating American music. The program will include orchestral excerpts from Wicked and other popular musicals as well as the Armed Forces Salute, a medley of official songs representing each branch of the armed forces, and The Stars and Stripes Forever. Subsequent concerts, on July 19 and 26, will highlight Vienna's classical era with music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven; and works by "Old World" and "New World" composers, including Bach, Beethoven, Adler and Dvořák.
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Jazz at Holmes
Linda Presgrave Quintet launches summer concert series June 11
June 1,
2009 --
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| Linda Presgrave |
The Linda Presgrave Quintet will launch Washington University's summer Jazz at Holmes Series from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday, June 11. The series will feature six free concerts — in a relaxed, coffeehouse-style setting — by professional jazz musicians from around St. Louis and abroad. Presgrave, a pianist and former St. Louisan, lives and performs in New York City, where she recently released In Your Eyes, her debut CD.
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The Magic Flute
Washington University Opera in free performance May 1 and 2
April 23,
2009 -- A handsome prince, a distant land, a damsel in distress. Yet in the world of The Magic Flute, little is as it seems. Next week the Washington University Opera will present an abridged version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's (1756-91) beloved classic in Karl Umrath Hall.
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Chancellor's Concert
Washington University Symphony Orchestra, Concert Choir and Jazz Band join forces April 26
April 16,
2009 -- Three campus ensembles will join forces April 26 for the 2009 Chancellor's Concert. The Washington University Jazz Band will open the program with a selection of big band scores. The Washington University Symphony Orchestra will perform music of Leonard Bernstein and Robert Schumann while the Washington University Concert Choir will present a selection of popular opera choruses. To conclude the program, all three ensembles will share the stage for Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.
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