Folklorica - ChamberFest Cleveland

Description

Dvořák wrote this spirited serenade while immersed in Slavonic dances and folk tunes; his music breathes the air of Moravia and Bohemia. Bruch, who often incorporated folk music into his pieces, wrote this mellow work for his clarinetist son, and was pleased to hear him compared to Brahms’s clarinet-playing muse, Mühlfeld. Bartók notated Slovak, Romanian, Bulgarian and Algerian folk music as well as that of his native Hungary. Both of his rhapsodies from 1928 derive their style from the Hungarian dance, the czardas. American Haiku explores the background of the Japanese violist who commissioned the work as well as the composer’s own Japanese-American heritage, in the funky style of contemporary Brooklyn composers.

PAUL WIANCKO American Haiku
BÉLA BARTÓK Rhapsody No. 1
MAX BRUCH Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op. 83
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ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Serenade for Wind Instruments in B-minor, Op. 44, B. 77

Artists:
Scott Bell, oboe
Dave Brockett, French horn
William Caballero, French horn
Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Dudu Carmel, oboe
Ben Chen, clarinet
Franklin Cohen, clarinet
Megan Guegold, French horn
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Will Langlie-Miletich, bass
Matt McDonald, bassoon
Evren Ozel, violin
Roman Rabinovich, piano
Fernando Traba, bassoon

Sponsored with support of the Jewish Federation’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection.

Cost: $15 - $40