MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — MTSU’s faculty ensemble-in-residence,
the Stones River Chamber Players,
will end their 2016-17 season with “Flights of Fancy,” a free public concert, Monday,
April 10.
The
ensemble members, all of whom teach in MTSU’s School of Music, will perform at
7:30 p.m. April 10 in Hinton Music Hall inside MTSU's Wright Music Building. A
printable campus parking map is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap.
The classical
concert will feature music from composers Alberto
Ginastera, Claude Debussy and Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart.
“The
Argentine composer Ginastera wrote his ‘Duo for Flute and Oboe’ in 1945,” said Arunesh Nadgir, coordinator of keyboard
studies at MTSU and co-director of SRCP. “Comprising three individual
movements, Ginastera brings a wide spectrum of shades and nuance to the music
to make a very vibrant and colorful work.”
Flutist Celine Thackson and oboist Laura Ann Ross will perform the work.
Pianist
Nadgir and cellist Felix Wang will
present Debussy’s “Cello Sonata,” a hallmark of the cello repertoire. Written
in 1915, it was the first of what was to be a series of six sonatas for various
instrumentations; Debussy completed only three before he died in 1918.
“Debussy
masterfully combines musical elements typically associated with the Baroque
period along with modern cello techniques such as left-hand pizzicato,
ponticello and false harmonics,” said Nadgir. “Because of this, he’s able to
create a fresh, colorful and varied musical landscape.”
Mozart’s “Quintet
for Piano and Winds” will be the final work on the April 10 program. The
composer wrote to his father that “I myself consider it to be the best thing I
have written in my life.”
Ross and
Nadgir will be joined in the quintet by clarinetist Todd Waldecker, bassoonist Gil
Perel and Angela DeBoer on the
horn.
“It’s a
staple of chamber music for winds and piano, and this quintet overflows with
Mozart's charming, poignant and witty melodies,” said Waldecker. “It's like a
fully staged opera for five instrumentalists.”
You can listen
to streaming audio performances by the Stones River Chamber Players at http://www.mtsu.edu/music/srcp.php. For
details on more MTSU School of Music performances, call 615-898-2493 or visit http://www.mtsumusic.com and click on
the "Concert Calendar" link.
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