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TCMG's World Tour in two concerts
By Tempo staff
http://www.taosnews.com/articles/2011/05/21/entertainment/doc4dd824b18e615501761104.txt
Saturday, May 21, 2011 2:48 PM MDT
The Taos Chamber Music Group's 18th season comes to a close with `Full
Circle' on Saturday (May 21), 7:30 p.m., and Sunday (May 22), 4 p.m.,
both in the University of New Mexico's Arthur Bell Auditorium at the
Harwood Museum of Art, 238 Ledoux St.
TCMG continues its diverse programming with music that circles the
globe, including works by the Armenian composer Aleksandr Grigori
Arutiunian, Joaquin Turina from Spain, Frenchman Darius Milhaud,
Heitor Villa-Lobos form Brazil, and American Lowell Lieberman,
according to an announcement. In addition to TCMG's completion of the
`full circle' of another successful season, the title is reflected in
Turina's piano trio `Circulo' and the circular form of Lieberman's
`Trio.'
Of the 25 artists who are part of TCMG's roster this season, violinist
LP How, cellist Sally Guenther, flutist Nancy Laupheimer, clarinetist
Keith Lemmons and pianist Debra Ayers are the featured performers.
Laupheimer, who is TCMG's director, explains in a press release that a
distinctive Spanish flavor informs Turina's piano trio `Circulo,'
which begins the program. Like his contemporaries Falla, Albeniz and
Granados, Turina wrote Spanish music that looked toward Europe. Born
in Seville, he studied in Paris where he was influenced by
Impressionist composers Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. `Circulo, a
fantasia for piano, violin and cello' describes through music a day's
cycle, from dawn (Amanecer) through midday (Melodía), to dusk
(Crepúsculo).
Two of the compositions on the program, Laupheimer says, are for a
trio of clarinet, violin and piano, featuring long-time TCMG
clarinetist Keith Lemmons who has just finished up his 26th year at
the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque where he serves as a
presidential teaching fellow and professor of clarinet. Violinist LP
How has recently returned from New York City where he is a member of
the prestigious Orpheus Orchestra which performs regularly at Carnegie
Hall as well as throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia. Pianist Debra
Ayers completes her `full circle' with TCMG this season, having
performed for its opening concerts. She has been busy since then
touring the United States and Italy with singers, as well as
performing on several chamber music series.
`Commissioned by the Verdehr Trio and premiered in 1992, Arutiunian's
`Suite' for clarinet, violin and piano is a wonderful addition to the
repertoire,' Laupheimer says in the release. `Armenian, Gypsy and
Russian flavors are combined in achingly beautiful melodies as well as
foot-stomping romps.'
Like many Slavic composers, Arutiunian's compositions are imbued with
the folk music of the region, particularly with regard to its rhythmic
energy and nationalistic melodic character. Born in 1920, Arutiunian
has been a professor of the Yerevan State Conservatory and has
received many awards, including the Stalin Prize (1949), State Prize
of Armenia (1970), People's Artist of the USSR (1970), and Aram
Khachaturian Prize (1986).
The second work for clarinet, violin and piano is another `Suite' by
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974). A musical maverick, Laupheimer says
Milhaud's compositions `traverse a broad musical landscape, embracing
American jazz as well as polytonality.' The suite's four contrasting
movements: Ouverture, Divertissement, Jeu and Introduction et Finale,
draw on varied musical styles, from Baroque to jazz to folk to Latin
influences.
A short work by Heitor Villa-Lobos, `Chôros No. 2' for flute and
clarinet, also melds musical influences. Villa-Lobos was well known
for bringing the folk, as well as street music of Brazil into his
compositions. In fact, chôros is the name for Brazil's urban music.
Written in 1924 while he was living in Paris, the work has an
improvisatory feel, as it alternates dance motifs with more lyrical
melodies.
The program concludes with Lieberman's `Trio No. 1' for flute, cello
and piano. Laupheimer says this piece was commissioned by Sir James
Galway for his wife Lady Jeanne Galway (also a flutist). The work has
been called `lyrical and engaging as well as dramatic and passionate.'
Laupheimer says `It taps into the circular theme of TCMG's program
with the opening statement of the piece returning in the raucously
joyful last movement. In between are two lovely pastoral movements, a
lullaby and an improvisational-sounding Largo.'
Born in 1961, Lieberman holds bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees
from the Juilliard School of Music and has received many awards,
including the Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy and
Institute of Arts and Letters as well as awards from ASCAP and BMI. He
was in Taos not long ago as composer-in-residence for Music from Angel
Fire.
Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door, $10 for children under
16. They may be charged in advance at www.taoschambermusicgroup.org,
or purchased at the Harwood Gift Shop on Ledoux St., and FX-18, 103
Bent St. in Taos.
Dinner discounts are available from Doc Martin's, Graham's Grille,
Dragonfly Café and Lambert's restaurants with ticket stub.
TCMG's 19th season begins with Sept. 11, 2001 Commemorative Concerts
on Sept. 10-11, 2011. For more information, call (575) 758-0150 or
visit www.taoschambermusicgroup.org.
From: Baghdasarian
By Tempo staff
http://www.taosnews.com/articles/2011/05/21/entertainment/doc4dd824b18e615501761104.txt
Saturday, May 21, 2011 2:48 PM MDT
The Taos Chamber Music Group's 18th season comes to a close with `Full
Circle' on Saturday (May 21), 7:30 p.m., and Sunday (May 22), 4 p.m.,
both in the University of New Mexico's Arthur Bell Auditorium at the
Harwood Museum of Art, 238 Ledoux St.
TCMG continues its diverse programming with music that circles the
globe, including works by the Armenian composer Aleksandr Grigori
Arutiunian, Joaquin Turina from Spain, Frenchman Darius Milhaud,
Heitor Villa-Lobos form Brazil, and American Lowell Lieberman,
according to an announcement. In addition to TCMG's completion of the
`full circle' of another successful season, the title is reflected in
Turina's piano trio `Circulo' and the circular form of Lieberman's
`Trio.'
Of the 25 artists who are part of TCMG's roster this season, violinist
LP How, cellist Sally Guenther, flutist Nancy Laupheimer, clarinetist
Keith Lemmons and pianist Debra Ayers are the featured performers.
Laupheimer, who is TCMG's director, explains in a press release that a
distinctive Spanish flavor informs Turina's piano trio `Circulo,'
which begins the program. Like his contemporaries Falla, Albeniz and
Granados, Turina wrote Spanish music that looked toward Europe. Born
in Seville, he studied in Paris where he was influenced by
Impressionist composers Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. `Circulo, a
fantasia for piano, violin and cello' describes through music a day's
cycle, from dawn (Amanecer) through midday (Melodía), to dusk
(Crepúsculo).
Two of the compositions on the program, Laupheimer says, are for a
trio of clarinet, violin and piano, featuring long-time TCMG
clarinetist Keith Lemmons who has just finished up his 26th year at
the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque where he serves as a
presidential teaching fellow and professor of clarinet. Violinist LP
How has recently returned from New York City where he is a member of
the prestigious Orpheus Orchestra which performs regularly at Carnegie
Hall as well as throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia. Pianist Debra
Ayers completes her `full circle' with TCMG this season, having
performed for its opening concerts. She has been busy since then
touring the United States and Italy with singers, as well as
performing on several chamber music series.
`Commissioned by the Verdehr Trio and premiered in 1992, Arutiunian's
`Suite' for clarinet, violin and piano is a wonderful addition to the
repertoire,' Laupheimer says in the release. `Armenian, Gypsy and
Russian flavors are combined in achingly beautiful melodies as well as
foot-stomping romps.'
Like many Slavic composers, Arutiunian's compositions are imbued with
the folk music of the region, particularly with regard to its rhythmic
energy and nationalistic melodic character. Born in 1920, Arutiunian
has been a professor of the Yerevan State Conservatory and has
received many awards, including the Stalin Prize (1949), State Prize
of Armenia (1970), People's Artist of the USSR (1970), and Aram
Khachaturian Prize (1986).
The second work for clarinet, violin and piano is another `Suite' by
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974). A musical maverick, Laupheimer says
Milhaud's compositions `traverse a broad musical landscape, embracing
American jazz as well as polytonality.' The suite's four contrasting
movements: Ouverture, Divertissement, Jeu and Introduction et Finale,
draw on varied musical styles, from Baroque to jazz to folk to Latin
influences.
A short work by Heitor Villa-Lobos, `Chôros No. 2' for flute and
clarinet, also melds musical influences. Villa-Lobos was well known
for bringing the folk, as well as street music of Brazil into his
compositions. In fact, chôros is the name for Brazil's urban music.
Written in 1924 while he was living in Paris, the work has an
improvisatory feel, as it alternates dance motifs with more lyrical
melodies.
The program concludes with Lieberman's `Trio No. 1' for flute, cello
and piano. Laupheimer says this piece was commissioned by Sir James
Galway for his wife Lady Jeanne Galway (also a flutist). The work has
been called `lyrical and engaging as well as dramatic and passionate.'
Laupheimer says `It taps into the circular theme of TCMG's program
with the opening statement of the piece returning in the raucously
joyful last movement. In between are two lovely pastoral movements, a
lullaby and an improvisational-sounding Largo.'
Born in 1961, Lieberman holds bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees
from the Juilliard School of Music and has received many awards,
including the Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy and
Institute of Arts and Letters as well as awards from ASCAP and BMI. He
was in Taos not long ago as composer-in-residence for Music from Angel
Fire.
Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door, $10 for children under
16. They may be charged in advance at www.taoschambermusicgroup.org,
or purchased at the Harwood Gift Shop on Ledoux St., and FX-18, 103
Bent St. in Taos.
Dinner discounts are available from Doc Martin's, Graham's Grille,
Dragonfly Café and Lambert's restaurants with ticket stub.
TCMG's 19th season begins with Sept. 11, 2001 Commemorative Concerts
on Sept. 10-11, 2011. For more information, call (575) 758-0150 or
visit www.taoschambermusicgroup.org.
From: Baghdasarian