PSO--Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra
Last night, after a serendipitous run-in with Charles at Lulu's Noodles (where I had a mango smoothie), I met up with Joe and Tina W. and Jonathan P. for the
Brahms X 6: The Sextet, the Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland (as described by PittArts). The principal players included:
Andres Cárdenas -conductor and violin
Damian Bursill-Hall -flute
Charles Lirette - trumpet
Jeffrey Turner - bass
Co-Principal Trumpet Charles Lirette performs Tomaso Albinoni's Trumpet Concerto. Two living composers are also featured, as the Chamber Orchestra performs Balada's "Caprichos No. 4" and a piece by PSO Composer of the Year, the award-winning John Corigliano. Plus hear the lush sounds of Brahms' masterful "Sextet in B flat major."
The surprise of the evening was the change in order of the program and a substitution, due to a last-minute injury by the flautist, Damian Bursill-Hall. The program started with
Clarinet Quintet by Heinrich Bern (1784-1847)
followed by Corigliano's Scherzo from the Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra
Balada's Capricho's No. 4 (Quazi Jazz) for Solo Contrabass & Chamber Orchestra
Albinoni's Concerto for Trumpet (bugle) in B-flat "San Marco" Op.7, No.3
~intermission~
Brahm's sextet No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 18
The first movement of the Balada piece sounded like the themes from the "Wicked Witch of the West" from the Wizard of Oz. The second movement picked up themes of heart beats. There was strumming of the pianoforte strings and of the large stringed instruments (below the T bar).
The Albinoni piece had a 1/2 length bugle (with no valves) played with a harpsichord and strings.
The Brahms piece was played on 2 violins, 2 violae, and 2 cellos.
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The pieces all had themes running through them, just that some themes (later in the program) were more melodic than others (earlier in the program).
posted by Grace @ 3/28/2008 04:49:00 PM
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