SUNDAY CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES
NEW YORK STATE OF MIND
Sunday, march 26, 2023 | 3:00 PM | MAINSTAGE Theatre
All seats: $25.00 + Fees
105 minutes (approx.) plus 20-minute intermission.
All prices are subject to a $1.50 Capital Improvement Fund Fee and a $1.50 Processing Fee.
ABOUT THE SERIES
For newcomers and aficionados alike, the New Sunday Chamber Music Series presents casual afternoons of engaging and informative classical masterworks for small ensembles performed by some of the finest classical musicians in Canada and beyond.
Curated by acclaimed soloist, chamber musician, and UBC Violin Professor of Violin David Gillham, the series takes listeners on a musical world tour of places and times, from New York to Paris, and from the Renaissance to modern times.
NEW YORK STATE OF MIND
Jose Franch-Ballester, Clarinet; David Gillham, Violin; Chiharu Iinuma, Piano
New York City’s inspiration to composers and musicians in the 20th and 21st centuries is showcased in three different masterworks. Jazz clarinet legend Benny Goodman and the great Hungarian violinist Joseph Szigeti asked Hungarian composer Bela Bartok to write Contrasts, which premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1940. Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer Kevin Puts was living in NYC when he was inspired to write the ‘night music’ Nocturnes, with The New York Times calling Puts’s music “captivating from the start”. Great American clarinetist and New Yorker David Shifrin commissioned American composer Paul Schoenfeld to write the rollicking Klezmer Trio.
Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin and Piano Sz.111 (1938): Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
Three Nocturnes for Clarinet, Violin and Piano (2004): Kevin Puts (1972-)
Suite op 157b: Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Hear Jose Franch Ballaster in this excerpt of the Klezmer Trio from a prior performance
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