CHAMBER CONCERT: Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor
Sunday, September 25, 2011, 4 pm                  Tickets: $5, $10, $15, $25  Reserve now!
Crumb & Țăranu

 

   

   

Cornel Țăranu, piano and visiting composer
Larry Liberson, clarinet
Jennifer Goltz, soprano
Logan Skelton, piano
Marian Tănău, violin
Laura Roelofs, violin
Jim VanValkenburg, viola
Judith Vander Weg, cello
Robert Conway, piano


Apparition……………………………………………………………………………………………..George Crumb
             Jennifer Goltz, soprano • Logan Skelton, piano                                                 (1929)

Blues from Siciliana Blues (Red Apples Movie)………………………………………Cornel Țăranu
             Cornel Țăranu, piano                                                                                                (1934)

Intermission

Mosaiques………………………………………………………………………………………………Cornel Țăranu
Moderato
Moderato
Assez lent
Rubato

            Larry Liberson, clarinet • Rob Conway, piano
            Marian Tănău, violin • Laura Roelofs, violin
            Jim VanValkenburg, viola • Judith Vander Weg, cello

Black Angels String Quartet…………………………………………………………………George Crumb
I Departure
1. THRENODY I: Night of the Electric Insect,
2. Sounds of Bones and Flutes
3. Lost Bells
4. Devil-music
5. Danse Macabre (Duo alternativo: Dies Irae)
II Absence
6. Pavan Lachrymae (Der Tod und das Mädchen)
7. THRENODY II: BALCK ANGELS!
8. Sarabanda de la Muerte Oscura (Solo obligato: Insect Sounds)
9. Lost Bells (Echo) (Duo alaternativo: Sounds of bones and flutes)
III. Return
10. [Solo: Aria accompagnata] God-music
11. Ancient Voices
12. Ancient Voices (Echo)
13. THRENODY III: Night of the Electric Insects

         Marian Tănău, violin • Laura Roelofs, violin
         Jim VanValkenburg, viola • Judith Vander Weg, cello





This concert will open the 2011-2012 American Romanian Festival concert season. Visiting Romanian Composer Cornel Țăranu will participate in the performance of his work. U of M Piano Professor and American Romanian Festival Music Director Logan Skelton will hold a short talk about George Crumb and the works to be performed.

This concert is sponsored by Michigan Arts Council and Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, Wayne State University Department of Music, and the Mărășești Society .