This concert series showcases the 13 student chamber ensembles of the VSOI Chamber Music Intensive. With a wide range of ages, instruments, styles and repertoire, these thematically-grouped mini-performances have something for everyone, including plenty of inspiration for young audience members.
Our final showcase of the VSOI Chamber Intensive revolves around the number six! First, we have a work by Francis Poulenc, a member of the pioneering French group of composers Les Six. Next are a pair of baroque pieces that are each the sixth in their set. The Lunch-hour series is brought to an exciting conclusion with Six Bagatelles, a masterpiece for wind quintet.
Pairs well with: Espresso and a paradigm shift
Francis Poulenc Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone
I.Allegro moderato
II.Andante
III.Rondeau
Graeme Lister (trumpet), Maddie Davis (horn), Jackson Howard (trombone)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) was a French composer and member of Les Six, a group of young musical innovators. Though the members had very different styles, they all agreed that they wished to chart a different path than Wagner or the Impressionists Debussy and Ravel. Poulenc’s Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone, written in 1922, was dedicated to his childhood friend Raymonde Linossier.
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf Trio VI
I.Allegro
Allen Lee (violin I), Ella McDonald (violin II), Benjamin De Cecco (bass)
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799) was an Austrian composer and violinist. Among his students was Johann Baptist Vanhal, whose Divertimento was featured on the first program of this series. Most of Dittersdorf’s works revolve around melody; because of that, he wrote many successful operas.
Georg Philipp Telemann (arr. Mark Lawrence) Sonata VI
I.Affetuoso
II.Presto
III.Soave
IV.Spirituoso
Ella Buonasissi, Jackson Howard (trombones)
In the early eighteenth-century, composer Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) was more famous than even J.S. Bach! Throughout his long career he remained at the cutting edge of the latest musical fashions. His chamber music remains a staple of the repertoire today.
György Ligeti Sechs Bagatellen für Bläserquintette
I.Allegro con spirito
II.Rubato. Lamentoso
III.Allegro grazioso
IV.Presto ruvido
V.Adagio. Mesto (Béla Bartók in memoriam)
VI.Molto vivace, Capriccioso
Amanda Lawrence (flute), Tiana Ropchan (oboe), Samuel He (clarinet), Eric Li (bassoon), Emily Daily (horn)
György Ligeti (1923-2006) is probably best known for the use of his music in 2001: A Space Odyssey, which fully embraces his avant-garde style. Ligeti began his career in the Hungarian People’s Republic, but fled to Austria after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. There, he was free to experiment with new ideas without fearing censorship. His “Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet” is adapted from his piano cycle “Musica Ricercara”, which restricts the number of pitches used in each movement.
This concert series showcases the 13 student chamber ensembles of the VSOI Chamber Music Intensive. With a wide range of ages, instruments, styles and repertoire, these thematically-grouped mini-performances have something for everyone, including plenty of inspiration for young audience members.
Our final showcase of the VSOI Chamber Intensive revolves around the number six! First, we have a work by Francis Poulenc, a member of the pioneering French group of composers Les Six. Next are a pair of baroque pieces that are each the sixth in their set. The Lunch-hour series is brought to an exciting conclusion with Six Bagatelles, a masterpiece for wind quintet.
Pairs well with: Espresso and a paradigm shift
Francis Poulenc Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone
I.Allegro moderato
II.Andante
III.Rondeau
Graeme Lister (trumpet), Maddie Davis (horn), Jackson Howard (trombone)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) was a French composer and member of Les Six, a group of young musical innovators. Though the members had very different styles, they all agreed that they wished to chart a different path than Wagner or the Impressionists Debussy and Ravel. Poulenc’s Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone, written in 1922, was dedicated to his childhood friend Raymonde Linossier.
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf Trio VI
I.Allegro
Allen Lee (violin I), Ella McDonald (violin II), Benjamin De Cecco (bass)
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799) was an Austrian composer and violinist. Among his students was Johann Baptist Vanhal, whose Divertimento was featured on the first program of this series. Most of Dittersdorf’s works revolve around melody; because of that, he wrote many successful operas.
Georg Philipp Telemann (arr. Mark Lawrence) Sonata VI
I.Affetuoso
II.Presto
III.Soave
IV.Spirituoso
Ella Buonasissi, Jackson Howard (trombones)
In the early eighteenth-century, composer Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) was more famous than even J.S. Bach! Throughout his long career he remained at the cutting edge of the latest musical fashions. His chamber music remains a staple of the repertoire today.
György Ligeti Sechs Bagatellen für Bläserquintette
I.Allegro con spirito
II.Rubato. Lamentoso
III.Allegro grazioso
IV.Presto ruvido
V.Adagio. Mesto (Béla Bartók in memoriam)
VI.Molto vivace, Capriccioso
Amanda Lawrence (flute), Tiana Ropchan (oboe), Samuel He (clarinet), Eric Li (bassoon), Emily Daily (horn)
György Ligeti (1923-2006) is probably best known for the use of his music in 2001: A Space Odyssey, which fully embraces his avant-garde style. Ligeti began his career in the Hungarian People’s Republic, but fled to Austria after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. There, he was free to experiment with new ideas without fearing censorship. His “Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet” is adapted from his piano cycle “Musica Ricercara”, which restricts the number of pitches used in each movement.
