Live at The Sheldon: No Borders
Item details
Date
Thursday, Jan 30, 2025 7:30PM
Name
Live at The Sheldon - No Borders
Description
Tzuying Huang, bass clarinet (curator)
Xiaoxiao Qiang, violin (curator)
Sergei Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes
Seda Balci New Work (World premiere)
Paul Schoenfield Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
Amy Beach Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Blackwood) Capriccio Espagnol for chamber ensemble
📍 This concert takes place at The Sheldon
Music needs no passport. Composers cross geographic barriers, borrowing ideas from a world of musical cultures. Sergei Prokofiev visits the U.S. and encounters a Russian sextet devoted to Jewish folk music for whom he writes an exuberant new work. Contemporary American composer Paul Schoenfield is drawn to Eastern European music, mixing themes from klezmer, Cossack dances, and military marches. In contrast, Amy Beach’s Theme and Variations is a sublime example of late-Romantic grandeur. Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio espagnole contains both Russian and Spanish melodies and rhythms.
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A few things to know:
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Klezmer music, a traditional folk music that originated in Eastern Europe among Ashkenazi Jews, has influenced classical repertoire from the 19th century to this day. Klezmer is prominent in works by Prokofiev and Paul Schoenfield in this program, written a century apart. In the U.S., klezmer had a great influence on the jazz music of the 1920s.
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Amy Beach first made her mark in the music world as a much sought-after virtuoso pianist. Although she had received piano training since childhood, her formal study of composition was limited. No matter, she became one of the most acclaimed composers of her generation. With her success, she devoted much of her resources to the development and support of women composers.
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Seda Balci is currently pursuing her master’s degree in composition from the University of Missouri, where she is part of the Mizzou New Music Circle Initiative incubator program. Balci comes to Missouri from Turkey and has a PhD in piano performance.
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