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THE MOAB MUSIC FESTIVAL IS PLANNING ON MUSIC, AND SO SHOULD YOU! The Moab Music Festival’s 28th season runs the gamut from new and beloved chamber music to Latin, with Paquito D’Rivera’s Quintet, and jazz, The Manhattan Transfer and The Hot Sardines. MMF Artistic Director and violist, Leslie Tomkins, and pianist and MMF Music Director Michael Barrett have also devised a singular tie-in to the worldwide celebrations of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday.
Marina Piccinini, flute * Kim Kashkashian, viola * Sivan Magen, harp
“Many good things have come out of the Marlboro Music Festival over the years and this meeting of musical minds is up there with the best of them. Three musicians with absolute conviction, bringing to life both the music’s nostalgia and its dancing joy.” Strad
America’s musical past and future meet in a provocative new concert series The Graduate Center, CUNY and Copland House will launch on November 4th. These performances will champion a century of America’s vibrant musical legacy, within the context of broad cultural, historical, and societal currents. The six-concert series ranges widely, from performances of early 20th century masters and an evening of major chamber works by Aaron Copland to musical explorations inspired by identity and assimilation, spiritual journeys, and the intersection of visual art and music.
Not many flute concertos suggest the grandeur of a Wagner opera. Fewer, likely, take inspiration from Jethro Tull, the progressive rock band that packed arenas in the 1970s and ‘80s. But these are among the ingredients in Aaron Jay Kernis’s Flute Concerto (2015), which flutist Marina Piccinini performs on a new Naxos recording with conductor Leonard Slatkin and Peabody Symphony Orchestra.
Pierre Jalbert’s new violin concerto performed by Margaret Batjer and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and conductor Jeffrey Kahane just released on BIS.
Introducing… Sleepover at the Museum. A new multimedia orchestral work by composer and author Karen LeFrak.
