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Sunday, April 3, 2022 . 3pm
BlackRock Center for the Arts Germantown, Maryland Inscape Chamber Orchestra returns to BlackRock Center for the Arts to perform three unique works spanning the European continent. Danish composer Carl Nielsen's Serenata in vano - a short work the composer termed a "humorous trifle" - opens the program. Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu's Nonet was written in the last year of his life. Sunny and exuberant, the work calls on nine players in a rich neoclassical style full of twists, turns, and rambunctious rhythm. The program concludes with Igor Stravinsky's Suite from The Soldier's Tale. Stravinsky wrote this iconic work while living in Switzerland in the aftermath of WWII. Originally a theater work, it tells the story of a soldier who trades his fiddle to the devil in return for unlimited economic gain. At once both prescient and timeless, Inscape performs a suite of short movements taken from the original theater work. Program: Carl Nielsen: Seranata in vano Bohuslav Marinu: Nonet No. 2 Igor Stravinsky: Suite from L'Histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale) |
Bohuslav Martinu
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"The Quiet One"
Saturday, November 6, 2021 . 7:30pm University of Maryland, Baltimore County Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall Baltimore, Maryland and Sunday, November 7, 2021 . 3pm BlackRock Center for the Arts Germantown, Maryland Inscape performs three seminal works written between 1946 and 1948 that showcase American creativity in the immediate post-World War II years. Walter Piston’s Divertimento is imbued with stark harmonies and a rhythmic vitality reminiscent of the industrial might of the mid-century nation. Ulysses Kay’s music was written to accompany The Quiet One, a documentary film that follows the life of a lonely young boy from Harlem who is rejected by his loved ones, but eventually finds acceptance at his private school. Nominated for several Academy Awards, it stands as the first major film score by a Black composer. Written for the great choreographer and dancer Martha Graham, Barber’s original score follows the story of the mythological figure Medea who seeks revenge when her husband leaves her for another woman. Program: Walter Piston: Divertimento Ulysses Kay: Suite from The Quiet One Samuel Barber: Medea |
Ulysses Kay
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