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St. Lawrence String Quartet with
Todd Palmer, clarinet, and composer Osvaldo Golijov As Passover approaches, Bill McGlaughlin welcomes celebrated Argentinean composer Osvaldo Golijov to Saint Paul Sunday for an hour-long immersion into his unique artistry. Five acclaimed performers—clarinetist Todd Palmer and the Saint Lawrence String Quartet—bring a trio of Golijov compositions to life: First we'll hear Yiddishbuk, a visceral string quartet inspired by drawings of children who were imprisoned at Theresienstadt, the deadly "model ghetto" built by the Nazis in 1941. Next, Todd Palmer assumes the role of klezmer with flair, joining the St. Lawrence for two movements of Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, a work that summons the fading, often insular world of East-European Jewish émigrés in Argentina. The combined quintet closes the program with music from Tenebrae, a work occasioned by Golijov's encounter with François Couperin’s mystical Holy Week settings. The composer translates the works’ shared name as “darkness illuminated by candelight." Features Osvaldo Golijov's Web site
Osvaldo Golijov: Yiddishbbuk Listen Great classical music weaves its spell on multiple layers at once, and only occasionally does an artist come along who animates both its particulars and its larger expanses with equal aplomb. This week on Saint Paul Sunday, host Bill McGlaughlin welcomes renowned Canadian pianist Jon Kimura Parker for Beethoven's joyous Sonata in C major (Op. 2, No. 3), Maurice Ravel's quietly revolutionary "Jeux d'Eau," and a stunning new fantasy on Harold Arlen's music for the "Wizard of Oz" composed for Mr. Parker himself. ".Gargantuan technique, awesome timing, oceanic depth, volcanic fire and more fun than the whole Marx Brother's catalogue." (San Antonio Express-News) Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in C major, Op. 2, No.
3 Web Sites Listen Treasured for its outstanding choral artistry and programmatic daring, VocalEssence seeks "to engage and enrich audiences who expect the unexpected." This Easter day on Saint Paul Sunday, the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers under the direction of founding artistic director Philip Brunelle satisfy their aim wonderfully, introducing us to ten diverse 20th- and 21st-century works—several written for the performers themselves. We'll hear Easter and springtime music of Dominick Argento, Stephen Paulus, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, and a host of others. Since first performing over three decades ago, the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers have explored the texts of their wide-ranging repertoire as perceptively as they have its music. On Sunday's program a number of striking poem settings give this eloquence free reign. Web Sites Read complete texts and translations.
Joseph Brackett, arr. David Willcocks (Sydney Carter): The Lord of the Dance
When she was just 11, Midori performed music of Paganini with the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta and won the hearts of music lovers around the country. In the decades since, she's performed as a beloved soloist with major orchestras worldwide and reached new audiences—from inner-city youngsters in New York's public schools to those outside the main performing arts centers. This week on Saint Paul Sunday Midori joins esteemed pianist Robert McDonald for a wide-ranging program that reveals her multi-faceted artistry. We'll hear sonatas of Brahms, Debussy, and Schulhoff along with Amy Beach's Romance for Violin and Piano, and Pablo de Sarasate's fiery Introduction and Tarantella. Don't miss this hour of extraordinary music making.
Claude Achilles Debussy: Sonata in g minor for Violin and Piano
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