PROGRAM
St. Lawrence String Quartet; Todd Palmer, clarinet; Osvaldo Golijov, composer
Dreams & Prayers: This week Bill McGlaughlin welcomes celebrated Argentinean composer Osvaldo to Saint Paul Sunday for an hour-long immersion into his unique artistry. Five acclaimed performers—clarinetist Todd Palmer and the St. Lawrence String Quartet—bring a trio of Golijov compositions to life. First we'll hear Yiddishbuk, a visceral work inspired by drawings of children who were imprisoned at Theresienstadt, the nightmarish "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 composition occasioned by Golijov's encounter with François Couperin's mystical Holy Week settings. Golijov translates the works' shared name as "darkness illuminated by candelight."
MUSIC PLAYED IN THE PROGRAM
- Osvaldo Golijov: Yiddishbbuk
- Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
—I. Teneramente-Ruvido-Presto
—II. Calmo, sospeso-Allegro pesante - Postlude: Lento, Liberamenta
- Osvaldo Golijov: from Tenebrae
MIXED COMPANY
Mixed Company is written by Saint Paul Sunday staff, giving you a behind-the-scenes look at the show and the classical music they love.
LINKS AND RESOURCES
Artist profile: St. Lawrence String Quartet
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Other performances on Saint Paul Sunday:
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St. Lawrence String Quartet performs Haydn, Berger
