| May 1 - Music of Five Centuries
Internationally-known composer-conductor
Robert Xavier Rodriguez presents the University
of Texas at Dallas' Musica Nova ensemble
in Music of Five Centuries. Pianist, Jeff
Lankov, guest artists and UTD students will
perform vocal and instrumental music of
the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.
Featured works will include Claudio Monteverdi's
dramatic Cantata Il Ballo delle Ingrate
and the world premiere of Arithmetic,
a theater piece by UTD graduate student
Winston Stone, based on a poem by Carl Sandberg.
Also on the concert will be excerpts from
Bach's Magnificat, Mozart's Magic
Flute, Rossini's Cenerentola,
Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti and
Sondheim's Company, along with
works by Rameau, Corelli, Liszt, Poulenc,
Messaien and Rodriguez .
December 5 - "December
Songs"
An Evening of Vocal and Instrumental Chamber
Music
Under the direction of Robert
X. Rodríguez pianist Jeff
Lankov, UTD students, UTD's Chamber Music
Ensemble and guest artists will
perform music by Mozart, Fauré, Martinu
and Weill. The concert will feature the
premiere performances of three transcriptions
by Rodríguez of works by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart: Die Zufriedenheit, K.
349 and Komm, Liebe Zither, K.
351, originally for voice and mandolin,
plus Sonata in D Major, K. 426,
originally for two pianos. The program also
will include solo piano music by French
composer Gabriel Fauré, the Sonata
for Flute and Piano by Rumanian composer
Bohuslav Martinu and a Berlin to Broadway
review of songs by German composer Kurt
Weill. The Weill review will feature excerpts
from The Three-Penny Opera and
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny,
cabaret songs from Weill's early years in
Berlin and Paris and selections from his
hit Broadway shows.
UTD's Chamber Music Ensemble provides opportunities
for graduate and undergraduate students
to perform music written for small and larger
ensembles, plus multi-media and theater
works, of all periods. Students performing
in UTD's Musica Nova concert series
join professional musicians and members
of the community. Musica Nova guest
artists have included members of the Dallas
Symphony and Dallas Opera Orchestra and
singers from the New York City Opera and
Metropolitan Opera. Music for past concerts
has ranged from Medieval and Renaissance
dances and motets to standard repertoire
to experimental new works written for and/or
developed by the ensemble. Concerts have
included an evening of jigs, an evening
of tangos, French cabaret and mariachi songs,
chamber opera, ballet and, last semester,
a fully staged commedia dell'arte
pantomime.
Admission to the ensamble is by permission
of Instructor. Intermediate and advanced
instrumentalists (string, woodwind, brass,
piano, guitar, percussion), singers, composers,
actors, dancers and / or video artists may
arrange auditions by calling 972- 883-2766
or 972-238-8703.
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