2008-2009
Concert Series
Ann Lipsky, Harold and Robert Becker, and the Thaler Holocaust
Fund present:
Klezmer to Classical Sunday,
September 7, 2008
(6 p.m.)
First Presbyterian Church
310 Fifth Street SE, Cedar Rapids
Jan
Boland (flute)
John Dowdall (guitar)
Timothy Shiu (violin)
David Miller (viola)
Loretta O'Sullivan (cello)
From
the haunting and vivacious
sounds of Klezmer folk music to the classical beauty of works by Felix
Mendelssohn and the lush twentieth-century harmonies of George Gershwin
and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Jewish composers have given us some of
the world’s most transcendent and emotionally moving music. Klezmer
to Classical honors the creative genius of these composers and features
a little-known masterpiece by Czech composer Gideon Klein, composed shortly
before his death in a German concentration camp in 1945.
David
Miller's appearance is sponsored by Victor and Janice Naxera.
Tickets
are $15 in advance or $18 at the door. Thirty and under $10. Call 319/377-8061.
The
Program
Klezmer to Classical
Three
Venetian Boat Songs
from Felix Mendelssohn's
Songs without Words (1809-1847)
for flute, viola, guitar & cello arr. Jan Boland
Klezmer Music
Der Kholem Fun Yid / Khusidl / Nign
Tish Nign / Rusishe Sher
Trio for flute viola and guitar (1935) Nico Richter
(1915-1945)
Eclogue Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
for flute, viola,and guitar (1895-1968)
Trio for violin, viola and cello Gideon Klein (1919-1945)
Summertime George Gershwin (1898-1937
for flute, cello and guitar arr. John Dowdall & Lyle Dockendorff
Andante from Quintet Op. 143 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
for guitar, violin, flute, viola and cello (1895-1968)
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 and
Friends of Red Cedar present:
Home
Sweet Home
Saturday,
February 27
and
Sunday,
February 28, 2009
(8 p.m.)
Brucemore
2160 Linden Dr. SE, Cedar Rapids
Jan
Boland, flute
John Dowdall, guitar
Loretta O'Sullivan, cello
What’s more American than the music of beloved nineteenth-century
songwriter Stephen Collins Foster at Brucemore – Cedar Rapids’
preeminent 1886 home. Toss in Red Cedar on period instruments and a post-concert
cup of homemade cider and return to your roots with tunes popular when
Iowa became a state in 1846. Foster’s toe-tapping jigs blend with
his ethereal Beautiful Dreamer, Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair and music
of his European contemporaries to create a relaxing and memorable evening.
Tickets
$20 in advance or $25 at the door. Thirty and under $15. Call 362-7375.
The
Program
Home Sweet Home
Kiss
Waltz from The Evening Hour – Septimus Winner (1827-1902)
Old Folks at Home– Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864)
Old Folks Quadrilles
Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair
Maggie by my Side
Little Ella
Sonata in e minor, K 304 – W.A. Mozart arr. guitar, flute
and cello by Pierre Porro (1756-1791)
Allegro non tanto
Tempo di Minuet
Theme & Variations on Home Sweet Home – Gaspard Kummer
arr. flute, guitar & cello by Boland & Dowdall (1795-1870)
Rondeau Op. 48, No. 6 (guitar solo) – Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
Maniac Waltz –Septimus Winner
Village Festival Jig
Beautiful Dreamer –Stephen Foster arr fl, gtr & cello
by Boland
Potpourri on the opera Belisario –Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
arr. Arnold & Boland for fl, gtr & cello
Allegro Larghetto
Allegro
Rondo Finale
Simple Gifts – Quaker tune (arr. Boland)
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 presents:
Vienna by Starlight
Saturday,
June 6, 2009 (8 p.m.)
at
First Presbyterian Church
310 Fifth Street SE
Cedar Rapids IA
The
Avalon Quartet
Jan Boland, flute
John Dowdall, guitar
Experience
the magic of early 19th-c. Vienna glowing in the musical “starlight”
of its most revered composers – Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert –
as interpreted by the fabulous, award-winning Avalon Quartet. Cellist
Cheng-Hou Lee, violinists Blaise Magniere and Marie Wang and violist Anthony
Devroye join Jan Boland and John Dowdall in a program of masterworks,
including a Beethoven string quartet, and a Mozart flute quartet that
will transport your spirit and inspire your soul.
Tickets
$15 in advance or $18 at the door. Thirty and under $10. Call 377-8061.
The Avalon Quartet is sponsored by Margaret Haupt and George J. Naxera
Jr.
The
Program
Vienna by Starlight
Quartet in C major
KV Anh. 171 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Allegro
Andantino: Theme & Variations
Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95 – Ludwig von Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Allegro con brio
Allegretto ma non troppo
Allegro assai vivace ma serioso – Pui allegro
Larghetto espresssivo – Allegretto agitato
Italian Serenade in G Major – Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
for String Quartet
Quintet No. 4, G448 –Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
for guitar and string quartet
Pastorale
Allegro maestoso
Grave assai
Fandango |
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