When
Apr 5, 2010 (Monday)
What
Audible VisionsMusicians, focused on sound, are sometimes oblivious to the visual world, but there is the occasional composer who has sight nearly as acute as his or her hearing. Ba...
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Event details: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble 4: Audible Visions
Description
Audible Visions
Musicians, focused on sound, are sometimes oblivious to the visual world, but there is the occasional composer who has sight nearly as acute as his or her hearing. Barbara Kolb's work for guitar and violin depicts an artist's palette, complete with cerulean blue; William Grant Still wrote a suite in which each movement was suggested by a different sculpture: "African Dancer," "Mother and Child," and so on. Gabriel Faure was one of the so-called "impressionist composers" who preferred that a simplistic link not be made between his music and the art of his time; nonetheless, it is a real pleasure to hear his colorful piano quartet in the context of other works that were, in fact, literally motivated by color. The Finnish composer Saariaho creates sonic images of seven aspects of butterflies, while Matthew Barnson exploits an unusual sound palette in his abstract work for string quartet. Left Coast celebrates the connection between eye and ear.
Barbara Kolb, Umbrian Colors
Brett Dean, Three Caprichios after Goya
William Grant Still, Suite for violin and piano
Matthew Barnson, String Quartet WINNER OF THE 2009 LEFT COAST COMPOSER PRIZE
Kaija Saariaho, Sept Papillons
Gabriel Faure, Piano Quartet in G minor
Musicians, focused on sound, are sometimes oblivious to the visual world, but there is the occasional composer who has sight nearly as acute as his or her hearing. Barbara Kolb's work for guitar and violin depicts an artist's palette, complete with cerulean blue; William Grant Still wrote a suite in which each movement was suggested by a different sculpture: "African Dancer," "Mother and Child," and so on. Gabriel Faure was one of the so-called "impressionist composers" who preferred that a simplistic link not be made between his music and the art of his time; nonetheless, it is a real pleasure to hear his colorful piano quartet in the context of other works that were, in fact, literally motivated by color. The Finnish composer Saariaho creates sonic images of seven aspects of butterflies, while Matthew Barnson exploits an unusual sound palette in his abstract work for string quartet. Left Coast celebrates the connection between eye and ear.
Barbara Kolb, Umbrian Colors
Brett Dean, Three Caprichios after Goya
William Grant Still, Suite for violin and piano
Matthew Barnson, String Quartet WINNER OF THE 2009 LEFT COAST COMPOSER PRIZE
Kaija Saariaho, Sept Papillons
Gabriel Faure, Piano Quartet in G minor
Cost
$15.00 - $20.00More about Green Room
Green Room
The Green Room, located on the second floor of the Veterans Building, echoes the building facade with five sets of glass doors opening to a russet tiled 138-foot long loggia facing City Hall. The 28-foot high ivory and gold leafed ceiling of the room is graced with five 24-lamp chandeliers. Entry alcoves lead to double doors at either end of the room and the north alcove has a built in wet-bar. Originally designed as a lounge for World War I veterans, the room now serves as a performance and reception hall. Several concert and lecture series are held in the Green Room each year, as well as dinners, receptions, fashion shows, recitals, conferences and meetings. The room is also a prime location for fashion photography, video and movie shoots.Post a Countdown Widget
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