Jacaranda: Music at the Edge
Directors Patrick Scott and Mark Alan Hilt crafted a wonderful program for the Jacaranda series concerts Saturday and Sunday. The sweet collection of Charles Ives’ works, including one of my all-time personal favorites, “Over the Pavements,” is the draw for me; and there is a world premiere by Ben Johnston, and works by Ernst Krenek and Samuel Barber as well.
Come enjoy this extraordinary program that is certain to entertain and delight. With its motto “music at the edge,” Jacaranda presents classics and modern together, such that each program has a point of view, with artists drawn from the ranks of the Southland’s top-tier performers, often with premier international guests.
The ensemble for this concert includes the Denali Quartet (with Sarah Thornblade and Joel Pargman, violins; Alma Lisa Fernandez, viola; Timothy Loo, cello); Scott Dunn, piano; Elissa Johnston, soprano; Mikhail Korzhev, piano; and the Jacaranda Chamber Orchestra with Mark Alan Hilt conducting.
Program – “Rocking”
Charles Ives (1874-1954): An Ives Portfolio (1897-1935) of piano music, songs, and short ensemble pieces.
• March “See the Conquering Hero Comes” (unpublished)
• Gyp the Blood or Hearst? Which Is Worst?
• The Pond (Remembrance)
• The Housatonic at Stockbridge, Text: Robert Underwood Johnson
• At Sea (Adagio Sostenuto)
• Waltz-Rondo (published 2009)
• Over the Pavements
• Like a Sick Eagle, Text: John Keats
• Serenity, Text: John Greenleaf Whittier
• Impression of “St.Gaudens” Boston Common (unpublished)
• From the Steeples to the Mountains
• The Unanswered Question
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991): George Washington Variations, Op.120 (1950)
Ben Johnston (b.1926): Revised Standards (1985) World Premiere
Samuel Barber (1910-1981): Knoxville Summer 1915, Op.24 (1947) Text: James Agee
Saturday, Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 24, 6 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica, 1220 Second Street, Santa Monica
Tickets: $40 / $20 students – at the door; $35 / $15 students – advance sale
Post-Concert Season Opening Celebration & Award Ceremony, Saturday, Oct. 23, Steelcase (across from First Presbyterian of Santa Monica), Admission: $125 subscribers / $175 non-subscribers.
These events were selected from among those listed in Jim Eninger’s Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter, an extensive calendar of upcoming music events, large and small, happening all around Los Angeles.