41st Annual
ROCKPORT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Friday, July 1 :: 7:30 PM
A Far Cry
Circle of Life
Violin: Alex Fortes, Annie Rabbat, Jae Cosmos Lee, Jesse Irons, Kiyoshi Hayashi, Lilit Hartunian, Miki-Sophia Cloud, Ryan Shannon, Sarah Atwood
Viola: Caitlin Lynch, Celia Hatton, Sarah Darling, Tanner Menees
Cello: Francesca McNeeley, Melody Giron, Mina Kim
Bass: Charles Clements, Ian Saunders
EXCERPTS FROM FOR CHILDREN, Sz. 42 (1908-9, rev. 1943)
Béla Bartók (1881-1945), arr. Leo Weiner
AND TRADITIONAL LULLABIES
- For Children, I. Andante grazioso, arr. Leo Weiner
- For Children, II. Vivace, arr. Leo Weiner
- Arrorró: traditional lullaby (Berber / Canary Islands / Latin America),
arr. Alex Fortes - For Children, IV. Allegro robusto, arr. Leo Weiner
- For Children, III. Moderato sostenuto, arr. Leo Weiner
- My Darling Isabelle, by Emily Irons, arr. Alex Fortes
- For Children, V. Allegretto, arr. Leo Weiner
- For Children, VI. Kánon: Vivace risoluto, arr. Leo Weiner
- Nen nen korori: traditional Japanese (Edo region), arr. Alex Fortes
- For Children, VIII. Allegro giocoso, arr. Leo Weiner
SHYSHTAR: METAMORPHOSES FOR STRING ORCHESTRA (2004)
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (b. 1947)
STRING QUARTET NO. 16, IN F MAJOR, OP. 135 (1826)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), arr. A Far Cry
III. Lento assai: cantante e tranquillo
:: INTERMISSION ::
SERENADE IN E MAJOR, FOR STRING ORCHESTRA, OP. 22, B.52 (1875)
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Moderato
Tempo di valse
Scherzo: Vivace
Larghetto
Finale: Allegro vivace
CASTLES
Karl Doty (b. 1985)
GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY NINA AND GENE DOGGETT
Thank you to our festival partner
embodies the infinite cycles of our humanity as connected beings. Traditional lullabies and selections from Bartók’s For Children open the program with a rustic, characterful nod to childhood curiosities, tenderness and wonderment.
In Shyshtar, the spectacular clash of contrasting musical languages—from Azerbaijani mugham traditional music to the dissonance of modernism—speaks to Ali-Zadeh’s efforts to define herself within the wider world and to the universal human experience. We then shift to the third movement of Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 135 for a moment of quiet introspection.
Dvořák’s iconic Serenade for Strings is the heart of the program, having been written at a happy time in his life when Dvořák was basking in his young marriage with a new baby boy and a well-established career.
A Far Cry double bassist Karl Doty’s Castles is based on Karl’s experience returning to his childhood home for the first time following the birth of his son. We close with this short, fiddle-inflected tune, which is sure to fill audiences with joy for all the gifts that new life brings.
— Program notes © 2022 Keith Horner. Comments welcomed: khnotes@sympatico.ca
—Bartók, Lullabies, Ali-Zadeh and Beethoven program notes © Kathryn J Allwine Bacasmot 2022
—Dvořák program note © 2022 Keith Horner
—Castles Note by Karl Doty
