"This will be our reply to violence: To make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before." Leonard Bernstein
The revised schedule for Concerts 2, 3 and 4 of Brightmusic's "Schubert & Friends" Festival will be as follows:
Tuesday evening, 7:30 pm All Souls' Episcopal Church: (1) Weber, Grand Duo Concertant (David Shifrin, clarinet; Amy Cheng, piano); (2) Theofanidis, "Quasi un Fantasia," world premiere (David Shifrin and Chad Burrow, clarinet; Gregory Lee and Katrin Stamatis, violin; Mark Neumann, viola; Jonathan Ruck, cello); and (3) Mozart, Quintet for Clarinet and Strings (David Shifrin, clarinet; Hal Grossman and Gregory Lee, violin; Mark Neumann, viola; and Jonathan Ruck, cello).
Wednesday evening, 7:30 pm, All Souls' Episcopal Church: (1) Schubert, "Arpeggione" Sonata (Mark Neumann, viola; Amy Cheng, piano); (2) Crusell, Quartet for Clarinet and Strings (Chad Burrow, clarinet; Katrin Stamatis, violin; Mark Neumann, viola; Jonathan Ruck, cello); and (3) Schubert, Piano Trio No. 1 in Bb Major (Amy Cheng, piano; Gregory Lee, violin; Jonathan Ruck, cello).
Thursday evening, 7:30 pm, All Souls' Episcopal Church (as originally programmed) (Mae Ruth Swanson Memorial Concert): (1) Schubert, Rondo for Violin and Piano (Gregory Lee, violin; Amy Cheng, piano); (2) Schubert, Selection of Ten Lieder for Tenor and Piano (Andrew Ranson, tenor; Amy Cheng, piano); and (3) Schubert, Piano Trio No. 2 in Eb Major (Amy Cheng, piano; Hal Grossman, violin; Jonathan Ruck, cello).
The Oklahoma Arts Council awarded a grant to Brightmusic in support of its April 21, 2009 concert, “Schubertiad.” Among other works on the program will be the world premiere of a new composition for wind quintet by Oklahoma composer Jerry Neil Smith. Dr. Smith, a professor emeritus at the University of Oklahoma and a 1991 recipient of the Governor’s Arts Award, composed the work on commission from Brightmusic specifically for this concert. This is the third grant that Brightmusic has received from the OAC in support of the “quality programming” that Brightmusic performs. Two prior OAC grants supported a concert last season and a concert earlier this season.
