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Dear friends,
SOLI has chosen a smorgasbord of international savories for our ninth (how time does fly!) concert season. Journey with us from Scenes from Jewish Life to Eastern Europe to the United States and on to England. Adding to our standard fare of exotic, modern morsels from faraway lands and tasty new tidbits from home, SOLI introduces ORIGINS: a selection of standard repertoire we’ve chosen to blend with our more modern fare.
In preparation for each new season, SOLI gets together for a round-table discussion to choose works and discuss our musical direction. As you know, in addition to SOLI’s solid “core of four,” we enjoy bringing you talented guest artists from near and far. This year is no exception: not only will you enjoy seeing a few favorite familiar faces, we’ll also introduce you to some old friends of ours (who just happen to be brilliant musicians).
And please visit our Contact and Subscription page. We hope that, in addition to purchasing season tickets, you will consider a tax-deductible additional contribution. SOLI, like any arts organization, works to do the most with the least, and every dollar you donate enriches what we are able to give back.
Now that we’ve whetted your appetite, join us for this exciting season of concerts you can enjoy nowhere else in South Texas. We’ll save you a seat!
Stephanie Key, Artistic Director
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Monday, October 28, 7:30pm | SOLI family members violinist Karen Stiles and violist Jeannine Fancher help us serve up the flavorful melodies of the original soul food: folk music. And we’ll pour some old wine from new bottles with David Schiff. |
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| Overture on Hebrew Themes, op.34 |
Sergei Prokofiev |
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| “Kaddisch” from Two Hebrew Melodies |
Maurice Ravel for violin and piano |
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Scenes from Jewish Life
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Ernest Bloch |
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| Nigun (Improvisation) from “Baal Shem (Three Pictures of Chassidic Life)” |
Ernest Bloch for violin and piano |
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| Divertimento from “Gimpel the Fool” | David Schiff for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano |
COLD WAR REMEMBRANCES
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Monday, November 25, 7:30pm |
Explore the impressions that war and time have worn into the music of these great Polish composers. Special guest: Jose Cáceres, piano |
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Dance Preludes |
for clarinet and piano Witold Lutoslawski |
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Mythes, Three Poems |
Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano |
| Variations on a Theme of Paganini | Witold Lutoslawski for two pianos |
| Recitatives & Ariosos “Lerchenmusik”, op.53 |
Henryk Gorecki for clarinet, cello, and piano |
| Monday, February
24, 7:30pm |
We return to home shores for an evening of delightful song with our special guest, soprano Joan Heller. |
| Aria II |
Pozzi Escot for soprano and piano, with pre-recorded vocal part |
| Eight
Poems of William Bronk "Beyond" Version |
Robert Cogan for soprano and piano |
| Patterns in Blue | Simon Sargon for soprano, clarinet, and piano |
| Far from Love | Thomas Pasatieri for soprano, violin, clarinet, cello and piano |
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Monday, April 28, 7:30pm
Recital Hall, UT San Antonio Tuesday, April 29, 8:00pm Ruth Taylor Concert Hall, Trinity University |
SOLI takes on higher math: Friends oboist Stephanie Shapiro and violist Jeannine Fancher add exponentially to another fabulous program of contemporary American music. |
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Two Rhapsodies |
Charles Loeffler for oboe, viola, and piano |
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Catch, op.4 |
Thomas Adés for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano |
Notes & Comments
UTSA performances will take place at 7:30pm
in the Recital Hall of the Arts Building at the 1604 campus.
Call 210.458.5685 for directions.
Trinity University performances will take place at 8:00pm
in the Ruth Taylor Concert Hall on campus.
Please call 210.999.8211 for directions.
SOLI’s UTSA performances are made possible in part by a generous grant from the Genevieve McDavitt Orsinger Foundation.
Tickets for all performances are $10. Ten minutes prior to every performance, remaining seats will be made available to college students with a current ID. for $5. Admission is $5 for students kindergarten through high school, and free to Trinity University and UTSA students with a current ID.