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Original seasonal letter from Stephanie Key:
At the end of a musically volatile century, full of tonal impressionism and rebellious expressionism, SOLI is devoting its 1999-2000 season to reflection on the specific different ways in which composers of the world have expressed themselves in this age.
In their continual exploration, composers seem determined to step outside of the norm. They have experimented with odd ensemble combinations. They have reinvigorated folk traditions. Several have even used [gasp] the string quartet—a traditional setting once considered sacred—to challenge the customs of the past, as they weave ever more colorful and exotic threads into the warp and weft of life. From Beethoven, Bartok, and Rachmaninoff to Kramer, Mackey, and the world premiere of a new work from Elisenda Fábregas, we hear a new musical age takes form, and listen for the sounds of our future in the music of our past.
This season has been a great success, and all five programs are working together as a musical guide book to an exhibition of our century. There are still two concerts left in it, so don't be left out! We celebrated the beginning of this season with our first benefit dinner and concert at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in downtown San Antonio, so think what a great time we’ll have next year too. We look forward to seeing you.
Stephanie Key, President and Artistic Director
This season is dedicated to the memory of Ted Allred.
FOLK SKETCHES
Thursday, September 16, 1999 |
Defining an age through representative musical strains from Russia, Hungary and America by composers who have used folk melodies and legends to reach their audience |
Musical Toys |
Sofia Gubaidulina for piano |
Sacred Harp‡ |
Donald Grantham for flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano |
| Contrasts | Bela Bartok for violin, clarinet & piano |
PORTRAIT OF THE YOUNG MAN AS AN ARTIST
A Tribute to Ted Allred
Tuesday, November 16, 1999 |
Featuring some of the most powerful string quartets of the last two hundred years |
String Quartet No. 2, in a minor, op. 51 |
Johannes Brahms |
String Quartet No. 15, op. 144 |
Dmitri Shostakovich |
| Grosse Fuge in Bb Major, op. 133 | Ludwig van Beethoven |
IMAGES IN TIME
Tuesday, January 18, 2000 |
Pictures of the past: where we’ve been, what has shaped us today, and what’s to come. |
Portraits II (World Premiere)‡ |
Elisenda Fábregas for violin, clarinet, cello & piano |
Sonata in g minor, op. 19 |
Sergei Rachmaninoff for cello & piano |
| Invisible Mosaics | Aaron Jay Kernis for violin, clarinet, cello & piano |
Tuesday, March 7, 2000 |
Experience new sounds for a New Millennium—the vibrant sounds of the future, as seen through the eyes of these trail-blazing American composers. |
Clapping Music |
Steve Reich for four hands |
Physical Property |
Steven Mackey for string quartet & electric guitar |
| Press Release | David Lang for bass clarinet solo |
| String Quartet No. 2 “Company” | Philip Glass |
| Like a … an Engine | Joan Tower for piano solo |
| Cycles & Myths‡ | Timothy Kramer for violin, clarinet, cello & piano |
BACK TO SCHOOL
The Second Viennese School Revisited
Tuesday, May 16, 2000 |
Back by popular demand, SOLI presents a second program of the influential turn-of-the-(twentieth!)-century music of these three masters from Vienna. |
Variations for piano |
Anton Webern |
Adagio for violin, clarinet, piano |
Alban Berg |
| Slow movement for string quartet | Anton Webern |
Pierrot lunaire, op. 21 |
Arnold Schoenberg for Sprechstimme, piano, flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, viola & cello |
Programs are subject to change.
All performances took place at 8:00pm, in the Ruth Taylor Concert
Hall
on the campus of Trinity Unversity, unless otherwise specified. Please call
210.999.8211 for directions.
Tickets for all performances were $10. Ten minutes prior to every
performance,
remaining seats is made available to college students with a current I.D. for
$5.
(Admission is free to Trinity University students with a current I.D.)
Admission is $5 for students kindergarten through high school.
‡ These selections were part of the “Texans into the
Twenty-First Century” Series
sponsored by Krazy Kat Music.
Click on concert titles for Program Notes.
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