Women in Music

Women

in Music

Sunday,


March 2 3:00pm

Tickets are


free of charge but reserved seats are recommended. 

Contact the 

Conservatory office: 415-258-1921 or music@sandomenico.org

A suggested


donation of $100 helps benefit the Virtuoso Program Scholarship Fund and ensures that classical music training and performance remain alive and well in Marin County.

 A reception
with the performers follows the event.

Polish
composer Natalia Cherniy's The Brilliant Strings (Archi in A) features a
variety of engaging and contrasting musical elements, including an incisive
13-note ostinato (repeating figure), a heaving and groaning sustained line, a
quietly scurrying upward scale, and surging figures reminiscent of ocean waves.
 These elements combine in various ways and reach a somewhat sudden
climax, follow by an abrupt halt, a reflective moment and a dynamic and
energetic ending.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7rfEtn_rKA

Welsh
composer Hilary Tann's Water's Edge is a 3-movement work depicting water scenes
at different times of day.  The "edge" of the title refers to
the upper surface of the water as it reflects or refracts light.  In the
first movement the light is held at the surface (Dawn Light), while in the
second movement (From the Riverbed) the light dances through the surface to the
water below.  During the final movement, which contains echoes of the
previous two, the light fades from view (Toward Dusk).

http://hilarytann.com/2010/08/04/waters-edge-for-string-orchestra

(link
to audio sample at top of page)

The
four movements of American composer Victoria Bond's Dreams of Flying are
entitled I. Resisting Gravity, II. Floating, III. The Caged Bird Dreams of the
Jungle, and IV. Flight. Dreams of Flying evokes the sense of birds
soaring. It is witty, rhythmic, and richly imagined, filled with the imitation
of bird calls, which are vivid, as well as the sense of unearthly joy.  A
reviewer of the work commented that "This lively music exploits Brazilian
dance rhythms and bird calls in a way that liberates the soul while reminding
us of our limitations."

http://www.newyorkwomencomposers.org/profiles.php4?zdm_id=BON01

(link
to audio sample about half-way down the page)

Shuo
by Chinese composer Chen Yi is in one movement and features a solo string
quartet with orchestra.  While representing the first day of every month
in the lunar calendar, the word "shuo" in Chinese means initiate.
 Elements taken from Chinese folk music, in terms of tunes and mountain
song singing gestures, are developed for string instruments.  The
pentatonic lines are woven vividly in different layers, to paint a delicate
oriental landscape.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbh6E1v8x9g

(YouTube
sound clip)

Oberek
#2 by Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz is a short work originally composed for
solo violin and piano and follows the unusually accented rhythm of a
traditional Polish dance in triple meter.  Elena Kim will play the solo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFUN3dSAJ6w

Jo
Griffin '17, winner of the 2013 Young Composers Challenge, is composing a brief
work for the orchestra for this concert.