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Charles Ives: A Life in Music
Cultural historian and author Joseph Horowitz explores the life and career of American composer Charles Ives. A scripted playlet is the vehicle used to tell the story before Horowitz and Professor J. Peter Burkholder introduce Ives’s 2nd String Quartet, to be performed by BMC Artist Faculty. Interspersed throughout the program will be art songs from…
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The Concord Sonata
Witness a rare performance of Ives’s iconic sonata performed by pianist Michael Chertock. Readings that inspired Ives’s work are recited before each movement by baritone William Sharp. A discussion with the artists will take place following the concert.
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Bruckner 7
Sebastian Lang-Lessing returns to Brevard’s podium to conduct Bruckner’s sweeping Symphony No. 7. The most successful of Bruckner’s works, its early performances turned the oft-maligned Austrian composer into an overnight success. This beautiful statement of Bruckner’s special world of slow-moving intensity and overpowering climaxes is a fitting celebration of the composer’s 200th birthday. Brevard Sinfonia…
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Fanfares and Festivals
Brevard’s High School Division students shine! Kraig Alan Williams leads the Brevard Symphonic Winds in three works by seminal composers for the symphonic wind repertoire, and Ken Lam conducts the Brevard Concert Orchestra in the last of Respighi’s ‘Roman Triptych’, described by the composer as incorporating the “maximum of orchestral sonority and color.” Every section…
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Soloists of Tomorrow
Always the not-to-be-missed concert of the season! Celebrate BMC’s mission and the next generation of classical musicians as our most talented young students are showcased. Winners of the prestigious Jan and Beattie Wood Concerto Competition will be featured, as well as the student composition winner from 2023, and a vibrant performance of Debussy’s La Mer.…
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Borodin Symphony No. 2
Written by Zhou Tian as a gift to his fellow musicians upon his return to Shanghai after many years, Gift is cinematically thrilling, beautifully lyrical, and vibrantly colorful—all this in just 8 minutes. Borodin’s 2nd Symphony is a distinctive and original work that captures the new ‘Russian sound’ developed by Borodin and his compatriots during…
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Gershwin and Ives
Two of the most original and “American” sounding composers of the 20th century are featured in this concert written and curated by cultural historian Joseph Horowitz. Hosted and conducted by Delta David Gier, the Brevard Sinfonia explores Ives’s tuneful and inventive 2nd Symphony, and BMC Artist Faculty pianist Terrence Wilson performs Gershwin’s ever-popular Piano Concerto…
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A Hero’s Journey
Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen is featured in two works including Spirit in Motion, written for the 2012 Paralympic Games, and the premiere of a new violin concerto performed by Philippe Quint. Strauss’s autobiographical tone poem Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life) is written for large-scale orchestral forces and casts the concertmaster in the role of…
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Greilsammer Conducts Mozart and Beethoven
Acclaimed pianist and conductor David Greilsammer makes his first appearance at Brevard, conducting Mozart’s reflective and intimate C minor concerto from the keyboard. The concert opens with Rossini’s charming Cinderella Overture, and concludes with Beethoven’s 4th Symphony, at once relaxed and lyrical, yet driven by its classically contained power. Brevard Sinfonia David Greilsammer, conductor and…
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SoulCollage® Playdate
Unlock your creativity, explore your inner self and connect with your intuition through this transformative process! Gain insight and clarity as you begin to design your own deck of collaged cards, all materials provided. Limited space – sign-up at Brevard Yoga – https://brevardyogacenter.com/schedule/ or call 828-699-9642
