Program of Cello Duos by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Opus 49, No. 4 in G Major
Allegro
Rondo: Allegretto
Opus 49, No. 3 in A Minor
Allegro moderato
Adagio
Rondo: Allegretto
Opus 50, No. 1 in G Major
Allegro
Andante
Rondo
Opus 51, No. 3 in C Major
Allegro
Andante
Allegro non troppo
Opus 21, No. 2 in F Major
Allegro maestoso
Cantabile
Rondo: Allegretto
Opus 50, No. 3 in A Minor
Allegro moderato
Tempo di minuetto
Paul Christopher and Milovan Paz, cellists
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 by Jackson Harmeyer
Last Thursday’s Jacques Offenbach, the Cellist was a major success and a great way to end the first season of Abendmusik Alexandria. Cellists Paul Christopher and Milovan Paz presented an excellent recital, introducing many of us to music that is far too undervalued considering its memorable tunes and resourcefulness. Because so many listeners have enjoyed the concerts and shown their support for Abendmusik this season, my colleagues and I at the Arts Council of Central Louisiana are already making plans for next season – expect more great chamber music when season two of Abendmusik Alexandria starts in September!
Louisiana Sinfonietta
Sunday, March 22, 2015 at 2:00 pm
LSU School of Music
Recital Hall
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
PROGRAM includes:
Concerto for Two Cellos and Orchestra . . . . Dinos Constantinides
Prologue
Dialogue
Monologue I and II
Epilogue
Isaac Casal and Paul Christopher, cellos
BATON ROUGE ADVOCATE, March 20, 2015
The Louisiana Sinfonietta will perform its fourth concert of the 2014-15 season at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 22, in the LSU School of Music Recital Hall, Dalrymple Drive, Baton Rouge.
The concert will feature a piece by Constantinides for two cellos and orchestra, with soloists Isaac Casals and Paul Christopher. Christopher is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music and holds a professorship at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches. Casals is a noted young Panamanian musician who has been honored for his valuable contributions to the development of the classical music culture in his native country and is working on his doctorate at LSU.
Making her first appearance with the orchestra will be Sandra Moon, a recent addition to the LSU School of Music’s voice faculty, who will perform the aria “D’amour l’ardente flamme” from Hector Berlioz’s “The Damnation of Faust.” She also will sing “Midnight Song,” composed by the Sinfonietta’s maestro, Dinos Constantinides.
Also on the program will be Sinfonietta concertgoer favorite Michael Gurt, playing one of Mozart’s last works, “Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major.” Gurt has performed as soloist with orchestras in the United States and abroad, recently appearing at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Queensland.
Rounding out the eclectic concert will be Henry Purcell’s “Chacony” for string orchestra and two short works, both world premieres, by Chinese composer Xing Li and Lafayette resident Wyatt Newman, who are both composition students at LSU.
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