August 11, 2011
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For Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, there was no greater composer than Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Tchaikovsky said he never felt so close to divinity as when he listened to Mozart’s music and even was so bold as to call Mozart the “musical Christ.”
The New Arts Trio will perform works by both of these composers at its last concert of the season at 4 p.m. today in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall.
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August 10, 2011
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“John Proctor’s the devil’s man, devil’s man,” proclaimed the Rev. Samuel Parris. “John Proctor’s the devil’s man. Beware! Beware!”
In 1961, Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible” was adapted for opera by composer Robert Ward. In a puritanical Salem, Mass., family drama becomes hysteria when neighbors accuse one another of witchcraft.
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August 10, 2011
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For Russian-born virtuoso violinist Ilya Kaler, music is “part profession, part religion.”
Kaler calls himself one of those “weird musicians” who listen to music constantly, even when not performing onstage.
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August 9, 2011
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As a Roman Catholic priest and a pianist, Sean Duggan takes cues from one of the world’s most well-known composers: Johann Sebastian Bach.
But Bach’s music is only half of the inspiration. Bach also was a very religious man, and his music reflected that spirituality, Duggan said.
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August 8, 2011
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French horn player Roger Kaza just arrived at Chautauqua, and he already has his work cut out for him. He has rejoined the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra for the remainder of the summer season and played the Brahms Horn Trio, Op. 40 with School of Music faculty violinist Jacques Israelievitch last Thursday.
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August 6, 2011
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It is a twilight performance of a string quartet, reminiscent of those 18th century scenes of an English country house — reminiscent but not identical. This is 21st-century Chautauqua: the dress is casual, and the music is Three Rags for String Quartet in Morton and Natalie Abramson’s living room. The players are violinist Giancarlo Latta, violist David Beytas and cellist James Mitchell — three Chautauqua Women’s Club scholarship students sponsored by Morton, who is a violinist, and Natalie.
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August 5, 2011
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This is it; it’s down to the wire. The final round of the School of Music’s Piano Competition begins at 1 p.m. Saturday in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall with five students wrestling for first place and a chance at $7,500. Never has the competition pitted such equally matched players against each other and even now the judges have no way of predicting who will come out on top.
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August 5, 2011
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Percussionists live in an exciting time, said Michael Burritt, professor of percussion at the Eastman School of Music.
The repertoire is ever-changing, and a growing number of composers are experimenting with the wealth of sound and colors available in percussion ensembles.
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August 4, 2011
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As technology advances, our world is getting smaller. Cell phones have replaced rotary phones, and iPods have replaced boomboxes.
Technology has become smaller and easier to use, so it makes sense to apply the same logic to musical instruments.
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August 4, 2011
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Violinist Jacques Israelievitch loves art. Every year, he supports the Chautauqua School of Art by purchasing paintings, ceramics, pottery and sculptures, which he displays around his apartment and violin studio.
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Greenhouse to take audience on her journey out of Christian Science
Hoffman fights for women’s rights inside secular Judaism, at Western Wall
Gergen: Millennials should learn from the World War II generation
President Roosevelt: ‘I Have Seen War. I Hate War.’
Audubon Quartet to perform final concert
Fish: Value of arts, humanities found in pleasure we take in them
Dybul: Eliminate preventable diseases for ‘a more perfect world’
Through his photography, Reza ‘shakes the hearts of people’
Writers’ Center workshops help Chautauquan get published
BTG seeks historical input for 100th anniversary in 2013
138th assembly draws to close with Becker’s Sunday address
Hillcrest Concert Band brings worldly program to Amp
Holbert to preach on season’s final Sunday
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