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Capacity
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- Bring your own non-alcoholic drinks
- Non-alcoholic drinks provided
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Wheelchair access
- Wheelchair Accessible
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- Kid-friendly event
This is a groupmuse
A live concert in a living room, backyard, or another intimate space. They're casual and friendly, hosted by community members.
Host
I'm looking forward to hosting cellist George Crotty who will be playing a wonderful piece by Erik Friedlander, Illuminations.
Doors open at 7 pm, music starts around 7:30 pm. Light refreshments will be provided.
Program:
ILLUMINATIONS for solo cello (2014) by Erik Friedlander (b. 1960)
Invocation - Seshat
Prelude - Scriptorium
Madrigal - Siddur
Chant - Illuminations
Cham - Hypnotique
Tarantella - The Serpent
Fantasia - Zodiac
Chant - Kaddish
Madrigal - The Virgin and The Unicorn
Pavan - Hildegard
ILLUMINATIONS was originally commissioned by the Jewish Museum in New York City which hosted an exhibit of ancient books from Oxford University’s Bodleian Collection. The exhibit brought together ancient illuminated texts in Arabic, Latin and Hebrew.
Weaving inspirations from ancient book making with ritual dance movements and Renaissance vocal forms, the listener may sometimes feel they are hearing a lute or a gamba. Says Friedlander, “I’m always trying to tell a story with my playing and in ILLUMINATIONS it’s all about a world that’s lit by candles and has the smell of leather and parchment.”
Historical context
Friedlander has worked on the Bach suites throughout his life as a cellist and he used the suite form as a launching point for ILLUMINATIONS.
The suite begins with a meditative Invocation. The Prelude (subtitled Scriptorium) that follows is a furious moto perpetuo with an improvisatory pizzicato interlude. Instead of the French dances most often used in the Bach suites (Allemande, Courante, Bouree, and Gigue) Friedlander chose instead to compose using vocal forms, Chants and Madrigals as well as dances of his own choosing: Cham is a hypnotic, trance-like piece named for the mystical Tibetan dance; the Tarantella is a ⅞ dance of madness named for the infamous serpent who tempts Eve; a Fantasia is a free, improvisational meditation and Kaddish is a mourner’s prayer. The suite finishes with Pavan, a dedication to Hildegard von Bingen, the 12th century mystic and composer.
What's the music?
ILLUMINATIONS for solo cello (2014) by Erik Friedlander (b. 1960)
- Invocation - Seshat
- Prelude - Scriptorium
- Madrigal - Siddur
- Chant - Illuminations
- Cham - Hypnotique
- Tarantella - The Serpent
- Fantasia - Zodiac
- Chant - Kaddish
- Madrigal - The Virgin and The Unicorn
- Pavan - Hildegard
ILLUMINATIONS was originally commissioned by the Jewish Museum in New York City which hosted an exhibit of ancient books from Oxford University’s Bodleian Collection. The exhibit brought together ancient illuminated texts in Arabic, Latin and Hebrew.
Weaving inspirations from ancient book making with ritual dance movements and Renaissance vocal forms, the listener may sometimes feel they are hearing a lute or a gamba. Says Friedlander, “I’m always trying to tell a story with my playing and in ILLUMINATIONS it’s all about a world that’s lit by candles and has the smell of leather and parchment.”
Where does this music come from?
Friedlander has worked on the Bach suites throughout his life as a cellist and he used the suite form as a launching point for ILLUMINATIONS.
The suite begins with a meditative Invocation. The Prelude (subtitled Scriptorium) that follows is a furious moto perpetuo with an improvisatory pizzicato interlude. Instead of the French dances most often used in the Bach suites (Allemande, Courante, Bouree, and Gigue) Friedlander chose instead to compose using vocal forms, Chants and Madrigals as well as dances of his own choosing: Cham is a hypnotic, trance-like piece named for the mystical Tibetan dance; the Tarantella is a ⅞ dance of madness named for the infamous serpent who tempts Eve; a Fantasia is a free, improvisational meditation and Kaddish is a mourner’s prayer. The suite finishes with Pavan, a dedication to Hildegard von Bingen, the 12th century mystic and composer.
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