Academy Artists Present - Academy Faculty Showcase Series: "Mad, Bad Sheep: Six Composers on an Adventure" November 16, 2010

Join us for a 90-minute program designed for 3rd-graders and up, plus their families, with entertaining talk and music.

"La Folia" means, the madness, and it was one of the most popular tunes in Europe for centuries. The composers from Germany on our program, stretching 200 years of musical history, all have an element of either fable or sickness, or both, which relate to their pieces. Frederic Rzewski's piece is inspired by an ancient French fable from the writer Rabelais; it features maximum chaos within a musical framework; and the well-known excerpt from George Frederic Handel's Messiah is being presented in a modern arrangement that highlights its stylistic adventurousness.

Vivaldi: La Folia for treble instruments and bass continuo;
Mozart: Duo in G for violin and viola;
Schumann: Fairy and Fantasy movements for viola and piano;
Schönberg: Trio for Strings, selections;
Rzewski: Les Moutons de Panurge;
Handel (arr. Creswell): "All We Like Sheep" from Messiah.

Artists:

Brian Chin, trumpet, Guest Artist;

Academy Faculty:

Stephen Creswell, violin;
Harumi Flesher, piano;
Bradley Hawkins, cello;
Jason Sah, viola;
Nathan Whittaker, cello.

Tickets at the door:
$20 adult;
$10/student/senior.

This event is presented by:

Academy Of Music Northwest http://www.amnw.org.

AMNW Contact Information:

info@amnw.org;
(425) 778-7711.