Emanuele Segre (guitar); Marina Piccinini (flute) January 23, 2009

Program:
Bach: Sonata in C Major, BWV 1033; Fukushima: Mei (solo flute); Debussy: Syrinx (solo flute); Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango; Giuliani: Gran Sonata, Op. 85; Powell: Retrato brasileiro & Chará (solo guitar); Beaser: Mountain Songs

"Marina Piccinini's flute-playing is very special, her lyrical phrasing cool, exquisitely shaped and with an underlying delicate sensuality." (Gramophone)
"Segre showed off great rhythmic buoyancy and flexibility, delicate touch and attractive glissando..." (New York Times)

Widely recognized as one of the world's leading flute virtuosos, Marina Piccinini's performances are characterized by her flawless technical command, profound interpretive instincts, and charismatic stage presence. Joining Piccinini is Italian guitarist Segre: "a musician of immense promise..." (Washington Post). Together Piccinini and Segre will perform an exciting, varied, and well thought-out program which concludes with Robert Beaser's Grammy nominated Mountain Songs—a cycle of eight songs based largely on American folk music including ballads from the southern mountains of Appalachia.

For more information on Marina Piccinini visit: http://www.colbertartists.com/ArtistBio.asp?ID=56
and Emanuele Segre visit: http://www.emanuelesegre.it/

Buy Tickets!
www.pcmsconcerts.org or 215.569.8080
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Get to know Marina Piccinini and Emanuele Segre!

Watch: Two clips of Piccinini playing compositions written for flute and piano in the past decade:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=etKl0KafeE8&feature=related
Also view several clips of Segre:
Two clips of Segre talking about performing classical guitar:

Two clips of Segre in performance from a concert in Italy in May, 2007:
(Villa-Lobos)
(Vivaldi)
Listen and Connect:
Listen to Marina Piccnini at: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=140445531

Listen to Emanuele Segre at: http://www.last.fm/music/Emanuele+Segre