Carter-Messiaen Project

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Tashi
Peter Serkin, piano
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
Ida Kavafian, violin
Fred Sherry, cello

CMNW proudly presents the Carter-Messiaen Project—a three- concert mini-festival celebrating the centenary of two 20th-century musical icons—Elliott Carter (b. 1908) and Olivier Messiaen (1908- 1992)—born just one day apart in New York and Paris, respectively. The legendary quartet Tashi reunites for these landmark concerts after 30 years—a not-to-be-missed collaboration! These Tashi reunion concerts will be heard only in New York, Boston, Chicago and Portland.

Tashi’s appearance at Chamber Music Northwest in January 2008 will be the first time the group in its original form has come together after 30 years. These exclusive West coast concerts feature chamber music masterpieces of Carter and Messiaen, and also include examples of their broader influence in music by Takemitsu and Wuorinen written especially for Tashi.

JANUARY 25, 2008

ROMP!  Lecture: 4:30-5:30 PM
"What to listen for in Carter and Messiaen"
David Schiff (R.P. Wollenberg Professor of Music at Reed College)

CMNW CONCERT:
Kaul Auditorium, 8 pm
Musical Conversation 7-7:30 pm

Charles Wuorinen
Arrangements of music by Thomas Morley and Josquin de Prez (written for Tashi, world première)

Olivier Messiaen
Petites equisses d´oiseaux for Piano (1985)

Elliott Carter
Figment II for Solo Cello, "Remembering Mr. Ives" (2001)

Elliott Carter
Gra for Solo Clarinet (1993)

Toru Takemitsu
Quatrain II (written for Tashi, 1977)

 

JANUARY 26, 2008

ROMP!  Lecture: 2-3 PM
"Experiencing Time in Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time"
Jann Pasler (Professor of Music, University of California, San Diego)

ROMP!  Lecture: 3-4 PM
"Carter and Messiaen: Contemporaneous Composers in Different Sound-Worlds"
Jonathan Bernard (Professor of Music Theory, University of Washington)

CMNW CONCERT:
Kaul Auditorium, 8 pm
Musical Conversation 7-7:30 pm

Charles Wuorinen
Josquin: Ave Christe (1988)

Elliott Carter
Intermittences for Solo Piano (written for Peter Serkin, 2005)

Elliott Carter
Rhapsodic Musings for Solo Violin (2000)

Elliott Carter
Con Leggerezza Pensosa, Trio for Violin, Cello and Clarinet (1990)

Olivier Messiaen
Quatour pour le fin du temps (1941)

 

JANUARY 27, 2008

ROMP!  Lecture: 1-2 PM
“Playing for the Masters: Reminiscences of Carter and Messiaen”
Fred Sherry (Cellist)

CMNW CONCERT:
Kaul Auditorium, 3 pm

Stephen Gosling, piano
Rolf Schulte, violin
Fred Sherry, cello

Film Interludes by Frank Scheffer

Elliott Carter
Sonata for Cello and Piano (1948)

Elliott Carter
Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi for Solo Violin (1984)

Elliott Carter
Duo for Violin and Piano (1974)

The Carter-Messiaen Project concludes with this special focus on Elliott Carter in the form of a multimedia "docu-concert." Cellist Fred Sherry and two colleagues present this program, which features two pioneering sonatas interspersed with film clips interviewing Mr. Carter.