Chamber Stories: The Carnival of the Animals & More

Be transported by music that tells a story, from the classic Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals with narration by pianist Orion Weiss to contemporary works Portraits of Langston by Valerie Coleman and Bruce Adolphe’s urban fairy tale Marita and Her Heart’s Desire.

Premieres June 29 @ 7 pm PT
Available through June 30 @ 11:59 pm PT

Program

Click on any piece of music below to learn more about it.

VALERIE COLEMAN Portraits of Langston (2007)

Valerie Coleman, flute
Mark Dover, clarinet
Daniel Schlosberg, piano
Monica Ellis, narrator

Originally performed on Friday, July 28th, 2017｜Lincoln Recital Hall @ 12pm

See our Program Book for program notes.

BRUCE ADOLPHE Marita and Her Heart’s Desire (1994)

Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Tara Helen O’Connor, piccolo
Timothy Gocklin, oboe
Kari Dion, clarinet
Ryan Reynolds, bassoon
Charles Reneau, trombone
Angelo Xiang Yu, violin
Theodore Arm, viola
Mihai Marica, cello
Curtis Daily, double bass
Jennifer Craig, harp
Jonathan Greeney, percussion
Michele Mariana, narrator
Bruce Adolphe, conductor

Originally performed on Saturday, July 23rd, 2016｜Kaul Auditorium @ 8pm

See our Program Book for program notes.

SAINT-SAËNS The Carnival of the Animals

Joanna Wu, flute
David Shifrin, clarinet
Ani Kavafian, violin
Bella Hristova, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola
Peter Wiley, cello
Curtis Daily, double bass
Jonathan Greeney, percussion
Anna Polonsky, piano
Orion Weiss, piano and narrator

Originally performed on Thursday, June 29th, 2017｜Kaul Auditorium @ 7:30pm

See our Program Book for program notes.

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