Songs of the Earth
Saturday, January 31, 2009, 8:00 PM
Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
Pre-concert conversation with composer Zhou Long and Sarah Rothenberg, 7:00 PM, 6th Floor
| Debussy | Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (chamber version) |
| Zhou Long | The Farewell for pipa, erhu and chamber orchestra |
| Gustav Mahler | Abschied from Das Lied von der Erde (chamber version) |
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano; Da Camera Chamber Orchestra; Music From China (Susan Cheng, yangqin; Min Xiao-Fen, pipa; Wang Guowei, erhu); Gregory Vajda, conductor; Zhou Long, guest composer
This concert celebrates over 100 years of cross-fertilization between
the Asian and Western classical traditions. European composers were
inspired at the turn of the century by their discovery of poetry and
music from Asia; in our day, Asian composers have come to America
and found new musical voices by bringing their musical traditions
together with their classical Western training.
Da Camera welcomes composer Zhou Long in his Houston debut. A world-class chamber orchestra with members of the Houston Symphony and other leading Houston musicians, led by acclaimed young conductor Gregory Vajda, collaborates with virtuosos from Music From China on the erhu and pipa.
“a masterly work – atmospheric, finely wrought
music that captured the delicate melancholy of
the poems…[Long] has one of the most striking
sonic imaginations of any composer around.”
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Parking tips: There is convenient parking available for $7 in the Theater District underground parking garage, with entrances near the Wortham Center on Texas, Prairie and Capitol. (map)
