An hour of contemporary American music for woodwinds
28 January 2007 4:00 pm
DUO Multicultural Arts Center
Zéphyros Winds will perform compositions by two contemporary American masters during this one-hour concert.
John Harbison wrote his Wind Quintet, a commission by the Naumburg Foundation, in 1978. This work is one of the true masterpieces of chamber music from the second half of the 20th Century. In five movements this work of great musical and emotional scope creates a world of images that is arresting and immensely memorable. It is a favorite of Zéphyros and audiences, and this ensemble finds that it stimulates the most post-concert conversation of almost anything they perform.
Donald Erb’s “Five Red Hot Duets for Two Contrabassoons” will be performed by Zéphyros member Douglas Quint and guest contrabassoonist Harry Searing. Prix de Rome winning composer Donald Erb has written one of the few works for the unusual and humorous contrabassoon duo. Harry Searing is of this country’s premier contrabassoonists, and performs and records regularly with nearly every New York City area orchestra. He has also performed with The Chicago Symphony and the Hong Kong Philharmonic.
Zéphyros Winds is recognized as one of the nations leading chamber ensembles, with appearances across the country at major concert venues, including Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, The Library of Congress, Wolf Trap, and the Great Performers series at Lincoln Center. Zéphyros made their concerto debut with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and Louis Langrée conducting Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, K. 297b, opening the festival’s 2004 season. Zéphyros was a finalist for the Naumburg Award, and was overall winner at the Fischoff Competition. They have toured with the renowned pianists Pedja Muzijevic and Charles Wadsworth. Radio broadcasts include Performance Today for National Public Radio, Public Radio International’s Music from Chautauqua, and WNYC’s Around New York. Zéphyros Winds has performed residencies at colleges and universities around the country and has given master classes at The Juilliard School and The Yale School of Music. Their recording of Irving Fine’s Partita for Woodwind Quintet is on Bridge Records. A self released recording of works by Gounod and Mozart is available through their website, located at zephyroswinds.com.
Tickets $10.00. Purchase at http://www.smarttix.com/ or by calling 212-8681444. Wine reception to follow immediately after concert in our gallery: Emergence@DUO.
