Royal Serenades
Saturday, November 8, 2008, 8 PM Insights from the Conductor, 7 PM |
Sunday, November 9, 2008, 7 PM Insights from the Conductor, 6 PM |
We begin our journey of discovery with the Moravian composer Franz Krommer, one of the most celebrated composers of music for Harmonien, the professional octets which graced the castle of every self respecting royal. Typical of this musical medium for the elite, the Octet Partita is a fireworks display of virtuosity. On the contrary, Mozart’s Serenade in C minor , another octet, contains some of his most profound musical thought . Dvorak’s Serenade in D minor begins with a direct allusion to the classical era, but moves rapidly into a great variety of richly spirited, impassioned romantic styles.
Franz Krommer
Octet Partita in E Flat, Op. 57. Angie Burtz, Obe.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in C Minor, K. 388.
Antonin Dvorak
Serenade in D Minor, Op. 44.
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Angie Burtz has been an active musician in the Monterey Bay area for the past two years. In addition to Ensemble Monterey, she has performed with the Monterey Symphony, Santa Cruz County Symphony, and the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra. Previously she lived in New Mexico, where she taught oboe at New Mexico State University and played principal oboe with the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra and English horn with the El Paso Symphony and El Paso Opera. For three years she held the post of principal oboe with the Great Falls Symphony and Chinook Winds Quintet in Montana. She studied music at Abilene Christian University (B.A., 1996) and Kent State University (M.M., 1998), and her teachers included Charles Veazey and Cleveland Orchestra member Jeffrey Rathbun. Her studies also included two summers at the Kent/Blossom Chamber Music Festival, where she studied with the late John Mack. |
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