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CD 1| Two Romanian dances by Bartók


(From the Csárdás program.)

1. Gázsa band plays the original music which inspired Bartók, followed by the P-CE playing Bartók—Listen


2. Gázsa band joins the P-CE for the last of the dance pieces—Listen.

View a review of the performance here.

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CD 2| The Plow that Broke the Plains.

 

1. Prelude

2. Pastorale (Grass)

3. Cattle

4. The Homesteader

5. Warning

6. War and the Tractor

7. Speculation (Blues)

8. Drought

9. Wind and Dust

10. Devastation

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CD 3 | The River


1. Prelude

2. First Forest

3. A Big River

4. Cotton Pickers

5. Ruins

6. Logging

7. Coal

8. Floods

9. Requiem

10. Tenancy
11. Finale

 

 

CD 4 | Carlos Chávez and Silvestre Revueltas Revisited


1. Baile and Son - Homenaje a Garcia Lorca
2. Duelo - Homenaje a Garcia Lorca
3. Sensemayá
4. Caminando

 

 

CD 5 | Song of the Earth

 

1. Traditional Chinese Music
2. Traditional Chinese Music
3. Traditional Chinese Music
4. Meng Haoran and Wang Wei: Poetry
5. Zhou Long: the Farewell
6. Gustav Mahler: Der Abschied from Das Lied von der Erde Delores Ziegler, mezzo-soprano


Revueltas in Context

Coolidge Auditorium,
Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress,
on Friday, March 14, 2008
at 8pm.
>> Part 1

>> Part 2


Encounters: David Taylor


see the program for details

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)

>> Death and the Maiden String Quartet, D. 810: Andante con moto (arr. for string orchestra by Gustav Mahler)
>> Der Tod und das Mädchen (Death and the Maiden) (baritone/piano)
>> Der Doppelgänger (baritone/piano)

>> Der Doppelgänger (transcription by David Taylor)
>> Die Nebensonnen (baritone/piano)

>> Die Nebensonnen (transcription by David Taylor)
>> Der Leiermann (baritone/piano)
>> Der Leiermann (bass trombone and accordion)


IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882–1971)
>> A Soldier’s Tale (excerpts)
The Soldier’s March
The Little Concert
The Royal March


DANIEL SCHNYDER (b. 1961)
>> Concerto for Bass Trombone Concerto and Orchestra (subZERO)
(1999; DC premiere)
subZERO
Sama’i Thaqil
ZOOMOUT


>> Kislev for trombone solo (2005; DC premiere)
>> roTor for Bass Trombone and Orchestra (2008; American premiere)
POST-CONCERT DISCUSSION with Daniel Schnyder and David Taylor
>> Encores


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