March 13, 8:00 pm
First Pres Santa Monica
Pavel Haas
Wind Quintet (1929)
Erich Korngold
String Quartet No. 3 (1945)
Franz Schreker
Chamber Symphony (1916)
Arnold Schoenberg
Chamber Symphony No.1 (1906)
Denali Quartet: Sarah Thornblade, Joel Pargman, Alma Lisa Fernandez,
Timothy Loo
Alyssa Park, Tereza Stanislav, Marina Manukian, Christine
Wu, violins
Robert Brophy, Victoria Miskolczy, violas
Cécilia
Tsan, David Low, Elizabeth Wright, cellos
Nico Abondolo, Oscar Hildalgo,
Steve Dress, double basses
Pamela Vliek Martchev, flute
Donald Foster,
Stuart Clark, James Sullivan, clarinets
Rong-Huey Liu, oboe
Lara
Wickes, English Horn
Teag Reeves, Laura Griffiths, horns
Rose Corrigan,
Katherine Oliver, bassoons
Dave Washburn, trumpet
Steve Trapani,
trombone
Danny Holt, piano
Steven Vanhauwaert, celesta
Aaron Kallay,
harmonium
Allison Allport, harp
Andrea Moore, Yuri Inoo, percussion
Mark Alan Hilt, conductor
Haas helped bring the wind serenade into the 20th century. Hollywood’s movie master broke his self-imposed WWII concert silence with bruised but poignant optimism. Schreker’s opulent Klimt-like fantasy world contrasts with Schoenberg’s breathless and thrilling rigor. The destinies of these four Jewish composers were shaped in different ways by their tormentors. Schreker was harassed and Haas interned. Like Korngold, Schoenberg would join the exile community in Los Angeles.
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