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Contact: Gabriel Langfur
info@chameleonarts.org
617-427-8200
Chameleon Opens 10th Anniversary Season with "strands
of a trio twining"
August 29, 2007 - Boston, MA - The Chameleon Arts Ensemble
opens its 10th Anniversary Season of chamber music concerts
on Saturday September 29th, 2007, 8PM at the Goethe-Institut
Boston, 170 Beacon Street in the Back Bay. The concert is
a colorful evening of trios entitled strands of a trio twining,
a re-imagining of the very first Chameleon concert held in
October 1998. "When I selected the repertoire for the
first concert ten years ago," says Artistic Director
Boldin, "I only realized when I was finished that it
was all trios. This time, of course, it was deliberate."
The program includes Beethoven's Trio in G Major for flute,
bassoon & piano, Ingolf Dahl's Concerto a Tre for clarinet,
violin & cello, Krzysztof Penderecki's String Trio, Brahms'
Piano Trio No. 3 in c minor, Op. 101, and the Boston Premiere
of Daron Hagen's Harp Trio.
Daron Hagen is a leading American composer whose five operas,
numerous song cycles, orchestral and chamber works have been
commissioned and performed by renowned artists all over the
world. The Harp Trio was composed in 1989, but it is one of
five Boston Premieres - one on each concert - to be performed
this season by Chameleon. Ingolf Dahl's Concerto a Tre, composed
in 1946 after the German-born Swiss musician had settled in
Los Angeles, shows the strong influence of his friend and
mentor Stravinsky's neoclassical style. Penderecki's String
Trio dates from 1990-91 and can also be described as having
neoclassical leanings, but is a work that combines the techniques
of his groundbreaking soundscape pieces of the 1960's and
1970's with his return to traditional melodic and harmonic
writing.
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Beethoven's Trio in G Major for flute, bassoon & piano
is an early work, composed in Bonn when he was a teenager.
It was unpublished in his lifetime, but the delightful musical
material and unusual instrumentation make it more than worth
revisiting. By contrast, Brahms' Third Piano Trio is the work
of an acknowledged master in the prime of his career, comfortable
and confident in his status at the top of Viennese musical
society.
In a city immersed in music, the Chameleon Arts Ensemble
is distinguished by superb artistry, luminous performances,
and dynamic musical dialogues. This innovative ensemble draws
capacity audiences of those who love the adventure of music-classic
and contemporary. A Chameleon concert is a multifaceted experience
in an intimate environment joining audience and musicians
in an exuberant celebration of music. The musicians are award-winning
local artists with growing national and international reputations,
who have appeared with orchestras and in recitals around the
world. Since its founding in 1998, Chameleon and artistic
director Deborah Boldin have earned high praise for integrating
old and new repertoire into unexpected chamber music programs
that are themselves works of art, and were recognized nationally
with a 2007 ASCAP/CMA award for adventurous programming. In
a recent review, Jeremy Eichler of The Boston Globe praised
her "discerning ears and cosmopolitan tastes" and
remarked that "planning a good chamber music program
is an art unto itself, and few in town have mastered it as
persuasively as the Chameleon Arts Ensemble."
For tickets or more information, concertgoers can call 617-427-8200
or visit www.chameleonarts.org. Subscription prices range
from $49 to $152, and individual tickets are $38, $28 and
$18. $5 discounts for students and seniors are available for
individual tickets. The Goethe-Institut is a wheelchair accessible
venue.
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