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Contact: Gabriel Langfur
info@chameleonarts.org
617-427-8200
Chameleon Arts Ensemble opens 2008-2009 chamber music season
with transcendent music I have heard
September 4, 2008 - Boston, MA - The Chameleon Arts
Ensemble will open its eleventh chamber music season with
two performances of transcendent music I have heard, on Saturday,
October 4 at 8 PM and Sunday October 5 at 3 PM, both at the
Goethe-Institut Boston, 170 Beacon Street in the Back Bay.
Three blockbusters from three centuries make up the program,
works that define genres and set new benchmarks for what can
be expressed through music.
Brahms' B Major Piano Trio is a unique work in the composer's
output. It was initially written very early in his career,
and then picked up again for revision decades later. The result
is an irresistible piece that that stands at the very center
of the Romantic repertoire for piano and strings, combining
youthful exuberance with the eminent master's touch. Claude
Debussy single-handedly invented an ensemble with his Sonata
for flute, viola & harp, composed late in his career as
part of a conceived set of six instrumental sonatas (only
three were completed before his death) that would define what
it meant to be a French composer in the early twentieth century.
Countless composers since - of countless nationalities and
compositional styles - have borrowed his uniquely colorful
and expressive instrumental combination.
The august Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki has given
us the first undeniable masterpiece of the 21st century with
his Sextet for clarinet, horn, string trio and piano. Born
in 1933, Penderecki has been a major force in new music since
the late 1950s. His Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
opened many ears to the possibilities of expression that could
be attained withinnovative, avant-garde approaches to instrumental
color, and he gained even more fame with large-scale works
for chorus and orchestra such as the St. Luke Passion, which
again broke new ground with an eclectic, polystylistic approach
to its materials and structure. Penderecki has continued to
be at the forefront of innovation in music, all the while
maintaining direct communication and emotional connections
with audiences. The Sextet was composed in 2000 and premiered
in 2002 at the Musikverein in Vienna by an ensemble including
Mstislav Rostropovich, Yuri Bashmet, and Julian Rachlin. It
is clearly the work of a master at the peak of his powers,
with musical language that is at once fresh and familiar,
brilliant orchestration and rhythmic activity, and superbly
maintained dramatic tension.
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 unqualified 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. 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. Individual tickets are $38,
$28 and $18. $5 discounts for students and seniors are available.
The Goethe-Institut is a wheelchair accessible venue.
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