Schoenberg Perspectives
Celebrating Schoenberg’s 150th
7:30 pm | Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Memorial Hall OTR | 1225 Elm Street | Cincinnati, OH. 45202
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PROGRAM
the first half is ca. 25 minutes
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874 - 1951):
Four Songs for Voice and Piano, Op. 2, No. 2 (1899)
Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm
Holly Thomas, soprano
Steven Cahn, piano
read the text and translations of the cabaret songs here
SCHOENBERG: String Trio, Op. 45 (1946)
(single movement in 3 main sections):
Part 1
1st Episode
Part 2
2nd Episode
Part 3
Philip Marten, violin
Caterina Longhi, viola
Hiro Matsuo, cello
INTERMISSION
This half is ca. 50 min
SCHOENBERG: Brettl Lieder ‘Cabaret Songs’ for Voice and Piano (1901)
Der Genügsame Liebhaber
Gigerlette
Holly Thomas, soprano
Steven Cahn, piano
read the text and translations of the cabaret songs here
SCHOENBERG: Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5
für Kammerensemble arr. Levi Hammer (2019)
U.S. Premiere of this new arrangement
This is one continuous movement delineated by the following tempo markings:
Die Achtel ein wenig bewegt – zögernd
Heftig
Lebhaft
Sehr rasch
Ein wenig bewegt
Langsam
Ein wenig bewegter
Sehr langsam
Etwas bewegt
In gehender Bewegung
Breit
MUSICIANS
CONDUCTOR
Levi Hammer
CABARET SONGS
SOPRANO: Holly Thomas
PIANO: Steven Cahn
STRING TRIO
VIOLIN: Philip Marten
VIOLA: Caterina Longhi
CELLO: Hiro Matsuo
ENSEMBLE
VIOLIN: Philip Marten, Lisa Kim
VIOLA: Caterina Longhi
CELLO: Ted Nelson
BASS: Boris Asafiev
PIANO: Brianna Matzke
FLUTE: Henrik Heide
OBOE/ENGLISH HORN: Dwight Parry
CLARINET: Joe Morris,
BASS CLARINET: Ben Freimuth
BASSOON: Marty Garcia
HORN: Molly Norcross & Lisa Conway
COMPOSERS
Arnold Schoenberg
Levi Hammer (arranger)
PARTNERS
Jutta Ambrositsch
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