Vast collection — No Restrictions — Own Your Music!
Concert date: 28 July 2008 (Monday)
Venue: Astronomical Observatory, Loiano, Italy
The concert is a journey through the Nineteenth century, moving from the learned music of the European tradition to typically American languages, amongst composers who were influenced by various music genres and cultural trends: musicals and ballads alongside jazz, which is cultured in itself. The first piece will be a piece by Bernstein, an eclectic composer of neo romantic inspiration, who was sensitive to North-American folklore. The second piece is by Milhaud, an author who, having started out within the setting of the Six’s poetic in France, went on to be influenced by the most disparate influences (south American rhythms, jazz, multiple tones and circus music); a Sonata by Copland shall also be performed; the composer from the United States strove to create a typically American style, with elements taken from folklore, jazz and film music.
The final piece will be a trio of one of the greatest composers of the ‘900th century, Stravinskij, who was, in some way, the Maestro and the measure of the three previously mentioned composers. He greatly influenced that century’s musicians with L’Histoire du Soldat, a work in which different languages perfectly coalesce, from jazz to cabaret and on to multiple tones.
Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for clarinet and piano
Darius Milhaud: Suite for clarinet, violin and piano
Aaron Copland: Sonata for violin and piano
Igor Stravinskij: Suite da L’Histoire du Soldat
for clarinet, violin and piano
Composers
Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinskij, Aaron Copland, Darius Milhaud