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VIEWS OF AMERICA
Michael Morgan,
Conductor
February
26, 2010
Friday, 8:00pm, Paramount Theatre,
Oakland
Pre-concert talk by
John Kendall Bailey and
Rebeca
Mauleón at 7:00pm.
Pre-concert performance
in the lobby by elementary school student musicians from our Oakland MUSE
program at 7:30pm.
Program
Charles Ives - Symphony No. 2 (1909)
Rebeca Mauleón - Suite Afro-Cubano (World Premiere)
New Visions/New
Vistas Commissioning Project
Made possible by a grant from The James
Irvine Foundation
watch short
video of this piece here
Duke Ellington - Harlem
(1952)
Journey from the heartland of America to
the busy streets of Harlem, with a detour to the islands of the Caribbean added
for good measure! Tonight’s concert will feature great works by two of the
most important composers in American history – Charles Ives and jazz great
Duke Ellington – as well as a world premiere by internationally acclaimed
pianist, composer and educator Rebeca Mauleón, who is one of four
composers from non-classical genres selected for a New Visions/New Vistas
commission.
Widely regarded as a true American
masterpiece, Ives’ Second Symphony artfully weaves material from popular
folk tunes such as Columbia the Gem of the Ocean and Camptown
Races into an original work that still has much in common with the older
European style. Duke Ellington’s Harlem, from its sultry beginning
to its flashy big-band middle and beyond, gave Ellington the opportunity to
“make some statements on the subject of Harlem, the music and the
people.”
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Rebeca Mauleón's Suite
Afro-Cubano
is supported by East Bay Fund for Artists at the East Bay
Community Foundation
"[Mauleón
is] a world-class pianist, composer and author." ~ Latin Beat
....Listen to Rebeca
Mauleón's Music
"Peruchineando" ~ from
Descarga en
California
"Batamambo"
~ from Latin Fire
"La Ventana"
~ from Latin Fire
"Songomania" ~ from Round Trip
All
songs © Rebeca Mauleón,
Rumbeca Music (BMI)
Audio Podcast of
Michael Morgan about
this concert
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