March - Classical Music Series

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Due to the political turmoil of the past century, these works are often difficult to obtain and are thus rarely performed. <BR><BR>We'll devote the second half of our March concert to music from Persia, featuring classical pianist Tara Kamangar, who is currently at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She'll play the second piano concerto of celebrated Persian composer Aminollah Hossein, whose music is full of Persian melodies though he spent much of his life in exile. Details about other Persian music to be performed will be announced at a later date. <BR><BR>In our own blending of Western and Middle Eastern traditions, Ms. Kamangar will also perform Rachmaninoff's brilliant Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini on the first half of the program, and we'll open the program with Strauss' romantic tone poem for orchestra, Don Juan .</FONT><BR></P></TD> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:117.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="185"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/join-email-small.PNG" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map2" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="43"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/200708/Kamangar,%20Tara.jpg" ALT="Michael Morgan and orchestra musicians" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="185" HEIGHT="156" BORDER="0"><BR><BR><I><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">"Tara's expressive<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">playing will speak<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">to listeners of any<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">nationality."</I><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">BBC Persian<FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>