This program explores the distinctive voices of 20th-century American composers from Gottschalk to Ives to Burleigh. Included is a movement from a violin sonata by the French composer Maurice Ravel, who was under the spell of the blues and jazz emerging across the Atlantic. The concert ends with the rollicking Suite for Violin and Piano by William Grant Still, composer, conductor and arranger of the Harlem Renaissance and the first American composer to be produced by the New York City Opera.
2:00 PM Blattner Lecture: Beth Levy, UC Davis
Something Borrowed, Something Blue
4:00 PM Concert
Charles Ives: Piano Trio
Delphi Piano Trio:
Liana Bérubé, violin
Tanya Tomkins, cello
Allegra Chapman, piano
-intermission-
Songs:
Harry Burleigh, Charles Ives, Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Kyle Stegall, tenor
Eric Zivian, piano
Maurice Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano – II. Blues: Moderato
Rachell Ellen Wong+, violin
Eric Zivian, piano
William Grant Still: Suite for Violin and Piano
Rachell Ellen Wong+, violin
Audrey Vardanega, piano
VIEW SONG LYRICS & TRANSLATIONS HERE
*2022 VMMF Apprentice
+VMMF Laureate