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Free Community Outreach Concert February 13, 2020, 7:00pm
To register, call 856-845-5593 In partnership with West Deptford Free Public Library, Music at Bunker Hill presents Rivers, Lakes, and Streams as a special event in their traveling exhibit Water / Ways, part of Museum on Main Street, a unique collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, and the West Deptford Free Public Library. Concert location: West Deptford Free Public Library, 420 Crown Point Rd, West Deptford, NJ. Check out all of the special events that accompany this exhibit through April 10 and make plans to visit the exhibit several times. Rivers, Lakes, and Streams PROGRAM Piano Quartet no. 2 in E flat Major, Op 87 by Antonin Dvořák, 1. Allegro con fuoco "The Swan" from Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 (die Forelle) by Franz Schubert 1. Allegro vivace 2. Andante 3. Scherzo. Prresto 4. Tema con variazone. Andantion 5. Finale. Allegro giusto |
The quintet is often referred to as The "Trout" and was composed by 22 year-old Schubert. The instrumentation is unusual because of the inclusion of the bass. The fourth movement is a theme and variations based on one of Schubert's own songs, Die Forelle. Listen for the rippling triplets in several movements.
Saint-Saëns' "The Swan" will be recognized by almost everyone as the lyrical cello swims above the underlying piano.
Musicians presented this program to our West Deptford audience first, then took it on tour to New York and Massachusetts.
This program is part of our series and will be presented on 4/19/2020 in our series venue, Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church.
Saint-Saëns' "The Swan" will be recognized by almost everyone as the lyrical cello swims above the underlying piano.
Musicians presented this program to our West Deptford audience first, then took it on tour to New York and Massachusetts.
This program is part of our series and will be presented on 4/19/2020 in our series venue, Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church.
Grammy winner EUGENE DRUCKER headlines this concert. A founding member of the Emerson String Quartet, Drucker has also been active as a solo artist. He has appeared internationally as soloist with the orchestras of Montreal, Brussels, Antwerp, Liege, and the Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as the American Symphony Orchestra and the Aspen Chamber Symphony. A graduate of Columbia University and Juilliard, Mr. Drucker was concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra. He has recorded the complete unaccompanied works of Bach and the complete sonatas and duos of Bartok. Also an author, Mr. Drucker’s 2007 novel, “The Savior,” is about music and the Holocaust. As a composer, he has set Shakespeare sonnets and poetry for voice and quartet.
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Pianist GILI MELAMED-LEV is an engaging, multi-faceted performer who enjoys a career as a soloist, chamber musician, and collaborative artist. Ms. Melamd-Lev is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Jazz and Classics for Change, a chamber music concert series in the Berkshires, and a member of the Lev-Evans Duo with pianist Mark Evans. She has performed extensively in New York and Jerusalem. A passionate advocate of music education, she performs and gives master classes at the Schenectady Community College School of Music and works with students at Williams College, Bard College, and her private students. Born in Jerusalem, Ms. Melamed-Lev was a scholarship student at The Juilliard School, Montclair State College, and the Rubin Academy in Jerusalem.
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Violist WILLIAM FRAMPTON has been praised by critics for his “impressive” performances (The New York Times) and “a glowing amber tone” (The Boston Globe). Since his New York recital debut in 2009 at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Mr. Frampton has enjoyed a career of diverse performances around the world as a chamber musician, soloist, orchestral player, and teacher. He toured Asia and North America with Midori Goto’s string quartet. Mr. Frampton performs in New York with the New York Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony, and Orchestra of Saint Luke’s as well as on Broadway in Hamilton, The Lion King, Frozen, and Wicked. He also performs at many festivals and teaches at Queens College. Mr. Frampton is the Artistic Director of Music at Bunker Hill.
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ROBERTA COOPER, cellist, won the Artists International Competition which sponsored her Carnegie Hall debut. She is a member of the Walsh-Drucker-Cooper Trio which has performed on major series in the US and Europe. Ms. Cooper is the assistant principal cellist of the American Symphony Orchestra, the American Composers Orchestra and the Westchester Philharmonic. She has been a guest cellist with the renowned Emerson Quartet and has played for many years with the Berkshire Bach Society. She also was featured soloist on pop singer Linda Ronstadt’s recording of jazz standards, titled “Hummin’ to Myself.” Ms. Cooper received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Juilliard.
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PETER WEITZNER, double bass, performs as an orchestral and chamber musician. As soloist he has appeared with the Baltimore Symphony and performed the New York premiere of Sheila Silver’s Chant for double bass and piano. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Weitzner is currently the curator and host of the BPL Chamber Players in residence at the Central branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. He has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Orion, Enzo, Daedalus, Formosa, and Cassatt Quartets, Trio Solisti, New York Chamber Ensemble and the Berkshire Bach Society. For ten years Mr. Weitzner toured the world as a member of the Giora Feidman Trio. He is also a frequent participant at international music festivals.
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