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September 16, 2006 7:30
Crowder Hall Free admission Concerts in Context: The Symphony Bach: Sinfonia to Cantata No. 29 Haydn: Symphony No 88 in G major Webern: Symphonie, op. 21 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, "Classical" "Sounding together" is a basic definition of the word. Explore what these works have in common and how they are very different.
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October 22, 2005 at 7:30 Concerts in Context: In the years immediately preceding World War I Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev brought to Paris revolutionary and exotic productions of ballet and opera, including Igor Stravinsky's first three great scores: The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911) and The Rite of Spring (1913). Stravinsky's genius was paired with dancers and choreographers Vaslav Nizhinsky, Fokine and Massine. Other Ballets Russes collaborators with Diaghilev included Ravel, Satie, Strauss, de Falla, Bakst, and Picasso. Conductor Thomas Cockrell joins with School of Dance professor James Clouser and frequent School of Art instructor Kevin Justus to explore this unique confluence of the arts and the birth of modernism. Program to include
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March 5, 2005 at 7:30 and March 6, 2005 at 3:00 Concerts in Context: The closing event of the first Arizona
Cultural Forum: TRANSCENDENT THOUGHT: A celebration and inquiry into
Henry David Thoreau and Charles Edward Ives, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Ives'
death and the 150th anniversary of Thoreau's Walden. Guest
presenters include Ives biographer Jan Swafford and composers Libby Larsen and
Dan Asia. Program to include:
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May 1 and 2, 2004 Concerts in Context: Thomas Cockrell, Conductor, Marie-Pierre Le Hir, Associate Professor of French and Paul Ivey Associate Professor of Art History explore the visual, poetic and musical colors, aesthetics and sumptuous ambiguity in the world of Monet, Degas, Verlaine, Mallarmé and Debussy.
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Claude Monet
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CONCERTS IN CONTEXT: Nostalgia and Revolution: Early 20th Century Vienna The first in an innovative series of interdisciplinary concert events will focus on the music and visual art in Vienna before and after World War I. Conductor Thomas Cockrell and Robert Sherman of New York City's premiere classical radio station WQXR, will offer insight and commentary. Associate Professor of Art History Paul Ivey will use projections to show the relationship of this music to the art of Klimt, Kandinsky, and others. It is sure to be an informative and entertaining evening exploring the music, art, history and culture of Europe's musical capital.
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March 1 and 2, 2002 CONCERT IN CONTEXT: The Romantic Generation Projections, commentary by Professor Jay Rosenblatt and Thomas Cockrell
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What is "Classic" about Classical Music? Cockrell leads the UCI Symphony Orchestra in a musical demonstration showing how the classical values of balance and clarity are revealed in the music of Haydn and Mozart. Stephen Barker, professor of drama, will present a slide show and commentary on ancient Greece's influence on later art and architecture, and Christopher Dobrian, assistant professor of music, will give musical examples of how classicism is revealed in surprising ways in 20th-century music. Cockrell and the orchestra tie the evening together with a performance of one of the world's favorite classical masterworks, Haydn's Symphony 104, "London". "UCI School of the Arts is a unique creative laboratory for our four disciplines--Dance, Drama, Music, and Studio Art--working individually and collaboratively. The Arts Focus series is designed to help our students and our audiences understand the interrelatedness of what we do as artists at UCI. I am confident that lovers of music dance, drama, art and architecture will find themselves challenged and entertained by the program."
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