The Cutting Edge: Music 1980-2005 (SUB)
Photo by Joe Rodriquez

Saturday February 19, 2005, 8:15 p.m., King Center Concert Hall
(pre-concert talk with Marc Shulgold, Rocky Mountain News, 7:30 p.m.)
Dessert reception following February 19 concert


The past 25 years of music have witnessed great synthesis and imagination in the world of classical music. While European traditions are still important, many in the classical world are drawn to jazz, minimalism, folk music, and world music. American Derek Bermel captures the essence of jazz in Soul Garden for solo viola and string quintet. Mexican Javier Alvarez originally wrote his mesmerizing string quartet Metro Chabacano for the opening of the Mexico City subway station of the same name. Hungarian György Kurtág’s intriguing and brief Kafka Fragments for Soprano and Violin is full of quirky and imaginative music and text. Jon Deak’s Lucy and the Count tells the tale of Dracula with virtuoso solo bass and string quartet. Brazilian Francisco Mignone transforms the typical waltz into a bassoon extravaganza, in his Valsas para Fagote solo. Rocky Mountain News critic Marc Shulgold provides the pre-concert talk.



Program:
György Kurtàg: Kafka Fragments (1985-87), Part I, for Soprano and Violin
Jon Deak: Lucy and the Count. Love Dreams from Transylvania, for Solo Contrabass and String Quartet (1981)
Francisco Mignone: Three Valsas from 16 Valsas para fagote solo (Solo Bassoon) (1983)
Javier Alvarez: Metro Chabacano for String Quartet (1991)
Derek Bermel: Soul Garden for Solo Viola and String Quintet (2002)