Musicology LIVE!
Programs include:
Great American Composer: Samuel Barber and the Violin Concerto
Exploration of the life, times, and music of Samuel Barber.
- Performance:
Violin Concerto op. 14
Excerpts from String Quartet op. 11
Violinist Composers: Then and Now
In Two Parts: Exploration of Violinists Composers and their works, ranging from the time of Napoleon through the dot com era.
- Performance:
Spanish Dances (Malagena and Romanza Andaluza) by Pablo De Sarasate
Sonata for Solo Violin by Francesco Geminiani
Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven, Fritz Kreisler
Collection of pieces by Zachary Montasser
Arrangements and Improvisations
-How composers of the past have put their own spin on music that already exists.
- Performance:
"Italian Concerto" By J.S. Bach
Nocturne no. 20 by Chopin
Vocalise by Rachmaninov
Toccatta from Tocatta and Fugue by J.S. Bach
Showcase: Brilliant Black Musicians
Biographical survey of Prodigy Jazz Violinist Eddie South, King of Rag Scott Joplin, and Virtuoso Composer Joseph Bologne Chevalier de St. George.
- Performance:
Paragon Rag - Scott Joplin
Overture to "L'Amant Anonyme" - Joseph Bologne Chevalier de St. George
"Southern Swing" by Zachary Montasser, inspired by Eddie South
Beethoven: The Hero?
In 2 parts: In 1803, Beethoven was devastated by his hearing loss and wrote a testament to his brothers explaining the extent of his despair. It was during this time that he wrote his Third Symphony, "Eroica," which is both a personal and historical statement, glorifying the Heroic Ideal as personified by Napoleon.
- Performance:
Symphony no. 3, mvmt 1, 2, 4
Eastern European Compoasers: Rachmaninoff and Chopin
Biographical surveys of Sergei Rachmaninoff and Frederic Chopin
- Performance:
Serenade Op. 3, no. 5, arr. Michael Press
Vocalise Op. 34 no. 14
Nocturne No. 20, op. Posth., arr Nathan Milstein
Ives and Emerson
Biographical Survey of Ives, his relationship with Existentilism and the Emersonian Ideal
- Performance:
Sonata no. 4
Mozart: The Prodigy Years
Mozart's Childhood, Early Career
- Performance: Violin Concerto in G major, K. 216, Cadenzas by Zachary Montasser
- Program Note Comparison
Stephen C. Foster and the American Song
Exploration of the life and times of Stephen Foster, and how his songs defined an era and the American Sound.
- Performance:
"Beautiful Dreamer"
"Captown Races"
"Come with thy Sweet Voice Again"
"Hard Times Come"
"My Old Kentucky"
"Oh Susannah"
Verdi Operas! La Traviata, Il Trovatore
Brief Biographical survey of Giuseppe Verdi. Plot Synopsis of two of his most famous operas, Il Trovatore and Traviata
- Performance:
Selections from La Traviata, Il Trovatore.
arr. A. Melchiori
The Violin: Four Eras (Four Separate Presentations)
- Late Baroque
- Classical
- Romantic
- 20th Century
- Lecture: Explore how different composers in different eras have used the violin as a vehicle of expression.
- Performance:
Preludio from Partita No. 3 in E major, J.S. Bach
Concerto no. 4, mvmd 1, Wolfgang Mozart
Violin Concerto Op. 77, mvmt. 1
The Violin: Four Eras - The Late Baroque - Bach and Telemann
When and what was the Late Baroque Era in Music? Biographical Surveys of J.S. Bach and George Philip Telemann
- Performance:
Tocatta from Tocatta and Fugue BWV. 565, arr. Zachary Montasser
Cello Suite No. 3, arr. Ferdinand David
Fantasia no. 1 in B flat Major
Brahms' Inner Struggle
Being Beethoven's Successor, having friends to help him through it.
- Performance:
Hungarian Dance Nos. 2, 5
Assorted Movements from Violin Sonatas no. 2 and 3
Concerto No. 1, Mvmt 1
Beethoven and the String Quartets
Early Period
Middle Period
Late Period
Early 20th Century French Music
An exploration of French Composers and how they created a French Musical Identity and at the turn of the 19th into the 20th Centuries.
- Performance
Faure - Apres Un Reve
Girl with the Flaxen Hair, Clair de Lune
All Presentations subject to change.
