Minnesota Orchestra Brass Quintet at ZK Matthews
Thu Aug 11, 19:00 - Thu Aug 11, 21:00
ZK Matthews Great Hall
ABOUT
Students are allowed free entry. Please email [email protected] to reserve your free student ticket. Also free entry at the door for students!
Michael Gast (horn), Douglas C. Carlsen (trumpet), Charles Lazarus (trumpet), R. Douglas Wright (trombone), Steven Campbell (tuba)
Thursday, 11 August 2022 | 19:00 | ZK Matthews Great Hall
In collaboration with the University of South Africa (UNISA)
ZK Matthews Auditorium UNISA
- Large beautiful auditorium
- Located on the Unisa Muckleneuk Campus in the Theo van Wijk Building (enter through the main entrance)
- Wheel chair entrance located around the corner at Goldfields Entrance
- After hours there is ample covered parking available. UNISA Protection Services will direct visitors to the parking areas adjacent to the venue
PROGRAM
Selections to be chosen from the following:
Mill City Flourish Jack Stamp
My Spirit Be Joyful J.S. Bach (arr. Levine)
The Little Child Traditional (arr. Sorenson)
West Side Story Suite Leonard Bernstein (arr. Gale)
Maria
Tonight
America
Kilauea’s Fountains Charles Lazarus (arr. Sorenson)
A Craic Situation Jack Stamp
El Gato Montes Manuel Penella (arr. Lichtmann)
Four Pieces for Brass Quintet
Paquito D’Rivera
Grazing in the Grass Philemon Hou/Hugh Masekela (arr. Nelson)
This Little Light of Mine Traditional (arr. Sorenson)
Caravan Duke Ellington (arr. Clark)
Tin Roof Blues New Orleans Rhythm Kings (arr. Gale)
The Johnson Rag Hall/Kleinkauf (arr. Elkjer)
Canzona Bergamasca Samual Scheidt (arr. Fromme)
Contrapunctus IX J.S. Bach (arr. Glasel)
Red Cedar Lake Suite Jack Stamp
Early Morning Loons
Seagulls Dancing
Eagles
Sunset
Fire Dance Anthony DiLorenzo
Gravity Anthony Barfield
An American in Paris George Gershwin (arr. Levine)
Amazing Grace Anonymous/John Newton (arr. Wasson/Levine)
Grazing in the Grass Philemon Hou/Hugh Masekela (arr. Nelson)
Besame Mucho Consuelo Velázquez (arr. Clark)
Contrabajeando Astor Piazzolla (arr. Burgstaller)
Oblivion Astor Piazzolla (arr. Burgstaller)
Libertango Astor Piazzolla (arr. Burgstaller)
ABOUT THE ENSEMBLE
Established in 1903, the Minnesota Orchestra is a Grammy Award-winning orchestra known for acclaimed performances in its home state and around the world, a storied history of recordings and radio broadcasts, and innovative educational engagement programs. The orchestra performs a wide variety of music including nearly 175 concerts in a typical year, primarily at Orchestra Hall in downtown Minneapolis, its home since 1974. They also tour regularly throughout Minnesota, nationally and abroad. The quintet has played together for 15 years and has performed together and individually in every US state and throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, and Africa. They have performed in major concert venues worldwide and with all of the leading US orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony, LA Philharmonic, and Chicago Symphony.
The Minnesota Orchestra Brass Quintet will present an eclectic, entertaining, and virtuosic program featuring songs of joy from around the world inspired by dance rhythms of many cultures. The program will include the music of Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Astor Piazzolla, and Paquito D’ Rivera as well as African American spirituals, and brand new works by award-winning composer Jack Stamp.
Classical Movements has been presenting the annual Ihlombe! South African Choral Festival across the country since 2009 and is the same company that brought the Minnesota Orchestra, as the first professional US Orchestra to tour to Africa, on their groundbreaking tour to South Africa in 2018. This time, they are bringing two renowned American chamber ensembles to the country.
More information can be found here: https://www.classicalmovements.com/moa-brass-south-africa-tour/