Barbara Suhrstedt, piano
(Click on name for Bio)
FREDERICK HISTORICAL PIANO COLLECTION
Historical
Piano Concerts Series
at
the
Ashburnham
Community Church
Sunday,
May 3, 2009 at 4: 00 p.m.
|
Chester
Brezniak, clarinet
Barbara Suhrstedt, piano (Click on name for Bio) |
Program
| Three Pieces for Clarinet and Piano (arranged by A. Semyenev) | Reinhold
Glière
(1875-1956) |
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| Romance Op.35, No. 6 (1908) | ||
| Scherzo Op.45, No. 12 (1909) | ||
| Valse triste Op.35, No. 7 (1908) | ||
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| Three Romances: clarinet and piano | Peter
Tchaikovsky
(1840-1893) |
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| What Is Happening? Op.16, No. 5 (1872-’73) | ||
| Night Op.73, No. 2 (1893) | ||
| Serenade Op.63, No. 6 (1887) | ||
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| Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet (1919) | Igor
Stravinsky
(1882-1971) |
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| Three Pieces for Solo Piano | Alexander
Scriabin
(1872-1915) |
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| Etude in c#, Op.2, No. 1 (1887, publ. 1893) | ||
| Etude in Ab, Op.8, No. 8 (publ. 1895) | ||
| Prelude in eb, Op.11, No. 14 (publ. 1897) | ||
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| Three solo piano preludes, Op. 32 (1910) | Sergei
Rachmaninov
(1873-1943) |
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| No. 11 in B | ||
| No. 12 in g# | ||
| No. 10 in b | ||
Intermission
| Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano, H356 (1956) | Bohuslav
Martinu
(1890-1959) |
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| Rumanian
Folk Dances (1915)
(transcribed for clarinet by Chester Brezniak) |
Béla
Bartók
(1881-1945) |
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| Dance With Sticks | ||
| Waistband Dance | ||
| Stamping Dance | ||
| Hornpipe | ||
| Rumanian Children’s Polka | ||
| Quick Dance | ||
Piano by Blüthner, Leipzig, 1877
| For
this program, Chester Brezniak will play a model R13 Buffet clarinet in
A, and a DG Prestige model Buffet Bb clarinet. The initials DG stand for
Daniel Gautier, a chief acoustician and designer at Buffet for many years.
However, Mr. Brezniak uses a Morrie Backun "Fatboy" barrel and a Morales-Backun
bell for the Bb Prestige clarinet; for the A, he usually keeps the original
Buffet bell. Morrie Backun is a brilliant clarinet accessory innovator-designer-manufacturer
whose products are used by many clarinetists the world over, including
Ricardo Morales, principal clarinetist of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Clarinetists experiment continually with mouthpieces, bells, barrels, and various clarinets, in their quest for tonal beauty. Cocobolo wood, of which these Backun barrels and bells are made, displays shades of dark and light brown wood, a striking effect often noted by audience members at concerts. |
All pianos played in the concerts are from The Frederick Collection.
Unless otherwise stated, concerts are held at the Ashburnham Community Church, Main Street (Rte. 12) at Chapel Street.
Admission: $10.00 /adult (children and students, free)
The building is wheelchair accessible.
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