Different Voices – Videocast, plus pre-concert zoom on May 13, 7pm

Artistic Directors Laura Gilbert & Jonathan Bagg are again joined by pianist Mimi Solomon for wide ranging program of 20th & 21st century works. David Sanford’s “Klatka Still” for flute and piano was inspired by 70s jazz-rock group “Blood, Sweat & Tears”; Stephen Jaffe’s “Four Pieces Quasi Sonata” also has pop-inspired elements. Russian composer Tatiana Nikolaeva’s delightfully playful “Trio” and Undine Smith Moore’s “Afro-American Suite” bring two brilliant but less familiar mid-20th-century women composers to the fore, completing a richly varied program.

NEW: Pre-concert discussion. On Thursday May 13 at 7 pm the artists & composer Stephen Jaffe will host a pre-concert discussion in anticipation the Saturday event. Please join is for this informative and pleasant conversation!

Tatiana Nikolayeva: Trio for Flute, Viola and Piano, Op. 18 (1958)

• I. Prelude. Moderato;
• II. Scherzo. Presto;
• III. Monologue (Solo Viola). Adagio;
• IV. Aria. Moderato;
• V. Intermezzo. Allegro molto;
• VI. Pastorale. Andante;
• VII. Fantasy March. Tempo di marcia;
• VIII. Finale. Allegro ma non troppo

2. Stephen Jaffe: Four Pieces Quasi Sonata (2006)

• i. Paysage (lyric resonance; bell dove, bones, the blues, lamentation);
• ii. Dialogue of figures;
• iii. Calmo, dolce – flexible and fluid rhythmically;
• iv. Tornello (eine kleine pop-musik)     

3. David Sanford: Klatka Still (2009)

• In two movements

4. Undine Smith Moore: Afro-American Suite (1969)

• 1. Nobody Knows the Trouble I See, Lord; Brothers Will You Pray for Me; Help Me;
• 2. I Heard the Preaching of the Elder, Preaching the Word of God;
• 3. Who is that Yonder? Oh it Looks Like My Lord, Coming in a Cloud;
• 4. Shout All Over God’s Heaven