Evening of music from Serbia and the Balkans begins at 8:30pm on May 10, 2009 at Carnegie Hall



JASNA POPOVIC. This Serbian-born pianist will take us through the evening of classical and traditional music from Serbia and the Balkans, on May 10th, 2009 in Weill Hall, at Carnegie Hall. Ms. Popovic is accompanied by Ana Milosavljevic and Lynn Bechtold on violin, Ismail Lumanovski on clarinet, Vasil Vasilev on piano, Jennifer De Vore on cello and Liuh-Wen Ting on viola. This exceptional group of acclaimed musicians will present the incredibly rich and beautiful musical heritage from the Balkans. The repertoire includes mostly compositions of Serbian composers, as well as Bela Bartok’s work, which is inspired by folk music collection from the region that he compiled for Columbia University in 1940s.

Composers: Bartok, Csicsko, Milosavljevic, Mokranjac, Raickovich, Tajcevic, Vasilev, Vrebalov

Following the concert, the performers will host the audience to a light fare and cocktails at the Bechstein Pianos showroom, located on 58th street, few steps away from the Carnegie Hall.

Tickets: $40, $35, $30 and $20 for students and seniors.

www.carnegiehall.org

Monday, May 4, 2009

Composer Aleksandra Vrebalov wrote about her piece....

Pannonia Boundless was commissioned by Kronos Quartet. I was asked to do six minutes of virtuosic music that would be based on Gypsy tunes and would employ a specific playing technique of these nomadic musicians.
After the research in Radio Novi Sad archives and many visits to Gypsy taverns in Vojvodina, I wrote this piece trying to capture the continuous journey, friction between an individual and society, love and passion for life.
Pannonia Boundless was released in 2000 on Kronos Caravan by Nonesuch, and published by Boosey & Hawkes in 2007.
It was used in a movie Soupirs d’ame, by a Canadian director Helen Doyle, and in a ballet The Little Prince, choreographed by Dusan Tynek in 2003.
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