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Apollo's upcoming programs this season will intimately delve into the unique
folk elements of two specific European countries: Germany and Spain. While highlighting venerated works by a few
of the giants of the musical world - Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Sarasate - we will also feature original arrangements of rediscovered
and rarely heard folk melodies from each of these uniquely fascinating and romantic countries.
'Gypsies and Toreadors: Folk Dances from Spain' Saturday, May 7th, 2011. 8pm Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music at Rice University
The final
concert of Apollo's 2010-2011 season will illuminate the Spanish folk and gypsy dance. The program will feature Sarasate's
dynamic and virtuosic 'Jota Navarra' and 'Zigeunerweisen,' show-pieces for violin and piano, a quartet arrangement of his
famed 'Introduction and Tarantella,' and an eclectic set of spanish folk melodies transcribed and arranged for string instrumentation.
Joaquin Turina's fervently passionate Piano Quartet in A minor and lush 'Bullfighter's Prayer' will provide a fitting end
to an evening of Spanish vitality.
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Click here for CultureMap's coverage and article about the concert! 'Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Bring the
Funk and Folk' Saturday, March 19th, 2011 8pm Zilkha Hall
Join Apollo for an evening of music
by the Germanic heavyweights of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras. The program will feature selections from JS
Bach's dance-infused E Major Partita, Beethoven's captivating Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, and Brahms' thrilling and impassioned
Piano Quartet in C Minor. While focusing on the folk-based inspiration imbued in each of these works, we will also highlight
the unique veneration each of these towering composers possessed for one another, and the turmoil endured to create such masterpieces.
Also highlighting the program will be the premiere of a set of German/Bavarian folk melodies arranged for strings. Partita No. 3 in E Major
(selections) JS Bach
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 10 in G Major L. Beethoven Intermission Traditional German/Bavarian
Folk Melodies M. Detrick Piano Quartet
in C Minor, Op. 60
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