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2013-2014 SEASON
RIVERSDALE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
Sunday, November 3, 2013. 2:30pm.
Riversdale House Museum
Riverdale Park, Maryland
Program:
Giuseppe Cambini: Wind Quintet No. 1 in Bb Major
Josef Bohuslav Foerster: Quintet op. 95
Samuel Barber: Summer Music
Evis Sammoutis: Metallaxis
Free admission.
THE EVOLUTION OF THE WIND QUINTET
Sunday, November 17, 2013. 1pm.
University of Maryland | Gildenhorn Recital Hall
College Park, Maryland
District5's premier recital at the University of Maryland as the Graduate Fellowship Wind Quintet. Beginning with the first piece ever written for this instrumentation, District5 traced the evolution of the wind quintet with an exciting and virtuosic collection of works.
Program:
Giuseppe Cambini: Wind Quintet No. 1 in Bb Major (1802)
Josef Bohuslav Foerster: Quintet op. 95 (1927)
Samuel Barber: Summer Music (1956)
Evis Sammoutis: Metallaxis (2006)
Free admission + reception.
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC WIND QUINTET RECITAL
Saturday, February 15, 2014. 8pm.
University of Maryland | Gildenhorn Recital Hall
College Park, Maryland
District5 joined the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet for the conclusion of their UMD recital in a performance of Charles Gounod's Petite Symphonie.
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DISTRICT5: S P A C E D O U T
March 7, 2014. 8pm.
University of Maryland | Gildenhorn Recital Hall
College Park, Maryland
District5: s p a c e d o u t presented a collection of works that explore different spatial arrangements of the quintet. By spreading the musicians throughout the recital hall, each piece challenged the listener to examine the performance space from a new perspective.
Program:
Gustav Holst: Mars "The Bringer of War" (trans. Alison Lowell)
*World premiere
Robert Schroyer, timpani
Karlheinz Stockhausen: ROTARY Woodwind Quintet
*U.S. premiere
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon duo decimi toni (trans. Alison Lowell)
*World premiere
Grace Lee, flute; Amanda Dusold, oboe; Kristi Licare, clarinet; Matthew Gray, horn; Ronn Hall, bassoon
Harrison Birtwistle: Five Distances for Five Instruments
Free admission.
ARTS CLUB OF WASHINGTON FRIDAY NOON CONCERT SERIES
Friday, April 4, 2014. 12pm.
Monroe House
Washington, DC
Program:
Franz Liszt: Transcendental Étude No. 5 "Feux Follets" (trans. David Plylar)
*World Premiere
Maurice Ravel: Selections from Le Tombeau de Couperin (trans. Mason Jones)
Evis Sammoutis: Metallaxis
Free admission.
COMMON TONE SERIES AT BUSBOYS AND POETS: THROW CAUTION TO THE WIND
Sunday April 6, 2014. 8pm.
Busboys and Poets
Hyattsville, Maryland
"It's better to err on the side of daring than on the side of caution." -Alvin Toffler
There are demands in music performance that create tension: for instance, the demand to play with impeccable technical precision, while simultaneously staying relaxed, fully expressive and unrestrained. In Throw Caution to the Wind, District5 put their inhibitions aside and tackled these tensions by performing some of the most colorful and virtuosic work for wind quintet, sharing what it's like, after countless hours of preparation, to simply let loose and perform.
Program:
Leonard Bernstein: Overture to Candide (trans. Don Stewart)
Paquito D'Rivera: Selections from Aires Tropicales
Alborada -Son - Vals Venezolano
Frank Zappa: Wind Quintet
Franz Liszt: Trancendental Étude No. F "Feux Follets" (trans. David Plyar)
Evis Sammoutis: Metallaxis
Maurice Ravel: Selections from Le Tombeau de Couperin (trans. Mason Jones)
Prélude - Rigaudon
Jean-Philippe Calvin: Selection from Klezet
Gefilte Fish
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DISTRICT5: TRANSCRIBED
Friday April 25, 2014. 8pm.
University of Maryland | Gildenhorn Recital Hall
College Park, Maryland
All transcriptions comprised District5's final recital of the season. This concert featured Mayron Tsong in the world premiere of the Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1, transcribed by David Plylar.
Program:
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1, Op. 25 (trans. David Plylar) *world premiere
Mayron Tsong, piano
Franz Liszt: Transcendental Étude No. 5 "Feux Follets" trans. David Plylar
Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin (trans. Mason Jones)
Leonard Bernstein: Overture to Candide (trans. Don Stewart)
Free admission.
BLOOMINGDALE FARMER'S MARKET
Sunday May 4, 2014. 10am.
Corner of 1st and R Streets, NW
Washington, DC
Today District5 played a free outdoor performance to celebrate the Spring re-opening of the Bloomingdale Farmer's market in conjunction with the LeDroit Chamber Players. It was the perfect excuse for everyone to enjoy their fruits + veggies, iced coffees, and music outside!
A classical setlist of Nielsen, Foerster, Ravel, and Cambini.
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