Pacific Arts Woodwind Quintet

PAWQ with composer Howard Hersh

The Pacific Arts Woodwind Quintet performed November 1, 2011 in the Recital Hall on the campus of the University of the Pacific.  The week before, they performed the same program at American River College in Sacramento.

Island Prelude (1988) Joan Tower ——— (b. 1938)

Wind Quintet in Ab, Op. 14 Gustav Holst  ——- (1874-1934)
I. Allegro moderato (un poco rubato)
II. Adagio
III. Minuet (in Canon), allegretto
IV. Air and Variations, poco allegro e cantabile

Variations for Woodwind Quintet –World Premier    —– Howard Hersh(b. 1948)

I.
II.
III. (Lullaby Pastorale)
IV.

Partita for Wind Quintet                                  Irving Fine

                                                                       (1914-1962)

Introduction and Theme

Variation

Interlude

Gigue

Coda

Wind Quintet                                                 Paul Moravec

                                                                    (1957-  )

Quarter note = 72

Lively

Quarter note = 72

Lyrical, legato

Lively

Moderato

Quick

Intermission

Pastorale (2009)                                                      David Carpenter

                                                                                                            (1972- )

Sextet for Pianoforte, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon, Gordon Jacob (1895-1984)

Elegiac Prelude

Scherzo

Cortege

Minuet and Trio

Rondo with Epilogue

Our Faculty Artist Series Recital on the campus of the University of the Pacific is scheduled for October 28th at 7:30pm.  A few days later  on November 4 we will take the program on the road to a lunch time concert at American River College in Sacramento. 

We will perform the following works:
David Carpenter (1972- ) — Pastorale (2009)

Irvine Fine (1914-1962)  — Partita for Wind Quintet

Gordon Jacob (1895-1984) — Sextet for Pianoforte, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon in collaboration with pianist Dashiel Reed

Paul Moravec (1957-  )  — Wind Quintet (2008)

The PAWQ spent an amazing 10 days in Panama recently. In addition to performing a concert, we worked closely with the Festival Orchestra of the Alfredo San Malo Festival.

Afternoon at the Causeway

Blomster and Krecji hanging at the University of Panama

Shands and Kuster Performing Soldier's Tale in the National Theater

A day off at Isla Taboga!

Pacific Arts Woodwind Quintet

Resident Artist Series Recital March 30, 2010 7:30pm Faye Spanos Concert Hall on the campus of University of the Pacific

The Pacific Arts Woodwind Quintet presents a Resident Artist Series Recital March 30, 2010 in Faye Spanos Concert Hall. The program includes the Quintette pour instruments à vent  by Taffanel.  Claude-Paul Taffanel (1844–1908), virtuoso flutist, teacher, and conductor is regarded as the father of the modern French school of flute-playing. Through an organization he founded, the Société de Musique de Chambre pour Instruments à Vent, he organized concerts and urged composers to expand the wind music repertoire.  In the spirit of that encouragement, PAWQ performs two recent additions to the woodwind repertoire, One is Three Piece Suite by Ohio composer Ralph Turek. A respected composer and the author of widely used college textbooks on music theory, Turek is also a pianist and sound synthesist who possesses an extensive repertoire of jazz, standards, and popular tunes.   This influence is easily heard and enjoyed in this playful work, with movements titled Scherzo, Free Form, and Jam.  The other new piece is an arrangement of some Debussy piano duets, the Six Épigraphes Antiques.   While Debussy did not leave a work specifically for a woodwind quintet, the arrangement of this Impressionist gem masterfully captures and highlights the unique characteristics and colors of a woodwind quintet.  Please join the Pacific Arts Woodwind Quintet for their last on-campus performance before they travel to Panama as Resident Guest Artists at the Festival de Música de Panamá, Alfredo de Saint Malo.

Program:

Quintette pour instruments à vent                       Claude-Paul Taffanel (1844-1908)

Allegro con moto

Andante

Vivace

Three Piece Suite                                              Ralph Turek

Scherzo

Free Form

Jam

Two Pieces from Six Épigraphes Antiques         Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arranged by Adrienne Inglis

I.                    Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d’été -modéré, dans le style d’une Pastoral

II.                 Pour que la nuit soit procipe -lent et expressif

The French Quintet for woodwind quintet….. Ron Caviani (1931-)
    I.
    II. Leisurely
    III. Very lively

Quintette pour instruments à vent …….Claude-Paul Taffanel (1844-1908)
   Allegro con moto
  Andante
   Vivace

Break

Three Piece Suite….. Ralph Turek
    Scherzo
    Free Form
    Jam

Three Shanties …….Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
   Allegro con brio
   Allegretto semplice
   Allegro vivace

We are performing in the Sacramento area on November 19th. http://www.sacramentomusic.org/chamber.html

The charming and buoyant Three Shanties, by Malcom Arnold, is one of the most standard and most beloved works in the woodwind quintet repertoire. Two more recent arrivals to the woodwind quintet repertoire will be featured alongside it on the November 3, 2009 Faculty Artist Series Recital by the Pacific Arts Woodwind Quintet.
These new works are the quintessentially atmospheric Viole de lune by Pacific composer, François Rose and the intricate and vividly stitched Quintet for Woodwinds by Californian composer John Marvin.

The Pacific Arts Woodwind Quintet will also share some selections of Panamanian folk songs and dances as a special preview to their May 2010 residency at the Alfredo De San Malo Music Festival in Panama City, Panama, Central America.

Members of the PAWQ have been working with members of the Stockton Youth Symphony towards a performance of Emile Bernard’s Divertissement , Op. 36 for 10 wind instruments.  The performance is Sunday April 26th in Faye Spanos Concert Hall.