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
