Chamber Music by Prokofiev and music by Tania León on “Fiesta!”
Sunday January 9: Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center (CMS 22-16)
Folk Music
Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes for Clarinet, String Quartet, and Piano, Op. 34
David Shifrin, Clarinet; Calidore String Quartet (Jeffrey Myers, Violin I; Ryan
Meehan, Violin II; Jeremy Berry, Viola; Estelle Choi, Cello); Anne-Marie
McDermott, Piano
Rzewski: “Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues” from Four North American Ballads for Piano
Gilles Vonsattel, Piano
And
Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari (FST 21-41)
Tania León: Cuban ‐ American Composer
Tania León has a very diverse background, born in Cuba; she has French, Spanish, Chinese and
African ancestors. She has lived in the US since 1967 and has become one of foremost living
American composers whose always finds a way to reflect her Cuban musical roots.
Tania León: Saoko. Meridian Arts Ensemble
Tania León: Oh Yemanja. Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Margaret Kampmeier, piano
Tania León: Bailarín. David Starobin, guitar
Tania León: Del Caribe, soy! Néstor Torres, flute; Tania León, piano
Tania León: Ritual. Maria Thompson Corley, piano
Tania León: Batéy Puntilla and New Generation. Western Wind Vocal Ensemble; Tania León