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European Influences on America
Item details
Date
Friday, July 19, 2024 8:00PM
Location
Norfolk Festival Music Shed
Name
Charles Ives & the American Tradition:
European Influences on America
Description
American classical music has long been indebted to the European tradition. This concert features European composers that had major influence on the American music scene.
Antonín Dvorák lived was the head of the first music conservatory in the United States, encouraging American composers to use folk music to create a national style. Ernst Bloch was the president of Cleveland Institute of Music and San Francisco Conservatory, while composing his distinctive music. Amy Beach, the lone American composer on the program, was educated in the European tradition while studying at the New England Conservatory.
ERNEST BLOCH From Jewish Life
AMY BEACH Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 150
IGOR STRAVINSKY Septet
ANTONÍN DVORÁK String Quintet, Op. 97, “American”
Frank Morelli bassoon
Daniel Phillips violin
Steven Tenenbom viola
Paul Watkins cello
Robert Blocker piano
and Norfolk Fellows
Tickets: $70 – $35, $10 Young Adults (19-35), Kids Come Free! (under 19)
Programs and artists are subject to change without notice. The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival follows all health and safety protocols required by Yale University.