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Haskell Small, piano
Musica Callada
Saturday, October 5, 2013
8:00 PM
Free
(donations welcome)
Westmoreland Congregational
UCC Church
1 Westmoreland Cir.
Bethesda, MD 20816
Directions
Program
Musica Callada (Voices of Silence)...Federico Mompou
Brief readings and commentary on 16th century
Spanish mystic San Juan de la Cruz
Rev. Timothy B. Tutt, Senior Minister
Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ
This concert is a unique experience in quietude, performed without intermission: approximately 1 hour, 22 minutes.
Listen to an excerpt of Small's recording of Musica Callada
Post-concert wine and conversation
Haskell Small will perform the complete Musica Callada, by Catalan Spanish composer Federico Mompou. This delicate set of 28 miniatures was composed between 1959 and 1967. Rarely performed, the work carries the listener through a serene musical journey in quietude peppered with moments of explosive contrast. The title of this set of pieces refers to a poem by the Spanish mystic St. John of the Cross, who expressed the idea of music as the voice of silence. While touring the US, Small will perform this work in diverse venues including monasteries, churches and other sites conducive to a contemplative experience.
Hailed by England's Musical Times for his "dazzlingly prodigious technique," Small has concertized with great success in major European capitals, South America, Japan and China, and has been enthusiastically received by American audiences in such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Spoleto Festival. He recently participated in an American Music Festival in Iceland. A prize winner in the Johann Sebastian Bach International Piano Competition, Small has received numerous awards and has been featured in the nationally broadcast PBS special, "A Celebration of the Piano." A Washington DC native, he is Chair of the Piano Department at the Washington Conservatory of Music.
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Upcoming Washington Conservatory 2013-14 Concerts Piano, Plus!
Saturdays at 8 pm │ FREE (donations welcome)
Westmoreland Congregational Church
1 Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda, MD 20816
Finghin Collins, piano
November 2
Brahms, Debussy, Mozart, Schubert
Piano Master Class: Nov. 3, 3 pm
Washington Conservatory at Glen Echo Park
Aurelius Gori, baritone
Maribeth Gowen, piano
December 7
Winterreise (Winter Journey) - Schubert
Alexander Paley, piano
January 4
Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring for 1 piano, 4 hands,
with Peiwen Chen, piano; Rachmaninoff Preludes
Cezanne Piano Trio
Kevin Jang, violin
Danielle Cho, cello
Martin Labazevitch, piano
February 1 Haydn, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich
Michael Adcock, piano
March 1
Bach, Balakirev, Beethoven, Chopin, Faur�
WCM Faculty Showcase
March 29 Celebration of Music
Audrey Andrist, piano
May 3
Beethoven, Chopin, Mobberley, Poulenc
All programs subject to change.
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The Washington Conservatory is a nationally accredited community music school serving the greater Bethesda, MD and Washington, DC area since 1984.
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