Welcome to our second BCMS concert season at the Hotel Leo. We are delighted to share a vast selection of music and artists with you this season. BLA BLA, something Better Here
BCMS Opening Concert:
Elegance
September 24, 3:00pm
Hotel Leo Crystal Ballroom
Join us for our opening concert where we’ll share the elegant works of French organist, Fernande Decruck, who could improvise symphonies on the organ and 19th century British composer, Samuel Coleridge Taylor who was a pioneer of African-American folk music. The centerpiece of the concert will be soprano Heather Dudenbostel, singing popular works by 1950s composer, Vernon Duke and Franz Schubert’s glorious work for soprano, clarinet and piano, “Shephard on a Rock”.
Fernande Decruck (1896 – 1954)
Cappriccio & Pavane
Jennifer Weeks, oboe Erika Block, clarinet Pat Nelson, bassoon
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
The Shepherd on the Rock D. 965
Heather Dudenbostel, soprano Erika Block, clarinet BJ Block, piano
Vernon Duke (1903 – 1969)
selected songs – TBA
Heather Dudenbostel, soprano BJ Block, piano
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 – 1912)
Nonet in F minor Op. 2
I. Allegro energico
II. Andante con moto
III. Scherzo: Allegro
IV. Allegro vivace
Jennifer Weeks, oboe Erika Block, clarinet Michelle Rockwood, horn Pat Nelson, bassoon, Carolyn Canfield, violin Eric Kean, viola Eileen Brownell, cello double bass, and Kay Zavislak, piano
November 12, 3:00pm
Passion
Hotel Leo Crystal Ballroom
William Grant Still (1895 – 1978)
Vignettes
Jennifer Weeks, oboe Pat Nelson, bassoon, Eli Schille-Hudson, guitar
Kevin Puts (1972- )
And Legions will Rise
Dawn Posey, violin Erika Block, clarinet marimba
Johannes Brahms (1833-1896)
String Sextet No. 2 in G Major Op. 36
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Scherzo-Allegro non tropo-Presto giocoso
III. Adagio
IV. Poco allegro
(Approx. 30 minutes)
Dawn Posey, Lenelle Morse, violin Eric Kean, Lisa Humphrey, viola Sarah Rommel, Sam Sinai, cello
February 4th, 3:00pm
Radiance
Hotel Leo Crystal Ballroom
Carl Nielsen (1797-1828)
Serenata in vano CNW 691
I. Allegro non troppo ma brioso
II. Un poco adagio
III. Tempo di marcia
Erika Block, clarinet Pat Nelson, bassoon Michelle Rockwood, horn cello Spencer Hoveskeland, bass
(8 minutes)
Carolyn Canfield, violin Coral Marchant, cello Jennifer Weeks, oboe Pat Nelson, bassoon
(11 minutes)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op. 115
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Andantino
IV. Con Moto
Carolyn Canfield, Lenelle Morse, violin Eric Kean, viola Sarah Rommel, cello Erika Block, clarinet
(40 minutes)
Bathe in the beauty of lush sonorities and transporting melodies while you begin your journey with Alyssa Morris’ musical portraiture “Brush Strokes” based on Impressionist and Contemporary paintings. Then travel to Venezuala with Santaella’s “A” for winds and strings which is both energetic and poetic which will prepare you for the main course, Brahm’s Quintet for Clarinet and Strings. Brahms came out of retirement to write this piece for clarinetist Richard Muhlfeld after hearing him play. The work features exquisite musical melodies, dark colors, bold singing lines and Hungarian folk idioms.
The BCMS Signature cocktail for this show will be the Cupid Spritz.
Between Two Worlds
SOLD OUT
March 11, 7:30pm
The Blue Room
Between Two World: Exploring the space between Classical and Jazz Music
BJ Block, guitar Christian Casolary, drums Roger Yamishita, bass
Erika Block, clarinet Jennifer Weeks, oboe Pat Nelson, bassoon
What separates the languages of Classical and Jazz Music? In this special evening, we celebrate the similarities between these two great languages. The BJ Block trio joins rioT, for an incredible evening of jazz, classical and crossover music that celebrates our similarities and our differences.