Morris, Santaella, Brahms: Devotion

Alyssa Morris (b. 1984)    

Brushstrokes

    Monet

    Seurat

    Van Gogh

    Pollock

Kim Breilein, flute     Jennifer Weeks, oboe   Pat Nelson, bassoon

(12 minutes)

Miguel Angel Santaella (b. 1971)    

A per quatro instrumenti

   Vivo!

Carolyn Canfield, violin Sam Sinai, cello Jennifer Weeks, oboe  Pat Nelson, bassoon

(11 minutes)

–intermission–

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op. 115

   Allegro

   Adagio

   Andantino

   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 Venezuela with Santaella’s  “A for winds and strings” which is both energetic and poetic, reminding us of shades of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and Copeland.  You will then be prepared for the main course, Brahms’ 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 “The Devotion Cocktail”.