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Acting Concertmaster Deborah Buck introduces the short violin piece "Chocolate Cake" by reading a new poem by the composer, Bruce Adolphe.
Violinist Laura Bald plays a violin quartet arrangement of Bread and Roses, and talks about the history of this song, the labor movement and women's suffrage movement in the US. The lyrics were originally a poem written by James Oppenheim, later set to music by Mimi and Richard Farina.
Stamford Symphony principal horn Larry DiBello plays a duet with himself! Mozart's Duo No. 1 from 12 Duos for Horn (1786) K.487/496a.
Zohar Schondorf talks about why "Laudatio" is meaningful to him, and then performs this work written in 1966 by Bernhard Kroll. This performance took place in 2018 in Queens, NY.
Music Director Michael Stern traded in his baton for a rolling pin at our live event on August 17th! If you missed it, you can watch his conversation about cooking and music with four colleagues from the Stamford Symphony: violists Adria Benjamin and Shelley Holland-Moritz, trombonist Richard Clark, and cellist Peter Sanders. Hear stories from their lives on and off the concert stage. Excerpts of music performed by our musicians and recipes included.
Stamford Symphony violinist Patricia Davis demonstrates how Estonian composer Arvo Pärt uses many unusual violin techniques in his composition “Fratres” for violin and piano. She talks about what this piece means to her, and then presents a recording of the full piece she made with pianist Heather Toews.
Concert audio mastered by John Hegner of Starbell Hatchery Recording Studio.