Kansas City Chamber Orchestra
4 May 2019 Concert
8 PM
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Kansas City, MO
Welcome to my KCCO Concert Page!
This is a collection of info about the concert:
- the program
- my principal promo video you might have seen on Facebook or Instagram
- the main blog post I wrote on the concert
other resources like:
- purchasing tickets online
- the Holmquist Music YouTube playlist page with recordings of all the works
- directions to the concert venue
as well as short sections with hyperlinks to interesting info about:
- composer Dorothy Chang
- tenor Josh Lovell
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Ward
THE PROMOTIONAL VIDEO (1:33)
THE PROGRAM
Overture to La scala di seta – Gioacchino Rossini
Virtuosities for string orchestra – Dorothy Chang
Ah dov'è il cimento? from Semiramide – Gioacchino Rossini
Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête... Pour mon âme, quel destin! from La fille du régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment) – Gaetano Donizetti
Ich baue ganz auf deine Stärke - Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in g minor, K. 550 - Mozart
RESOURCES
Purchase Tickets
Holmquist Music YouTube playlist
Directions
KCCO Website
Blog Post on Concert from Ward Holmquist
KC Chamber Orchestra Concert – 4 May 2019
SEASON AND SENTIMENT “If people did not love one another, I really don’t see what use there would be in having any spring.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables After too many gray-black days and too frequent windshield ice-scraping, I feel like I’m about to get skewered in a Game of Thrones battle. This final, most…
Composer
Dorothy Chang
Dorothy is a composer recommended to me by KCCO music director and conductor Bruce Sorrell. As I investigated her work, I was taken by the clarity of expression, and the vivid emotional responses it elicits. Her varied output includes works using Chinese folk instruments, and collaborative theater pieces.
It goes without saying that female composers in the public ear are miserably few in number. Dorothy is clearly well trained and practiced in her craft. In a world where anyone can "create" music (a fact I love and relish), her intellect and talent easily distinguish her as someone whose creations should be heard, experienced, mulled over and discussed. And most importantly, enjoyed!
Her excellent website will tell you all you might want to know about her, with a plentiful number of recordings.
For more info, check out:
- Her website
- Her SoundCloud account (for music recordings)
- An interesting 15 minute interview available on YouTube
Tenor
Josh Lovell
During my search for a guest soloist I contacted several of my favorite artist representatives who have keen eyes and ears for the best of the young artists, and Josh popped to the surface quickly.
He has a bright, extremely agile and expressive tenor voice. His pedigree with major young artist programs like San Francisco Opera (Merola program), Lyric Opera of Chicago (Ryan Young Artist program) and his forthcoming participation as an ensemble member with the Vienna State Opera is already high praise. As we discussed repertoire, he offered the devilishly difficult (with a high D!) Semiramide aria. I jumped at the chance to program it!
For more info, check out:
- His roster page with highly regarded IMG Artists representatives (including bio and videos)
- My YouTube playlist with recordings of the concert selections
