LEONARD BERNSTEIN

Music composer

DARIUS MILHAUD

Music composer

MAURICE RAVEL

MUSIC COMPOSER

CLAUDE DEBUSSY

MUSIC COMPOSER

​ Titans of the 20th Century
​Music Marathon for two pianos
at 
Jamesport Meeting House
1590 Main Rd, Jamesport, NY 11947
 
Sunday, April 16th, 2023, 4:00pm-7:00pm

Masterpieces for Two Pianos
​by
Darius Milhaud, Claude Debussy,
​Maurice Ravel, Leonard Bernstein

Pianists
Anna Vertypolokh & Jocelyn Lee, 
Brianna Tang & Owen Dodds, 
Jina Kim & Kyungwha Chu, 
    Sunmi Han and Soo Yeon Cho,
Lara Saldanha & Muli Yu

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 Presentation
TITANS OF THE 20th CENTURY is the first Piano Marathon at the Rites of Spring Music Festival presenting the music of the most powerful musical figures in the last century.
TITANS OF THE 20th CENTURY is a wonderful program that will explore piano masterpieces of Darius Milhaud, Claude Debussy, ​Maurice Ravel, Leonard Bernstein, looking at how these composers' incorporated rhythm, impressionism, and eclecticism into their innovative works. The 20th century was a dynamic time for artists across the globe. New frontiers opened by aviation, recording technology, and telecommunications channeled to artists stimulating ideas and materials from all over the world.
This rousing musical proposal presented by Rites of Spring Music Festival as the Avant premiere of the new season kicking off in May is the incredible result of joint forces with the Department of Music at Stony Brook University.
Heartfelt thanks go to Tina Dahl, wonderful pianist and chairman of the Department of Music and Gil Kalish, professor of piano, legendary pianist and major figure in American music making.
Eight young and talented pianists trained by Tina Dahl and Gil Kalish will give life to this piano marathon: Anna Vertypolokh, Jocelyn Lee, Brianna Tang, Owen Dodds, Jina Kim, Kyungwa Chu, Sunmi Han and Soo Yeon Cho, Lara Saldanha and Muli Yu.

This is a production of
Rites of Spring Music Festival
in collaboration with
Music Department of Stony Brook University.

PROGRAM 
First Part  4:00pm - 5:15pm 
Darius Milhaud           Scaramouche op. 165b for two pianos Composed: 1937
                                              • Vif 
                                              • Modéré 
                                              • Brazileira 
                                               Anna Vertypolokh and Jocelyn Lee, two pianos 

Claude Debussy          En Blanc et Noir for two pianos Composed: 1915
                                                • Avec emportement
                                                • Lent. Sombre
                                                • Scherzando 
                                                Brianna Tang and Owen Dodds, two pianos 

Maurice Ravel              La Valse Choreographic poem for orchestra (arr. for two pianos) 
                                               Composed: 1920
                                          Jina Kim and Kyungwha Chu, two pianos

Intermission  
PROGRAM 
Second Part 6:00pm - 7:00pm 
Igor Stravinsky          The Rite of Spring Part II: The Sacrifice Composed: 1913
                                              Introduction
                                              Mystic Circle of the Young Girls
                                              The Glorification of the Chosen One
                                              Evocation of the Ancestors (Ancestral Spirits)
                                              Ritual Action of the Ancestors
                                              Sacrificial Dance (the Chosen One)
                                          Sunmi Han and Soo Yeon Cho, two pianos

Leonard Bernstein      Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story” (arr. for two pianos) 
                                                  Composed: 1961
                                                 Prologue
                                                  Somewhere
                                                  Scherzo
                                                  Mambo
                                                  Cha-cha
                                                  Meeting Scene
                                                  Cool Fugue
                                                  Rumble
                                                  Finale
                                                   Lara Saldanha and Muli Yu, two pianos

​Public Funds come from the Statewide Community Regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Huntington Arts Council.  
Public Funds come from the Suffolk County Omnibus Grant, ​sponsored by Legislator Al Krupski and with the support of the Suffolk County Legislature. The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation has provided additional dedicated support for music events in historical buildings.