Because of its intimate nature, chamber music has been described as "the music of friends" where audiences connect to the "conversation" of the musicians because the music is played in intimate spaces.

Our first concert is conducted by Maestro Shimada and played by a smaller Orchestra at Christ Church in Corning. The series concludes with two of our popular OSFL Chamber Series concerts, one at the Rockwell Museum of Western Art and the other at the Chemung Valley History Museum.

Made Possible in Partnership – the OSFL Chamber Series is sponsored by CEMA, the Rockwell Museum of Western Art in Corning, and Chemung Valley History Museum in Elmira.

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Friday, November 4, 2011 at 7:30 pm

Christ Episcopal Church, Corning

Many of our own connections often begin with inspiration. Corelli's exquisite Italian instrumental style that you'll hear in his fourth Concerto Grosso also served a similar purpose for Vivaldi, another extraordinary composer-violinist. The beautiful, dark voice quality of our guest mezzo-soprano Jangmin Kug provides a perfect fit for Vivaldi's masterpiece, Stabat Mater -a Roman Catholic hymn to Mary. Ms. Kug, a Painted Post resident, has been heard on the operatic stage and the recital hall throughout much of the world. Toshi ushers in the classical period and a change of mood and character with Mozart's Second Horn Concerto performed by our fine Principal Hornist Tyler Ogilvie. Mozart's hunting horn makes another appearance in his rich and dramatic 29th Symphony, our closing work, unbelievably written at the age of 18.

Program:

CORELLI Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 6, No. 4
VIVALDI Stabat Mater (Jangmin Kug, Mezzo)
MOZART Horn Concerto No. 2 (Tyler Ogilvie, Horn)
MOZART Symphony No. 29 in A Major

Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Corning, NY

In association with the Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Norm Wilcox will be featuring his terrific group, The Brass Menagerie, which first performed for one of the Corning Menagerie, which first performed for one of the Corning Philharmonic's chamber concerts in the late 1980s! You might be surprised at the variety of gorgeous sounds produced by this group in works spanning numerous time periods using a mix of instrumental combinations. You'll also hear some intriguing short narration from the players about their instruments, as well as some special musical connections to the spectacular pieces of Western American art at the Rockwell Museum.

Program

SCHEIDT/DEJONG Canzona Bergamasca
DEBUSSY/HOLCOME Chanson: Lord, Lovely Hast Thou Made My Dear!
CABLE A Newfoundland Sketch
BACH/SAUER Fugue in G Major
GRAINGER/STANHOPE Shepherd’s Hey
NORM WILCOX Mode Swings (Premiere)
MAURER/NAGEL Three Pieces
TRADITIONAL/VILLANUEVA Simple Gifts
DEBUSSY/HOLCOME Golliwog’s Cakewalk
Arr. NAGLE George M Cohan Medley

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After silence, that which comes nearest
to expressing the inexpressible is music.

-Aldous Huxley

All programs, dates, and locations subject to change.