JamKazam Classical Music Festival [LIVE]
Free
Francis Poulenc — Flute Sonata, FP 164
Lou Harrison — Varied Trio for Violin, Piano, and Percussion
Gabriel Fauré — Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
Mark G. Simon — Friday Morning
Jonathan Newmark — Outro 1 3 5
Johan Halvorsen / George Frideric Handel — Passacaglia for Violin and Viola
Alec Wilder — Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Steve Lacy — Art
Anton Webern — 3 Volkstexte Op.17
Johan Halvorsen — Selected works
George Frideric Handel — Selected works
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Selected works
Traditional — Selected works
JamKazam is hosting a live classical music festival, in which members of the JamKazam community perform classical pieces of music in ensembles where each musician plays from home over the Internet using the JamKazam platform.
The lineup of ensembles follows:
Marcello Duo
We are two classically trained cellists, members of the Farnborough Symphony Orchestra, who started playing together to explore the rich sound world of the cello duet. We play both classical works written specifically for cello duet and arrangements of popular tunes.
Time: Approx. 30 minutes
duo Kalon
Franziska Jaschke, flute
Alessio Nocita, piano
The duo Kalon features Franziska Jaschke (flute) and Alessio Nocita (piano). Both players have a long international concert career as soloists, orchestra and chamber musicians. They will perform famous sonatas for flute and piano from the post-romantic and modern repertoire: the Sonata "Undine" by Carl Reinecke (1824-1910) and the Sonata for Flute and Piano by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963).
Time: Approx. 30 minutes
Sonic Liberation Players
We are a chamber ensemble, and the piece we will play is Lou Harrison's Varied Trio from 1987 for Violin, Piano, & Percussion. We are playing 2 movements from the piece: "I. Gending" and "IV. Rondeau in Honor of Fragonard".
Time: Approx. 10 minutes
Carnac Quartet
We are a classic piano quartet, that is, violin, viola, cello and piano. Our performance includes something old – the first two movements from Gabriel Fauré's Op. 15 piano quartet – and something new – two short pieces by composers in the Washington, DC area. The works in the order in which we will play them are: Friday Morning, by Mark G. Simon; Fauré I (Allegro molto moderato); Fauré II (Allegro vivo); and Outro 1,3,5, by Jonathan Newmark.
Time: Approx. 25 minutes
The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Suzuki Guitar Ensemble
We will play a set of mostly Brazilian pieces we learned and rehearsed solely on JamKazam while in pandemic lockdown since March. All of the students began playing classical guitar when they were 4 and 5 years old in the Brooklyn Conservatory Suzuki Program directed by Michele Horner. They are now in high school.
Time: Approx. 15 minutes
Dynamic Duo
We are a violin and viola duo and have been playing together for years. We perform classical and contemporary music regularly as a duo and individually, as well as pop, rock, hiphop, and jazz. We'll be playing one of the well known duo pieces - the Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia for Violin and Viola, as well as a W.A. Mozart Duo, and an original piece to close out the show.
Web: http://www.trevornew.com/ and http://www.warptrio.com/
Time: Approx. 15 minutes
Rob Tycko and Sally Livingston
Will perform the Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, written by Alec Wilder in 1963. This piece combines a variety of styles, ranging from rhythmical fugues to sentimental songs and graceful waltzes. The overall sound is distinctly American.
Time: Approx. 20 minutes
Parallel Play
Cindy Harris, autoharp
Jody Kruskal, Anglo concertina
Parallel Play is the duo of Cindy Harris (autoharp, Pittsburgh, PA) and Jody Kruskal (Anglo concertina, Brooklyn, NY). For this concert, we present a variety of popular English country dance tunes drawn from manuscripts documented in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was common for classical composers to imitate and quote the popular dance music of the common people in their operas, symphonies and courtly concert music. Today, English Country dancing with live music continues to attract a vibrant community of dancers and musicians around the world.
Time: Approx. 20 minutes
The Steve Lacy Project
Diane Richardson, soprano
Steve Duke, saxophone
Danny Faith, percussion
Michael Druxman, double bass
Description: A 20-minute program of music by Steve Lacy; some classical in form, and some freely improvised and notated. Performed by Diane Richardson, Soprano; Steve Duke, Saxophone; Danny Faith, Percussion; and Michael Druxman, Contrabass. Free Miniatures - #’s 2-5, freely improvised based on thematic material, composed by Steve Lacy. Anton Webern Op. 17.
Art… One of Herman Melville’s last poems (ca. 1890), set to music by Steve Lacy.
Time: Approx. 20 minutes
The livestream will take place at 10am Pacific.
This festival is free to attend, but if you enjoy the music, please do consider tipping the artists. 100% of tips go to the artists. You can tip via paypal.me/jamkazam or Venmo @jamkazam.