The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra kicks off its 74th season with guest conductor Anu Tali at the podium for a program of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Glass’ First Violin Concerto featuring violinist Jennifer Koh, Torke’sBright Blue Music, and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
TACO Classical Concert Series
Saturday, September 22 • 8:00pm
The VETS, Providence
Anu Tali, conductor
Jennifer Koh, violin
BACH/STOKOWSKI Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
GLASS Violin Concerto No.1
TORKE Bright Blue Music
MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition
Before & After the Concert 7:00pm
Pre-concert Talk with Francisco Noya
Post-concert Talk with Anu Tali
Open Rehearsal
Friday, September 21 at 5:30pm
The VETS, Providence
Security at The VETS
Heightened security measures have been implemented at The VETS to include Providence Police Details at all events. Please be advised that all bags may be inspected at the discretion of VETS security and/or the police officer on site. Items confiscated will not be returned. Please be advised that suitcases, briefcases, large bags, and laptops are not allowed in the building. Additionally, outside food and drinks are not permitted inside the venue.
The Carter Center Monday–Friday: 9am–4:30pm
667 Waterman Ave
East Providence, RI 02914
The VETS Friday Concert Days: 3:30pm–Showtime Saturday Concert Days: 4pm–Showtime
1 Avenue of the Arts
Providence, RI 02903
Supper Club
Enjoy a special buffet at the Renaissance Hotel, adjacent to The VETS, at 6pm on Classical Saturdays. Francisco Noya gives a pre-concert talk at 6:30pm,
then take your seat for the 8pm performance!
To RSVP email ljohnson-carvalho@riphil.org Deadline for reservations and cancellations is Wednesday, September 19!
About the Conductor
Anu Tali
Anu Tali is one of the most intriguing conductors on the international scene. In August 2013, Tali became music director for the Sarasota Orchestra. She continues in her role as chief conductor of the Nordic Symphony Orchestra, which she founded in 1997 together with her twin sister Kadri Tali to develop cultural contacts between Estonia and Finland and unite musicians from around the world. Read more…
About the Artist
Jennifer Koh
In 2014, Jennifer Koh gave a riveting performance with the RI Philharmonic Orchestra of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, captivating a record-setting audience. She is recognized for intense, commanding performances, delivered with dazzling virtuosity and technical assurance. Ms. Koh was named Musical America’s 2016 Instrumentalist of the Year, and won the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Concert Artists Guild Competition and an Avery Fisher Career Grant. Read more…
About the concert: stories behind the music
The Toccata and Fugue in D Minor became world-famous when Stokowskiconducted it in the opening scenes of Walt Disney’s film Fantasia (1940), visually enhanced by stunning abstract graphics.
Music with popular touches is the hallmark of Philip Glass. Appealing equally to fans of rock, jazz and classical music, Glass is the ultimate “crossover” composer. Glass’s style became associated with a new trend in American music called Minimalism.
Torke said, “The key of the piece, D major (from which there is no true modulation), has been the color blue for me since I was five-years-old.Bright Blue Music continues the compositional development of my past two pieces, but does so with a new-found freedom and lyricism, and a new language: tonality.”
The origin of Pictures at an Exhibition goes back to 1873. That year saw the death of Victor Hartmann, architect and artist, who was a close friend of Mussorgsky’s. The composer expressed his sorrow at the loss to Russian critic Vladimir Stassov, who had first introduced them. The following year, Stassov helped to arrange an exhibition of 400 of Hartmann’s watercolors and drawings in St. Petersburg.
Todos creemos que sabemos cómo cepillarnos los dientes; una buena lavada en la mañana y en la noche, una buena enjuagada y tal vez un enjuague bucal...
