We are thrilled to be presenting Cavatina Duo on July 12th! This event represents ACG’s sixth annual collaborative presentation with Austin Chamber Music Center. Starting at 7:30pm on the 12th, the music of the world’s foremost guitar and flute duo will fill UT’s Bates Recital Hall, and we hope you will join us! Tickets are available at AustinClassicalGuitar.org or 512-300-2247.
We’ve just received the duo’s program (below), which is a marvelous blend of everything from a Bach Sonata to traditional Balkan pieces arranged by Clarice Assad.
The program also features the newest work by our composer in residence, Dr. Joseph V. Williams II. When asked recently about the piece, Williams said, “I was overjoyed to create a piece for the outstanding Cavatina Duo. At their request, I drew inspiration from the Sephardic Jews who lived in Spain up until the 15th Century. This piece, entitled Isabel, pays tribute to the tragic history of Isabel de los Olivos y López and her persecution during the Spanish Inquisition. It draws from the Sephardic folk song Durme, durme mi linda donzella and bears witness to her struggle.”
Eugenia Moliner, Flute
Denis Azabagic, Guitar
Austin, TX
July 2014
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata in E major for flute and continuo (BWV 1035)
Adagio ma non tanto
Allegro
Andante
Allegro
Clarice Assad (b. 1977)
Three Balkan pieces
Ratchenitsa (trad. Bulgarian)
Ajde slusaj, slusaj (trad. Macedonian)
Kalajdzijsko Oro (trad. Macedonian)
Commissioned by Cavatina Duo
Ástor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Adiós Nonino
(arr. Ian Murphy)
Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
Variations on “O Cara armonia” from Mozart’s The Magic Flute
(arr. Alan Thomas)
Intermission
Joe Williams (b. 1979)
Isabel (In Memory of Isabel de los Olivos y Lopez)
Written for Cavatina Duo
Alan Thomas (b. 1968)
Out of Africa (solo guitar)
Call at Sunrise
Morning Dance
Zenith
Evening Dance
Cradle Song
Alan Thomas
Fantasy on themes from La Traviata, after Krakamp, Briccialdi, and Tarrega
Commissioned by Cavatina Duo
