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Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Rushton Haskell Classically Inclined Series
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
at 7 p.m. Prelude discussion at 6 p.m. Jemison Concert Hall $75$55$45$35 Student
$25 |
Turtle Island Quartet & the Assad Brothers Known
for their ingenious, eclectic programs, these two ensembles create something altogether different with “String Theory,”
an evening of wild celebration, astounding virtuosity and deep beauty from the rhythms of Africa and melodies of the Appalachian
Mountains, to the poetry of the Balkans, and passion of Brazil - and everything in between as they perform the works of Chick
Corea, Egberto Gismonti, Astor Piazzola, Ralph Towner, and more. Extraordinary improvisers, composers and arrangers, Turtle Island brings audiences along for a
truly memorable ride. The Turtle Island Quartet is the American quartet for music lovers in the 21st century. Assad Brothers
are "the best two-guitar team i existence, maybe even in history...no amount of anticipation could have prepared me for
the Brazilian brothers' daringly flexible, eerily unanimous ensemble playing..it was as if they could see inside each
other's head." - Washington Post This program has been made
possible by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 7 p.m. Prelude discussion at 6 p.m. Jemison Concert Hall $85 $65 $55 $45 Student $20 |
Marsalis Brasilianos
is a celebration of the music of Hector Villa-Lobos, featuring Branford Marsalis and members of the Philarmonia Brasileira
commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the revered Brazilian composer's death. Bringing together Grammy Award winning
saxophonist Branford Marsalis, who has long been known as a giant in the Jazz world, and is increasingly being recognized
as a complex and sensitive classical musician, with the Brazilian Orchestra allows the language of Villa-Lobos' compositions
to truly shine. Tentative
Repertoire Fantasia
for Saxophone, A490 Villa-Lobos Suite for Strings, A054
Villa-Lobos La
Creation de Monde, op81 Mihaud Bachianas Brasilieras no 5,
A389 Villa-Lobos
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Friday, January 23, 2009 @ 8:00 p.m. Prelude discussion at 7:00 p.m. Jemison Concert Hall $65 $45 $35 $25 Student $20 |
The Birmingham Music Club Guild proudly
sponsors Drew Mays, Pianist Birmingham physician Dr. Andrew Mays is a testament to the power of dreams and hard work. In 2007 Mays
won the Van Cliburn Foundation’s International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, the oldest competition for
amateur pianists in the U.S. He studied music at the Manhattan School of Music and the University of Alabama and attended
UAB School of Medicine. A past winner of the prestigious BMC Scholarship, the Birmingham Music Club Guild celebrates Dr. Mays
achievement and talent with this special musical event. “Mays…demonstrated that he is a player with both
tremendous technical resources and an undeniable ability to rouse a crowd.”
– The Birmingham News Birmingham
Music Club Scholarship Winner 1980 and 1981 Hear Drew Mays perform Beethoven, Sonata in C major.
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Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 8 p.m. Prelude discussion at 7 p.m. Jemison Concert Hall $75 $55 $45 $35 Student $20 |
The music of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition is combined with projection of the
award-winning film based on paintings choreographed to the composition. The film won the "Excellence in Cinema"
Award at the New York Independent Film & Video Festival and serves as a visual translation of the music. The powerful
program continues with Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence and Borodin's Nocturne. "The big-screen projection is an uninterrupted suite of delight, with effects of movement, space and depth,
always successful achieved."
- Le Presse, Montreal Check it out on U-Tube:
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