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Jacaranda Music
Jacaranda Music produces classical music adventures designed to awaken curiosity, passion, and discovery with a spirit of inclusion. Based in Santa Monica since 2003, this curated concert series is dedicated to advancing the impact of soloists and ensembles with live music, recordings, music videos, and education.
*Programming and artists subject to change, please refer to the participating organization’s calendar listing for the most up-to-date program.
Events
Perilous Balance
The third of 16 planned concerts and four events, Perilous Balance sees three young composers respond to Arnold Schoenberg’s groundbreaking Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11 with three brand new compositions. Also premiering is Peter Knell’s orchestral synthesis of ARKHIPOV, his gripping two-act opera depicting a Soviet submarine run amok. Among its musical arsenal, Arkhipov Synthesis uses a key technique invented by Schoenberg. Additionally, Tomas Peire Serrate's Awake reconsiders Schoenberg’s famous “Pierrot ensemble” with a fresh approach.
Piece(s)/Composer(s)
ELEGY IN A FLAT MAJOR
WAGNER
THREE PIANO PIECES, OP. 11
SCHOENBERG
PIANO SONTATA, OP. 1
BERG
FIVE MOVEMENTS FOR STRING QUARTET, OP. 5
WEBERN
ARKHIPOV SYNTHESIS, 2023
Peter KNELL
Program Notes
Schoenberg revered Wagner whose piano Elegy introduces the expressionist moods of Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11, Schoenberg’s first important piano work. The passion of Berg’s Piano Sonata Op. 1, a single movement ripe with Wagnerian chromaticism follows. Lyris Quartet performs Webern’s zingy Five Pieces of String Quartet. Then Jacaranda Chamber Ensemble, with David Bloom conducting, gives the world premiere of Peter Knell’s Arkhipov Synthesis.