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Blues and Rags to Riches
Music by William Bolcom, Ravel, and Brahms
Roy Malan, artistic director and violin
Susan Freier, violin; Polly Malan, viola
Stephen Harrison, cello; Ian Scarfe, piano
From blues and rags to riches says it all; a journey from lightheartedness to profundity, at the tiller the creative guiding hands of three master composers.
By 1910 Ravel was a famous man, which prompted a young George Gershwin to ask Ravel to teach him to write like he did. Ravel answered by asking Gershwin how much money he had made from Rhapsody in Blue. When Gershwin sheepishly told him, Ravel replied 'then I should learn to write like you!' Ravel listened to a great deal of jazz and included some in his G major Piano Concerto and his Violin Sonata.
William Bolcom's homages to Jelly Roll Morton and James P. Johnson have become American national treasures. Like other European composers of his period, Johannes Brahms was affected by folk and gypsy influences, which can be detected in the Scherzo of his Piano Quintet. But providentially for its performers and listeners, his main influence was simply Brahms himself.
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LocationChrist Lutheran Church (View)
10707 Soquel Drive
Aptos, CA 95003
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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