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THE CAPITOL ENSEMBLE PERFORMS TWO EXTRAORDINARY STRING QUARTET MASTERPIECES BY SCHUMANN AND RAVEL IN THE BEAUTIFUL ACOUSTICS OF BRENTWOOD'S CONTRAPUNTAL HALL. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5TH AT 7:30 PM
THE CAPITOL ENSEMBLE, PHILLIP LEVY & LUCIA MICARELLI, VIOLINS, BEN ULLERY, VIOLA, AND ERIC BYERS, CELLO, WILL PERFORM TWO STRING QUARTET MASTERPIECES BY ROBERT SCHUMANN AND MAURICE RAVEL.
TWO WORKS THAT REPRESENT SOME OF THE GREATEST AND MOST REFINED WRITING BY THESE ICONIC COMPOSERS.
SCHUMANN ONCE WROTE, "I AM AFFECTED BY EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IN THIS WORLD-POLITICS, LITERATURE, PEOPLE. I THINK THINGS OVER IN MY OWN WAY, THEN I LONG TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS IN MUSIC."
CONSTANTLY BATTLING DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, SCHUMANN COMPLETED HIS THREE STRING QUARTETS OP.41 IN A BURST OF BRILLIANT CREATIVE ENERGY IN A PERIOD OF ONLY THREE WEEKS.
THE FIRST IN THE SET IS INFUSED WITH SELF EXPRESSION, LYRICISM, AND SPONTANEITY, YET SADLY, IT IS RARELY PERFORMED IN TODAY'S CONCERT HALLS.
RAVEL'S ONLY STRING QUARTET IS A YOUTHFUL WORK OF GREAT GENIUS AND A PINNACLE IN THE STRING QUARTET CANON.
IN 1903, STILL A STUDENT AT THE PARIS CONSERVATORY, HE DEDICATED IT TO HIS TEACHER, GABRIEL FAURE.
EVER CHANGING COLORS, ATMOSPHERIC, SMOKEY SPANISH MOODS, MIXED TOGETHER WITH TRANSPARENT TEXTURES AND EXOTIC FAR EASTERN INFLUENCES, INCLUDING A JAVANESE GAMELAN ORCHESTRA, ALL FIND THEIR WAY INTO THIS FASCINATING AND BELOVED SCORE.
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LocationCONTRAPUNTAL RECITAL HALL (View)
655 NORTH BUNDY DRIVE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90049
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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