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Programs
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PROGRAM A
“NEW YORK MIX”
“New York Mix” is a stunning testament to the vibrant multicultural fabric of New York City. Featuring music that both crosses the globe and bends genres, this program presents works commissioned and arranged for the duo by their New York based friends and colleagues Philip Glass, Derek Bermel, John Patitucci, Kenji Bunch and Mohammed Fairouz. From Bermel's Thracian dance forms, to Bunch's exploration of rock and roll through the West African kora, Patitucci's mixing of Bach and Jazz, Fairouz's musical journey to Egypt and Glass' signature, meditative minimalism - "New York Mix" presents our standard Classical, Rock, Middle Eastern and Jazz music in a whole new light.
Derek Bermel
Thracian Sketches (2003)
Percussion: Frame Drum and Dumbek
Kenji Bunch
Lost & Found (2010)
I. Lost in Time (Dumbek)
II. Found Objects (Djembe)
III. Lost in Space (Toys)
IV. Lost & Found (Cajon)
Philip Glass
Duo for Solo Viola & Percussion
Percussion: Frame Drums, Cymbals, Caxixi & toys
John Patitucci
Scenes for Viola and Percussion
(Commissioned by duoJalal in 2005)
Part 1: Tempo Rubato, Tempo Nouvo
Part 2: Tempo Moderato
Part 3: Rubato; Andante V Majestic
Percussion: Djembe, Ocean Drum, Cymbal, shakers, bells and various toys
Mohammed Fairouz
A Commission based on poetry of Rumi
Percussion: Handdrums & Vibraphone |
PROGRAM B
“THE OTHER WORLD”
If any program sets duoJalal apart from other ensembles it is "The Other World". Dedicated to various international cultures, “The Other World” is a fascinating aural and visual trip to Lebanon, Israel, Mongolia, Italy and South India. This program features an impressive display of virtuosity, with Yousif’s world percussion expertise on the South Indian Kanjira, Peruvian Cajon, Moroccan Bendir, Irish Bodhran and Egyptian Tar, and Kathryn's unique ability to bend the viola to produce sounds akin to the Mongolian Horse Headed Fiddle, Klezmer Clarinet and Gypsy Violin. Whether the duo is chanting South Indian vocalizations, or paying tribute to Lebanese folk songs, "The Other World" offers its audiences an exceptional look at world music.
Yousif Sheronick
Jubb Jannin
Percussion: Bendir (Moroccan Frame Drum)
Zhao Jiping
Summer in the High Grassland
Percussion: Kanjira (small Indian tambourine) & shaker
Glen Velez
Homage for Frame Drums and Viola
(Commissioned by duoJalal in 2006)
I. Moderato
II. Anime;
Percussion: Tar Drum (small Frame Drum)
Tigran Mansurian
Tanz/Dance
Percussion: Drum
Enzo Rao
a different world
Percussion: Cajon (Peruvian Box Drum)
David Krakauer
Klezmer a la Bechet
Percussion: Bodhran (Irish Frame Drum)
Giovanni Sollima
Lamentatio
Percussion: Cajon, Ocean Drum, Caxixi |
PROGRAM C
“CROSSING OVER CLASSICAL”
"Crossing Over Classical" presents classical composers from across the globe including, Russia, Australia, Japan, Estonia, Armenia and the United States. Presenting compositions from American Philip Glass (1976), Estonian Arvo Part (1978) Australian Peter Sculthorpe (1960), to the more recent compositions of Lebanese Tigrun Mansurian (1998) and Japanese Somei Satoh (1983), this program highlights duoJalal's classical expertise and their ability to express the uniqueness of each country's local culture.
Tigran Mansurian
Tagh to Crucifixion
Tagh to the funeral of the Lord
Tagh to Resurrection: Havik
Percussion: Cymbal, vibraphones, gongs
Arvo Part
Spiegel im Spiegel (1978)
Percussion: Vibraphones
Inessa Zaretsky
Dervishes - Five Pieces for Viola and Percussion
I - Moderato; Riq
II - Allegro moderato; Marimba
III - Scherzo; Bodhran
IV - Lento; Dumbek and Cymbal
V - Vivace; Dumbek, Bells and Marimba
Philip Glass
Duo for solo Viola & Percussion
Percussion: Frame Drums, Cymbals, Caxixi & toys
Peter Sculthorpe
Sonata For Viola and Percussion
Somei Satoh
Birds in warped time II
Percussion: Vibraphone |
PROGRAM D
"DUOJALAL DANCES"
In this wonderful collaboration between duoJalal and dancers featuring compositions by Vieuxtemps (1883) and Sollima (2003), the joy of musicians and dancers working together tickle the aural and visual senses. The two duos with musician and dancer, redefines the duet form as musician and dancer intertwine on the dance floor and in the grand finale (Sollima), the four performers (duoJalal and the two dancers) takes the audience on both conceptually and physically rigorous wild ride and is sure to get the audience to its feet.
Henri Vieuxtemps
“Capriccio” for solo viola and solo female dancer
Yousif Sheronick
“Improv” for solo riq and solo male dancer
Giovanni Sollima
Lamentatio with two dancers
Percussion: Cajon, Ocean Drum, Caxixi |
PROGRAM E
"DUOJALAL PLUS PIANO TRIO"
In this open ended program of possibilities between duoJalal and piano trio, the listener can enjoy traditional and newly composed works. Perhaps the piano trio performs Dvorak or Brahms, and duoJalal performs any number of their specialized works? Then comes the grand finale of all five musicians in the brand new work by composer Jack Stamps. Written for duojalal and piano trio in 2010, "Strange Frenzy" is a work of reconciliation. Of Eastern and Western cultures meeting. Stamps’ new piece channels one of his favorite works, Stravinsky's Agon—also a set of dances. Other elements in the composition include Middle Eastern scales and rhythmic patterns, the solo guitar work of Frank Zappa and lyric material from an early pop song written by Stamps, containing the words of the 13th c. Persian poet, Rumi.
Jack Stamps
Strange Frenzy - The Dance of the Seven Veils
for Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano & Percussion |
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