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World premiere of Philippe Bigar's "Reverie" for string
quintet
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String Quintet from The Silk Road Project
Dvorak's Bass Quintet
Mozart's String Quartet
and the World Premiere of Philippe Bigar's "Reverie"for
strings.
In
conjunction with Nicole Bigar's opening reception
of her recent works
Cocktail reception at 6:00 pm
Private
recital at 7:15pm
Wednesday, May 3rd 2006
601 West 26th Street, Suite 1507
New York, New York 10001
(Starrett-Lehigh Building, bt. 11th and 12th Avenues)
RSVP required: space is limited 212 691-2240 or
email ng@quiny.com
contact Philippe Bigar: pbigar@artregister.com
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The
Knights - A fellowship of young musicians from diverse
and accomplished backgrounds, who come together for the shared
joy of musical exploration.
The Knights have brought audiences varied and engaging programs
consisting of classical masterworks, world premieres and arrangements
of "roots" music-e.g. Gypsy tunes, Neapolitan love songs
and dances, original songs; searching for ways to bring new light
to old works and new works to light. The group frequently presents
concerts at Bargemusic, Old Westbury Gardens , and other venues
throughout New York . The Knights is a flexible ensemble that
appears most frequently as a string orchestra plus piano but has
also collaborated with artists such as flautist Paula Robison.
Members of the group are mostly recent graduates of Juilliard,
Curtis, Manhattan and Mannes who are individually accomplished
solo and chamber players. They have performed with many orchestras
both in the US and abroad and have been heard at many of the most
prestigious music festivals including Marlboro, Tanglewood, Salzburg
, Taos , Ravinia and Verbier.
Reverie, an hommage to Bach and Wagner - which
was composed in 2004, began as an idea for a solo guitar piece,
but then as it developed it metamorphosed into a string quintet.
It evokes a dream-like state, in which the music of Bach and Wagner
are recalled as a distant memory, but in a contemporary setting.
It recalls a romantic adventure, where passion and highly emotional
moments contrast with moments of calm and introspection.
Philippe Bigar studied composition with Behjzad
Ranjbaran and Samuel Zyman at The Juilliard School. His works
have been heard at Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, Carnegie
Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Barge Music in New York, and The Museum
of Contemporary Art in Washington, D.C. |
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