http://www.blancoperformingarts.com Bringing Classical Music to the Texas Hill Country Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:39:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/fans-brave-the-elements-to-hear-chamber-music-trio/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/fans-brave-the-elements-to-hear-chamber-music-trio/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:00:53 +0000 Admin http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=1024
Even though it was raining and driving was a bit hazardous, BPA fans managed to fill the house on Saturday evening to hear a great Chamber Music Trio. Here are a couple of compliments we heard from audience members: I was really inspired by the music. I think the program choices were great; I could [...]]]> http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/fans-brave-the-elements-to-hear-chamber-music-trio/feed/ 0 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/chamber-music-concert-luperi-rojas-fullerton/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/chamber-music-concert-luperi-rojas-fullerton/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:47:20 +0000 Admin http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=1020 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/chamber-music-concert-luperi-rojas-fullerton/feed/ 0 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/piazzolla-invierno-porteno-primavera-portena-notes/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/piazzolla-invierno-porteno-primavera-portena-notes/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:09:04 +0000 Vickie Pautz http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=1008
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) was the brilliant Argentine innovator of nuevo tango, fusing elements of both jazz and classical styles to transcend traditional tango music.  The Estaciones Porteñas or The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires are four tangos that Piazzolla originally treated as different compositions although he occasionally performed them together.  Piazzolla’s instrumentation was for violin, piano, [...]]]> http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/piazzolla-invierno-porteno-primavera-portena-notes/feed/ 0 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/dinner-before-the-concert/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/dinner-before-the-concert/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:18:11 +0000 Admin http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=1014
Uptown Blanco does so much to support Blanco Performing Arts and its patrons, and here is one more thing: When you have dinner at the Uptown Blanco Restaurant Saturday evening before the concert, present your tickets and receive a 10% discount on your meal (sorry, no discounts on alcoholic beverages). AWESOME! For dinner reservations, please [...]]]> http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/dinner-before-the-concert/feed/ 0 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/2-south-american-songs-notes/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/2-south-american-songs-notes/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:50:05 +0000 Admin http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=999
About Gata Golosa, a Colombian folk tune,  and Joropo, a Venezuelan dance (both arranged by Mr. Rojas):  Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, northern Peru and northwest Brazil were once simply known collectively as “Great Colombia”.  They would eventually move on to determine their own destinies as independent republics. With the conquest of South America by Spain, there [...]]]> http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/2-south-american-songs-notes/feed/ 0 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/intermezzo-goyescas-granados-notes/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/intermezzo-goyescas-granados-notes/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:37:14 +0000 Admin http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=993
Enrique Granados (1867-1916) was a notable Spanish pianist and composer. Though he was most famous for his output of piano music, he also composed six operas, of which Goyescas was the last. It did not begin as an opera, however, but rather as series of piano suites inspired by the paintings of Francisco Goya. In [...]]]> http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/intermezzo-goyescas-granados-notes/feed/ 0 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/tonada-cueca-carlos-guastavino-notes/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/tonada-cueca-carlos-guastavino-notes/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:08:04 +0000 Vickie Pautz http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=979
Following the intermission of next Saturday's concert, our artists Victoria Luperi, Eduardo Rojas, and Keira Fullerton will bring to us  Tonada y Cueca  by Carlos  Guastavino. Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000), born in Santa Fe, Argentina, was one of the foremost Argentine composers of the 20th century. His reputation was based almost entirely on his songs, and [...]]]> http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/tonada-cueca-carlos-guastavino-notes/feed/ 0 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/verdis-la-traviata-fantasia-da-concerto-notes/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/verdis-la-traviata-fantasia-da-concerto-notes/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:47:17 +0000 Vickie Pautz http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=973
  Following the Beethoven Trio, our performers will present variations on aria melodies from La Traviata. LaTraviata by Giuseppe Verdi, first performed in 1853, is the second most performed opera today, surpassed only by Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Opera lovers in the nineteenth century loved it, too. But without recording devices, they were often left [...]]]> http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/verdis-la-traviata-fantasia-da-concerto-notes/feed/ 0 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/beethoven-opus-11-trio-notes/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/beethoven-opus-11-trio-notes/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:27:32 +0000 Vickie Pautz http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=965
The performance Saturday, March 10 will open with Beethoven’s Opus 11 Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano.  This piece  dates from the composer’s early years in Vienna, where he had traveled in 1792 to study with Haydn. By 1797, the year Beethoven composed this trio, clarinets were coming into more common usage as an orchestral [...]]]> http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/beethoven-opus-11-trio-notes/feed/ 0 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/keira-fullerton-cellist/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/keira-fullerton-cellist/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:29:58 +0000 Admin http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=955
A native of Ohio, cellist Keira Fullerton began her musical training at age three. After moving to Toronto, Ontario in 1991, she continued her studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music in the Young Artist Performance Academy and as a member of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra. As winner of the 1999 TSYO concerto competition, [...]]]> http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/keira-fullerton-cellist/feed/ 0