OVER THE SEA
An Exploration of Aquatic Inspired Music
Lars Johannesson, flute/alto flute
Amy Brodo, cello
Susan Bruckner, piano
Lydia Martin, marimba
Mesut Özgen, guitar
Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Chris Lutheran Church
10707 Soquel Drive
Aptos, California
(Off Highway 1 at Freedom Blvd.)
Admission $23 general, $18 seniors, $10 students/youth
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium Box Office:
Phone: 831-420-5260
Web: www.santacruztickets.com
The Santa Cruz Chamber Players Concert Series continues the 2010-2011 season with a concert featuring music inspired by the oceans. The program includes works by Toru Takemitsu, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Tsuneya Tanabe, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Carl Nielsen, Sarah Dubois, and Mesut Özgen, whose new piece Mavi Yolculuk (Blue Journey) for flute, cello, and guitar will receive its premiere at these concerts. It refers to a boat trip off the Mediterranean coast in Turkey, invoking various sounds of the sea and the feelings of the travelers, using unconventional techniques and traditional Turkish makams (modes) and usuls (rhythms). The concert program as a whole conveys a sweet, ethereal and lively look at nature, voyages, and life, celebrating the blue watery world around us.
Jeux d'Eau (water games) (1901) by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
Toward the sea (1981) by Toru Takemitsu (1930 - 1996)
L'Isle Joyeuse (1904) by Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Recollections of the Inland Sea (1995) by Tsuneya Tanabe (b. 1935)
The Crossing (2010) by Sarah Dubois
Fog is Lifting by Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931)
Sea Murmurs by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968)
Mavi Yolculuk (Blue Journey) (2011) by Mesut Özgen (b. 1960)
