A Concert of Consorts - Music for Like-minded Wind Instruments by Modern Composers
Saturday, April 17, 8 PM and Sunday, April 18, 3 PM
Music by Vaughan Williams, Gordon Jacob, Barry Phillips, Imogen Holst, Eugene Bozza, and Gary Schocker
- Shelly Phillips, artistic director, oboe, cor anglais
- flute, recorder, bamboo pipe
- Carol Panofsky, oboe, flute, recorder, bamboo pipe
- Lars Johannesson, flute, recorder, bamboo pipe
- Jeff Gallagher, clarinet, oboe, recorder, flute, bamboo pipe
- Christa Stiner, bassoon, recorder, bamboo pipe
The idea of consort playing has been around for years, and still appeals to the modern composer. These pieces celebrate families of instruments playing together in a special and unique kind of blend. There is nothing like playing music with people who understand you!
In addition to groups of flutes and reeds, these creative players have combined the two, and will also be playing homemade bamboo instruments – very green indeed, as they’re made by hand from homegrown bamboo and used wine corks! And they have commissioned a homemade piece, written especially for them by internationally renowned Santa Cruz composer Barry Phillips.
