Join Us for Arcadian Winds

Date: July 14, 2013
Location: Crowell Chapel
Artist: Arcadian Winds

“A Night at the Opera!”

The Arcadian Winds wood­wind quintet will present their pro­gram “A Night at the Opera!” a cel­e­bra­tion of famous arias by Puccini, Verdi and Bizet in addi­tion to their own pop­ular arrange­ment of Wagner’s “Siegfried Idyll.”  Other works include excerpts from Paquito D’Rivera’s “Aires Tropicales.”   The sound of the wood­wind quintet offers a broad range of depth, color and variety of sounds, that lends itself per­fectly to these rich vocal works.  The majority of the pro­gram will fea­ture arrange­ments unique to Arcadian Winds, cre­ated by clar­inetist and long­time Arcadian Winds member, Mark Miller.

Program:

Brindisi from La Traviata  Verdi [1813–1901]/arr. M. Miller

Sigfried Idyll    Wagner [1813–1883]/trans. M. Miller

Aires Tropicales  D’Rivera [b. 1948]

4. Vals Venezolano

3. Habanera

6. Contradanza

Intermission 

Carmen Suite  Bizet [1838–1875]/arr. M. Miller

1. Aragonaise

2. Habanera

3. Seguidilla

4. Intermezzo

5. Couplets and Toreador Song

“Songs Without Tenors”  arr. M. Miller

La donna è mobile (from Verdi’s Rigoletto)

Una furtive lagrima (from Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore)

E lucevan le stele (from Puccini’s Tosca)

Nessun dorma (from Puccini’s Turandot)

Ah! mes amis…Pour mon âme (from Donizetti’s La Fille du rég­i­ment )

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ARCADIAN WINDS was founded at Boston University in 1987 as a wood­wind trio con­sisting of flute, clar­inet, and bas­soon. The ensemble expanded to a wind quintet in 1989 and has since pre­miered almost 50 new works and cham­pi­oned many others. As recip­i­ents of Chamber Music America’s “Residency Partnership Grant” in 2004, the Arcadian Winds pro­vided a year-long inten­sive chamber music expe­ri­ence for stu­dents in the Boston Public Schools, cul­mi­nating in a per­for­mance of a com­mis­sioned piece by Daniel Pinkham for the pro­grams’ top wind players.  With a strong com­mit­ment to edu­ca­tion, the group con­tinues to bring chamber and con­tem­po­rary music into the public, pri­vate and com­mu­nity schools in the Boston Area including ongoing work as fac­ulty with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra.