Dallas Chamber Symphony Season Finale 4/18/17

The Dallas Chamber Symphony will end its fifth season with a concert featuring a mix of pieces for medium and large chamber symphonies. The orchestra also will welcome to the stage soloist Kenny Broberg, who won the Dallas International Piano Competition 2016. Broberg will be performing Serge Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

The program begins with Ginastera’s virtuosic Variaciones Concertantes. A seminal work of the composer’s “subjective nationalistic” period, the music exhibits idealized folkloric and traditional materials sublimated in a personal way. Fiery and virtuosic, the piece is known for its numerous solos, which provide DCS principal musicians opportunities to shine.

The orchestra will follow Ginastera’s set of variations with one by Franz Listz, Totentanz, which paraphrases the Dies Irae plainsong in a set of variations for piano. The orchestra also will invite Minnesota-born pianist Kenny Broberg to perform; Broberg, the winner of DCS’ Dallas International Piano Competition 2016, has won other major prizes at several international piano competitions, including the Sydney International, New Orleans International, Seattle Symphony International and Wideman International.

Following intermission, the orchestra will perform Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 in C Minor. An expansive and dramatic romantic work, the symphony will be performed by chamber orchestra just as it was for many of its early performances. Incidentally, the symphony also employs a fate motif, making it a fitting conclusion to the evening’s thematic program.

Tickets and Event Listing
The performance will be held on Tuesday, April 18, at Dallas City Performance Hall at 8 p.m. Individual tickets are available for $19-$49 each, $15 for students, and seniors save up to 25 percent. Discounted subscription packages are available online or by phone at (214) 449-1294. Walk-ups are welcome.

The Dallas Chamber Symphony Presents an Evening of Music by American Composers

The Dallas Chamber Symphony will present an evening of music by American composers on Tuesday, February 21, featuring some of the most distinctive and iconic works and artists to shape the trajectory of music and film within the last 100 years.

The program begins with Ingram Marshall’s most famous work – one that would establish him as a preeminent composer of electro-acoustic music. Fog Tropes, written in 1982 for brass sextet, utilizes a recorded tape track and extended brass techniques to create the sounds of boats and foghorns heard in a foggy shipping channel. It’s derived from the works of minimalists and electro-acousticians such as Steve Reich, Terry Riley and John Adams.

Keven Puts’ Seven Seascapes, by contrast, is purely acoustic, and it conjures images of the sea through a more subtle and poetic musical language rendered by a mixed chamber ensemble of six members. A programmatic piece inspired in part from selected works of English and American poets, the piece has a fresh and modern sound, rooted in nostalgia and a style reminiscent of the sea-inspired works of Benjamin Britten.

Following intermission, the orchestra will screen a new score to Charlie Chaplin’s THE KID, written by Craig Safan, who is perhaps best known for scoring THE LAST STARFIGHTER (1984). A veteran of the film industry and an award-winning composer, Safan promises to bring a fresh sound to Chaplin’s first feature-length (50 minutes) silent comedy-drama film written, produced, directed, and starring Chaplin and featuring Jackie Coogan at 6 years old. Safan will attend the event, and he will be available to meet audience members and sign autographs.

“This evening is sure to be a novel concert experience, rich with creative and innovative sounds written by a mix of very important American composers,” says Richard McKay, conductor and artistic director of the Dallas Chamber Symphony. “Almost everything on the program will be new to our audience; and with such a fun variety of pieces, we expect they will enjoy every minute of it.”

The performance will be held on Tuesday, February 21, at Dallas City Performance Hall (2520 Flora St., Dallas, Texas 75201) at 8 p.m.. Individual tickets are available for $19-$44 each, $15 for students, and seniors save up to 25%. Discounted subscription packages are available online or by phone at (214) 449-1294. Walk-ups are welcome.

Dallas Chamber Symphony and Silent Film "The Goat"

Call for Entries - Sight of Sound Film Contest

The Dallas Chamber Symphony is holding their Sight of Sound Film Contest again. 2016's edition will be their third annual contest. It is a wonderful experience to have a film shown with a live orchestra performing the soundtrack. For more information about the contest, including a link to the rules, guidelines and a printable application form visit SightOfSound.org .