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BEETHOVEN: MAGNIFIED facp.eventbrite.com

It’s an hour of mystery and music, featuring

Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Serioso” quartet

performed alongside the words of the

Queen of Crime herself,

Agatha Christie.

Can you solve the case?

This concert is especially for those newly

exploring classical music.

Featuring Cézanne Quartet

Eleanor Dunbar, violin

Lauren Haseltine, violin

Steven Juarez, viola

Elizabeth White, cello

Joined by actor/director Christie Vela

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MAKE Trio Violinist Grace Kang Wollett, clarinetist Danny Goldman, and pianist Mikhail Berestnev—presents versatile

performances and content that is engaging to audiences around the world. The trio made its formal debut at Fine Arts

Chamber Players’ 2019 Basically Beethoven Festival with a recital titled “The American Sound.” The Dallas Morning

News wrote that “the ensemble’s style fit the character of the music like a tailored suit.” Other recent reviews describe

the trio as having “an incredibly rich sound” [Cry Havoc Theater] and as “mind blowing to hear such transcendental

difficulties played with a combination of technical mastery and keen musical insight” [Theater Jones].

Recent collaborations include work with Avant Chamber Ballet, Ballet North Texas, and Bruce Wood Dance at

Annette Strauss Square and live shows in Moody Performance Hall, Winspear Opera House’s Hamon Hall, and The Tin

Star Theater.

MAKE has started a channel of professional music videos and documentary style film shoots about being a musician and

working in a classical chamber ensemble. In addition to today’s performance, MAKE can be heard on virtual recitals for

The Dallas Opera. MAKE has created a performance concept called “The Classical Lounge” to bring audiences closer

to the music. To further this vision, MAKE has partnered with SamsungVR (Virtual Reality) to produce 3-Dimensional,

360-Degree classical music concerts for the public; these videos have now been viewed in over 40 countries.

A Note on the Program Thank you for joining us for the 2nd program of the Hallam Family Concerts! As we approach Thanksgiving

season, I want to say how thankful I am for the community of music lovers that keeps FACP thriving during

these difficult times. Your support, your presence (virtually for now), and your enthusiasm are invaluable, and

make the new world of digital concerts worth the effort.

Today’s concert features the incredible MAKE Trio: clarinetist Danny Goldblum and violinist Grace Wollett Kang

of the Dallas Opera, and pianist Mikhail Berestnev. I had such joy recording them—their musicality, playfulness,

and impeccable camaraderie shines through their music. Please enjoy their concert today!

—Emily Levin, Artistic Director

About the Music This program is truly a program of contrasts—daydreams and reality, joy and sadness, styles of musical influence.

Throughout, the virtuosity of the MAKE Trio shines through, both as a group and as individual players.

French composer Darius Milhaud was a member of the composition clique Les Six—a group of composers who

rebelled against the styles of Romanticism and Impressionism. His Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano is a delightful group

of four movements that are both witty and beautiful. In contrast to the Milhaud comes the second movement of

Maurice Ravel’s Violin Sonata No. 2. Titled “Blues,” this movement pays homage to Ravel’s love of jazz. Of particular

note is the contrast between the violin’s opening notes in G major and the entrance of the piano in A-flat major.

The program continues with Two Fleeting Daydreams, by Quinn Mason. Here are the composer’s notes on the piece:

‘Two Fleeting Daydreams' are two brief pieces for piano, violin, and clarinet that are descriptive compositions

about what I was thinking at the time I composed them. The first movement made me think of fireworks on

Chinese new year, especially with the use of the pentatonic scale and “illuminations” in the different instruments

in the ensemble. The second movement is my musical impression of the now-extinct internet meme 'Sanic,'

whose catchphrase was “must proceed at a high velocity,” which happens to be the tempo marking for this

movement.

Nikolai Medtner’s Improvisation No. 1 is a showcase for solo piano: deeply emotional and full of dark intensity. It

provides a wonderful contrast to Eugène Bozza’s introspective and sensual Aria, which lets the clarinet’s vocal quality

shine. MAKE finishes their performance with perhaps the most well-known piece for this instrument combination:

Contrasts by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. Bearing the influence of folk melodies, jazz, and Bartok’s unique

harmonic language, this piece is a tour de force for the ensemble, requiring two clarinets and a second, detuned violin.

Suite op.157b for Clarinet, Violin and Piano

I. Ouverture

II. Divertissement

III. Jeu

IV. Introduction et Final

Darius Milhaud

(1892—1974)

MAKE Trio

Violin Sonata No. 2

II. Blues

Maurice Ravel

(1875—1937)

Grace Wollett, violin | Mikhail Berestnev, piano

Two Fleeting Daydreams

I. Lights that Fire Up the Sky...

II. Sanic Fast

Quinn Mason

b. 1996

MAKE Trio

Improvisation No. 1, Opus 31 for Solo Piano Nikolai Medtner

(1880—1951)

Mikhail Berestnev, piano

Aria for Alto Saxophone and Piano (also for Clarinet by composer) Eugène Bozza

(1905—1991)

Danny Goldman, clarinet | Mikhail Berestnev, piano

Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Sz. 111, BB 116

(Corrected Edition, 2002)

I. Verbunkos (Recruiting Dance)

II. Pihenő (Relaxation)

III. Sebes (Fast Dance)

Béla Bartók

(1881—1945)

MAKE Trio

MAKE Trio

Grace Kang Wollett, violin

Danny Goldman, clarinet

Mikhail Berestnev, piano

Performance filmed at Sammons Center for the Arts | Dallas, Texas

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