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People are Talking: UMS Presents Jerusalem String Quartet:

This evening’s encore was th Presto (second movement) from String Quartet No. 13 in B♭ major, op. 130, by Ludwig van Beethoven.

Liz Rosenthal, UMS Programming Manager

People Are Talking: UMS presents Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center:

Friday evening’s encore was the Scherzo (3rd movement) from Dvorak’s Piano Quintet, No. 2, Op. 81, and was performed by Wu Han, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lee, Mr. O’Neill, and Mr. Canellakis.

Liz Rosenthal, UMS Programming Manager

People Are Talking: What’s in a Song?:

Thanks for joining us for the first concert of Song Remix: A Biennial Songfest!

Please see below for the songs performed in the “Coda” section which were announced from the stage:

Louiguy: La vie en rose (Ms. von Stade)
Frishberg: Another song about Paris (Mr. Ferguson)
Wilder: Blackberry Winter (Mr. Daniels)
Berlin: Always (William Bolcom and Joan Morris)
Arr. Hogan: Give me Jesus (Ms. Brugger)
Cipullo: Another reason I don’t keep a gun in the house (Mr. Blumberg)
Puts: You need song! (All)

Liz Rosenthal, UMS Programming Manager

People Are Talking: UMS presents New York Philharmonic:

Hi Bernard,
Mr. Barnatan played Beethoven’s cadenza – that was noted in the program notes. Hope you enjoyed the concert!
Liz, UMS

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WHOSE CADENZA DID HE PLAY ?
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by BERNARD SIVAK

People Are Talking: UMS presents Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra at Hill Auditorium:

Encore:
“Polonaise” from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin

People Are Talking: UMS presents Mariinsky Orchestra at Hill Auditorium:

Indeed…they were audible vocalizations by Maestro Gergiev. I noticed odd noises during Teatro Regio Torino’s performance of William Tell while I was sitting up in the back of the mezzanine and finally figured out that it was Maestro Noseda’s vocal expressions. Certain spots in Hill, even all the way upstairs, can catch different sounds from stage! It’s odd, but kind of cool to hear the conductor’s expressions, beyond what you can usually only see.
Liz, UMS

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We heard it back in the balcony, so it could not have been any vocalizations by the conductor. I agree that it was annoying and distracting, but fortunately didn’t last very long.
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by Aysenur Unal

People Are Talking: UMS presents Mariinsky Orchestra at Hill Auditorium:

Mr. Abduraimov performed Scriabin’s c-sharp minor Etude following the Prokofiev concerto.

Liz Stover Rosenthal, UMS

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What was the encore?
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by Donna Wessel Walker

People Are Talking: UMS presents Elias String Quartet at Rackham Auditorium:

According to their discography on the quartet’s website, I don’t think they have recorded those pieces. http://eliasstringquartet.com/recordings/

Check out violinist Donald Grant’s biography page for mention of other groups he is in, and news of his forthcoming solo album, which may contain folk music.
http://eliasstringquartet.com/biography/donald-grant/

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Have they recorded those songs?
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by Ruth

People Are Talking: UMS presents Elias String Quartet at Rackham Auditorium:

This evening’s encores were:
Traditional: Da day don
Donald Shaw: Calum’s Road

Liz Stover
Associate Programming Manager, UMS

People Are Talking: UMS presents Kremerata Baltica at Hill Auditorium:

Tonight’s encores were:
Giya Kancheli: Rag-Gidon-Time (w/ Gidon Kremer)
Weinberg: music from “Bonifatsy’s Holidays” (w/ Gidon Kremer and Andrius Zlabys)

Liz Stover
Associate Programming Manager, UMS

People Are Talking: UMS presents Ariel Quartet at Rackham Auditorium:

Hello all! Tonight’s encore was a reprise of the Minuet from Boccherini’s Quintet in E Major, Op. 11, No. 5 (which was performed in full as the second piece on tonight’s program.)
Liz Stover
Associate Programming Manager, UMS

People Are Talking: UMS presents Kronos Quartet at Power Center:

Kevin–see above!

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Can someone tell me the name of the composer for the lst piece performed during tonight’s encore?

Thank you in advance.
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by Kevin Lawler

People Are Talking: UMS presents Kronos Quartet at Power Center:

Encores from this weekend’s performances:

Friday, 1/17/14
Jimi Hendrix, arr. Kronos Quartet: Purple Haze

Saturday, 1/18/14
Triakel: Tusen Tankar
Pamela Z: And the Movement of the Tongue (Cupertino)
Clint Mansell: Death is the Road to Awe (from the film The Fountain)

People Are Talking: UMS presents Handel’s Messiah at Hill Auditorium:

Hello all! After a busy weekend of Messiahs, we are grateful for all of the feedback from this weekend’s performances! Thank you for joining us for this holiday tradition that we love so much.

The trumpets who performed in Messiah did indeed change after the orchestra’s roster was printed in the program book. Eriko Shibata played first trumpet this weekend. She is the A2SO’s new second trumpet as of last month. John Powlison played second trumpet. Glad you all enjoyed “The Trumpet Shall Sound” so much–all did a fabulous job!

Liz Stover
Associate Programming Manager, UMS

People Are Talking: UMS presents Hagen Quartet at Rackham Auditorium:

Hi Jim! Liz from UMS here–with a quick dive into the UMS archives, Op 18, No. 3 was performed three times by the Budapest Quartet, twice with Schneider as violinist. Those dates were February 19, 1956, and February 17, 1965.
Program links:
http://ums.aadl.org/ums/programs_19560219a
http://ums.aadl.org/ums/programs_19650217e
Liz Stover, Associate Programming Manager, UMS

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The Hagen Quartet honored us by stellar performances of two early-Beethoven quartets. The performers’ intensity and attention to rhetorical detail were riveting.

After intermission the Hagen gave us Beethoven’s Opus 127–a work more demanding in its complications and subtleties than the Opus 18 quartets. I was perhaps too tired from concentrating on the earlier works to fully enjoy Opus 127. Understandably, the quartet may have been tired too.

After the concert I told the second violinist that his rendition of the theme in the 2nd movement of Op. 18, No. 3 equaled Alexander Schneider’s with the Budapest Quartet on the Rackham stage decades ago. The UMS archives likely could provide the date.

Thanks, UMS! Please bring us the Hagen Quartet again soon!
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by JIm Toy

People Are Talking: UMS presents Chris Thile at Rackham Auditorium:

Hi all! Please see below for a setlist of Friday night’s concert by Chris Thile:

Bach Sonata No. 1 in g minor: I Adagio
Broadminded
The Blind Leaving The Blind: Excerpt from 3rd. Mvmt
Rabbit In A Log
Bach Sonata No. 1 in g minor: II Allegro
Stay Away
Fast As You Can
Richmond Is A Hard Road To Travel
Bach Partita No. 1 in b minor (complete)
If You’re Gonna Leave Me
Daughter Of Eve
Bach Sonata No. 1 in g minor: III Sicilliana
Here And Heaven
Bach Sonata No.1 in g minor: IV Presto

encore: Song On The Mandolin

People Are Talking: UMS presents Anne-Sophie Mutter at Hill Auditorium:

Hello all!
Last night’s encore was Maurice Ravel’s “Pièce en forme de Habanera.”
Liz Stover
Associate Programming Manager, UMS

People Are Talking: UMS presents New York Philharmonic at Hill Auditorium:

Today’s (Sun 2/24/13) encore was: STENHAMMAR: Interlude from Sången
Followed by, of course, an arrangement of The Victors by the NY Phil brass section. Go Blue!

Liz Stover
Associate Programming Manager, UMS

People Are Talking: UMS presents New York Philharmonic at Hill Auditorium:

Hi all! Tonight’s (Saturday 2/23/13) encore was Brahms’s Hungarian Dance No. 6.
See you tomorrow!
Liz Stover
Associate Programming Manager, UMS

People Are Talking: UMS presents The King’s Singers at St. Francis of Assisi:

Thanks to all who joined us last night for the King’s Singers concert! Here are the names of the pieces that were announced from the stage during the second half:

John David, arr. Peter Knight: You are the New Day
John Lennon and Paul McCartney, arr. Bill Ives: I’ll Follow the Sun
Rogers and Hart, arr. Alexander L’Estrange: My Funny Valentine
Traditional, arr. Keith Roberts: Little David, Play on your Harp

Liz Stover
Associate Programming Manager, UMS

People Are Talking: UMS presents Gabriel Kahane & Friends at Arthur Miller Theater:

Here’s Friday night’s setlist:

Son Lux: Beautiful Mechanical
Judd Greenstein: Clearing Dawn Dance
Child’s Song (from For the Union Dead)
The Drinker (from For the Union Dead))
Nico Muhly: Balance Problems

Intermission

Last Dance
Barn Song
North Adams
Winter Song
LA
Durrants
Charming Disease
Merritt Pkwy
Coney Island (February House)
Goodnight to the Boardinghouse (February House)
Faithful
Great Lakes
Calabash and Catamaran

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Neurotic and Lonely (from Craigslistlieder)
Where are the Arms

Liz Stover
Associate Programming Manager, UMS

People Are Talking: UMS presents Belcea Quartet at Rackham Auditorium:

Hello everyone! Today’s encore was the slow movement (III) from Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 16, Op. 135.
Liz Stover, UMS Associate Programming Manager

People are Talking: New Century Chamber Orchestra with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg:

Thierry, I was able to listen to some of the group’s rehearsal time and got to witness their consensus on musical decisions. It was really interesting to hear their conversations–it’s not something I hear often from other groups–it definitely makes the NCCO special!
Liz Stover
Programming Coordinator, UMS

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No word can describe the feeling that Nadja transcends. The composition is original, the rhythm takes you from Buenos Aeres to Hungary, and the strings provides the inspiration. One last thing, there is no conductor in the group and all the pieces are chosen by consensus. All of this provide a truly new century sound …
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by Thierry Rolina

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