Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar
\nKai-Ching Chang, piano<\/p>\n
New School of Music
\n25 Lowell St, Cambridge \u2022 FREE
\nFriday January 7, 2011 \u2022 7:30pm<\/p>\n
Program:<\/strong><\/p>\n Prelude \u2013 Fugue \u2013 Allegro, BWV 998 byJ.S. Bach<\/p>\n Quatre Pi\u00e8ces Br\u00e8ves pour guitarre (1933 edition) by Frank Martin<\/p>\n Tracing a wheel on water (2003) by Kevin Siegfried<\/p>\n Elegie f\u00fcr die guitarre \u00a0by J.K. Mertz<\/p>\n Movements from El Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo NOTES:<\/strong><\/p>\n J.S. Bach<\/strong> (1685-1750) \u2013 Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, BWV 998 <\/strong>was originally titled \u201cPrelude pour la luth \u00f2 cembal\u201d and written in E-flat major.\u00a0 It was probably performed on a Lautenwerck or lute-harpsichord.\u00a0 For this performance the work is transposed to D-major.<\/p>\n The work is in three movements beginning with a style bris\u00e9 (broken chord) Prelude.\u00a0 The Fugue is the monumental movement, containing almost twice as many measures as the prelude and allegro (double measures).\u00a0 The A-B-A form of the fugue, which is found rarely in the fugues of Bach, is dominated by the 8-quarter note fugue subject.\u00a0 The Allegro is a fast and colorful finish.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Frank Martin <\/strong>(1890-1974)\u2013 A Swiss composer who spent much of his life in the Netherlands, Frank Martin originally wrote Quatre Pi\u00e8ces Br\u00e8ves <\/strong>in 1933 for Andr\u00e9s Segovia who, due to his very conservative musical tastes, refused to play it.\u00a0 Martin then wrote a piano version called, guitarre.\u00a0 The guitar version resurfaced in an edited version in the 1970\u2019s with Julian Bream.\u00a0 Trudi Van Slyck and Aaron performed the two versions in a 2007 concert at the New School of music.<\/p>\n Written in 1933, Quatre Pi\u00e8ces Br\u00e8ves,<\/strong> echoes the foreboding tensions that were taking place across Europe, though it also harkens back to an earlier time with its semblance of a Baroque Suite in its movement\u2019s construction.<\/p>\n The Prelude traverses tempi and emotions and hints at the dance that finishes the suite by including flamenco strumming or rasqueado (Martin\u2019s daughter danced flamenco).\u00a0 The beauty and transparency of the second movement Air is brushed aside by the dissonant and tedious third movement Plainte, who\u2019s ending recalls the first movement\u2019s fast section.\u00a0 The last movement jumps in its rhythmic groupings from 3 to 2 and all around like a gigue, but like the suite\u2026it is not.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Kevin Siegfried (<\/strong>b. 1969) – A graduate of the New England Conservatory with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition. He also studied additionally in Paris, at La Schola Cantorum, and in India, with South Indian classical musician Sriram Parasuram.\u00a0 Since 2004, he has been a faculty member at Boston Conservatory.<\/p>\n Tracing a Wheel on Water<\/strong> was written in 2003, shortly after moving from Boston to the southern coast of Maine. My family and I were fortunate to rent a house directly situated on a tidal inlet, and it was only a matter of time before the cycle of tides and the play of light and water began to shape our lives. My first composition for solo guitar, Tracing is a meditation on my experience of the water’s surface. In particular, it reflects the interplay of stasis and movement, and the manner in which flowing circles on the water’s surface envelop one another in a rhythm that is always new, yet never changing. \u00a0It received its premiere at Boston Conservatory in 2005 and its commercial release in 2006, both by Aaron Larget-Caplan.\u00a0\u00a0Tracing has been performed in over 50 concerts across the country and in Italy since its premiere. www.KevinSiegfried.com<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n J.K. Mertz <\/strong>(1806-1856) \u2013 A Hungarian composer and guitar virtuoso whose prominence faded after his death.\u00a0 His compositions number over a hundred and though most are for guitar solo or include guitar he also wrote music for small ensembles. \u00a0The piano music of Schubert, Schumann, and Mendelssohn is quite apparent with his fondness for arpeggio accompaniments and harmonic language.\u00a0 Currently, he is most well known for his solo guitar works including 6 Schubert song arrangement (\u00e0 la Lizst), Elegie, and Hungarian Rhapsody.\u00a0 Written <\/strong>towards the end of his life, Elegie, <\/strong>is a piece of lament.\u00a0 To whom, we do not know.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Joaquin Rodrigo <\/strong>(1900-1999) \u2013 The most famous Spanish composer of the 20th<\/sup> century, Rodrigo wrote his monumental concerto for guitar and orchestra for Spanish guitarist Regino Sainz de la Maza in 1939 while living in Paris.\u00a0 Probably his most famous work, and one of the most difficult in the guitar repertoire, the second movement Adagio is one of the most beautiful compositions with its conversation between English horn and guitar.\u00a0 The Adagio is often quoted or copied, most famously by Miles Davis on his Sketches of Spain album, for which Rodrigo received no royalty or mention (watch out for countries that don\u2019t respect artist\u2019s rights!).\u00a0 Interesting to note that Andr\u00e9s Segovia refused to play the concerto during his lifetime, saying he did not like the rasqueados (flamenco strumming) of the first movement!<\/p>\n The Concierto de Aranjuez <\/strong>was inspired by the gardens at the Palacio Real de Aranjuez in central Spain. \u00a0\u00a0Joaquin and his wife, spent time walking through the gardens after their marriage.\u00a0 Rodrigo described the concerto itself as capturing “the fragrance of magnolias, the singing of birds, and the gushing of fountains in the gardens of Aranjuez.\u201d<\/p>\n About the Artist <\/strong><\/p>\n Kai-Ching Chang<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n B.M. in Piano Performance, Soochow University (Taiwan). M.M. with Distinction in Piano Performance, Longy School of Music, Artist Diploma in Collaborative Piano, Longy School of Music. Winner of Longy’s 2007 Honors Competition, and 2007 Patricia Sherman Award. Prize Winner in the 1999 Seidof and Sons Piano Competition, Taiwan. Former orchestral violinist. Current staff accompanist for PALS Children’s Chorus. Piano and violin teacher since 1998. \u00a0Faculty at the New School of Music. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Recent praise of Aaron\u2019s latest CD New Lullaby: New Lullaby is a beautiful, perceptive, and evocative performance that earns and deserves your rapt appreciation. Most of all, however, it felt to me like a\u00a0courageous exploration of a mood or a state that is rarely identified, and these days all-too rarely enjoyed: attentive peacefulness. The appealing theme and some delightful surprises will attract a listening public that\u2019s often unwilling to give new music a hearing. [New Lullaby] is not mere background music; rather, the soothing and provocative sounds are mood enhancing and beckon personal involvement.\u00a0 – S. Kloss, Upon Listening, Mu Phi Epsilon<\/p>\n Well crafted, well played and sensitive” – American Record Guide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar Kai-Ching Chang, piano New School of Music 25 Lowell St, Cambridge \u2022 FREE Friday January 7, 2011 \u2022 7:30pm Program: Prelude \u2013 Fugue \u2013 Allegro, BWV 998 byJ.S. 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\nI. Allegretto
\nII. Adagio<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>Called \u201cA riveting artist\u201d by G. Acosta of The Washington Post, founder of the New Lullaby Project and the classical Spanish music & flamenco dance group\u00a0\u00a1Con Fuego!, classical guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan <\/strong>is a sought after soloist and chamber musician.\u00a0 A\u00a0gifted performer and speaker, Aaron has released two solo discs,\u00a0Tracing a wheel on water\u00a0(2006)\u00a0and\u00a0New Lullaby\u00a0(2010).\u00a0\u00a0He is also featured on the recent Albany Records release, Vientos \u2013 Music of Hayg Boyadjian, and soon to be released, Classic American Songbook with baritone Donald Wilkinson.\u00a0 Born in Oklahoma and raised in Colorado, Aaron is a graduate of the New England Conservatory in Boston where he studied with David Leisner and Eliot Fisk.\u00a0\u00a0Following the conservatory, Aaron studied with Dmitry Goryachev for seven years, while immersing himself in Cathar Yoga and healing with his wife, healer and muse, Catherine.\u00a0\u00a0Aaron teaches at the New School of Music in Cambridge, has an active private studio in Boston, and gives enrichment programs for listeners of all-ages in schools and other community settings. www.AARONLC.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>[Aaron] is a fine player, a classical guitarist with a keen ear for new music\u2026This is not some, godawful, Classics-for-Baby CD, something new has been attempted here\u2026 \u00a0— B. Rayfield \u2013 Fanfare Magazine<\/p>\n
\n\u2013 Glenn Kurtz, author of \u201cPracticing, a musicians return to music\u201d<\/p>\n