Word: mendelssohn
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Wednesday night they performed four very different dances that which all shared one basic element an abundance of energy. Regardless of whether the dance was to the music of George Winston. Mendelssohn, Peter Gordon or Pat Metheny, one could feel the pulsing rhythm and energy of the dancers, their lithe bodies stretching and pulling and creating forces...
...third piece was almost a slight disappointment after the first two energy-filled dances. Calteu Song Without Words," the work, was accompanied with music by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Primarily a modern ballet, the dance, however, was heavily influenced by modern styles since the dancers did not wear traditional ballet shoes. While it was a mellow, pleasant piece that was danced well, it lacked an accompanying force and drive. The sequence contained a series of duets interspersed by a solo and a quartet. The pas de deus were the highlight, usually interesting if not exciting...
...origins of the movement extend back to Mendelssohn's historic revival of J.S. Bach in 1829. Even so, throughout the last century Bach was known primarily to the most sophisticated musicians, and only a handful of Mozart's myriad works were regularly performed. With composers like Schumann, Brahms and Wagner churning out masterwork after masterwork, there was little need to revive the past. But as the musical repertory gradually evolved into a monument to the 19th century, inquiring performers began to look backward. Arnold Dolmetsch (1858-1940), an English musician and instrumentmaker, rediscovered the nearly forgotten world...
...theater--memorable and often modern plot and characters, music that can stand on its own merit, and sets that linger in the mind. The musical repertory is as diverse as the dance styles, adding Miles Davis and the group Earth, Wind and Fire to the more traditional Mendelssohn. Bach and Ravel "Revelations," set to chotal Negro spirituals, glorifies the Black experience through folk dancing and Biblical motifs...
...infant, he once astonished his father, a former bandleader, by spotting the rhythm of Mary Had a Little Lamb when it was idly drummed on a tabletop. Piano lessons came at four, recitals at six. In 1953, age ten, he made his debut with the Cincinnati Symphony, performing Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto...