20^th Century Music Innovation

Date: 07-04-2018 Saturday 8pm

Venue: Dom Pedro V Theatre

Programme:
John Cheetham：A Brass Menagerie
Ives: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 57
Stravinsky: Octet for Wind instruments
Barber: Serenade for Strings, Op. 1

Into the 20th century, conceptual innovations and drastic changes in artistic style gave chamber music a new vitality. This concert presents works by several American composers. Samuel Barber embodied the more traditional, lyrical style of composition; Igor Stravinskywas a leading figure in the neoclassical field; with his avant-garde innovations, Charles Ives was a great pioneer in the modern American music scene. Although with traditional formal titles the three pieces highlight the trend of co-existence of styles in that eclectic era.

Approximately 1 hour, no interval