
DANCE
February 28th, 2025 at 7pm
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Bookended by Mel Bonis’ playful and Maurice Ravel’s manic takes on the buoyant Viennese waltz, DANCE is a celebration of emotional groove and movement. Thomas Adès offers a contemporary reworking of Frédéric Chopin’s beloved Polish mazurka, while Charli xcx remixes the iconic “360” into the hyperactive “365” on her latest album, BRAT. Modest Mussorgsky and Heitor Villa-Lobos set tragic scenes for dancing in solitude on the Russian “Trepak” and the Brazilian “Valsa da dor.” Florence Price explores the rich history of African-American dance rhythms in her solo piano suite, Dances in The Canebrakes, and Béla Bartók integrates Hungarian folk dances into his vivid Contrasts, a suite that highlights the unique ensemble of piano, violin, and clarinet.
Program
Mel Bonis: 6 Valses-Caprice
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Valsa da dor
Modest Mussorgsky: “Trepak” from Songs and Dances of Death
Béla Bartók: 6 Romanian Dances
Florence Price: Dances in The Canebrakes
Béla Bartók: Contrasts
Intermission
Johann Sebastian Bach: Gavotte I — Gavotte II ou la musette from English Suite in G minor
Arnold Schoenberg: Gavotte and Musette from Suite Op. 25
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka in A minor Op. 68 No. 2
Thomas Adès: Mazurka No. 1 Op. 27
Charli xcx arr. Meadow Bridgham: 360/365 from BRAT
Maurice Ravel: La Valse
Artists:
Alexandre Tchaykov, piano
Zhaoyuan Qin, piano
Yekaterina Lynch, soprano
Chris Cho, cello
Xenia Deviatkina-Loh, violin
Elad Navon, clarinet
Location:
1972 Thayer Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Image: Henry Matisse, Dance (1910)