The Inauguration Program of our new American Music Center - Prato, Italy, May 18, 2024 - is published.
The public opening of ICAMus in Prato, Italy, includes presentations, performances, and a tour of the Collection. With Aloma Bardi, the Duo Alberto Bologni-Carlo Palese (violin and piano) and special guests. A day of celebration of American Music in its extraordinary diversity through the centuries. Palazzo Martini-Palazzo della Musica, Via Santa Trinita 2, Prato, Italy; Saturday, May 18, 2024, beginning at 5:00PM; free admission to the presentation and visit; admission ticket to the 9:00PM concert.
PROGRAM
Opening of ICAMus-American Music Center.
Palazzo Martini-Palazzo della Musica, Via Santa Trinita 2, Prato, Italy.
Saturday, May 18, 2024, 5:00PM.
Free admission to the presentation and visit; admission ticket to the 9:00PM concert.
Sala delle Colonne
5:00PM. ALOMA BARDI - Inauguration Lecture: Centuries and Continents of American Music.
Duo ALBERTO BOLOGNI-CARLO PALESE (violin & piano).
CHARLES E. IVES (1874-1954) - Decoration Day for violin and piano; comp. 1912, ca. 1919; publ. Peer Music Classical, New York/Hamburg, 1992, edited by John Kirkpatrick.
SALA ICAMus
6:00PM. Public Opening of the American Music Center.
Tour of the Collection with ALOMA BARDI.
ALBERTO BOLOGNI, violin. Works by Jerome N. Margolis, Douglas Hedwig, Joan Tower, DBR-Daniel Bernard Roumain.
JEROME N. MARGOLIS (1941) – Paean (“Dedicated to the opening of the new International Center for American Music, Prato, Italy”); comp. September 2023; unpublished; world premiere.
DOUGLAS HEDWIG (1951) – Journey Al(l)one (“Dedicated to Aloma Bardi, Artistic Director, The International Center for American Music, Prato, Italy”); comp. 2020, December 2023; unpublished; world premiere.
JOAN TOWER (1938) – Platinum Spirals; comp. 1976; publ. Associated Music Publishers, Inc., New York, 1981.
DBR-DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN (1970) – Filter; comp. 1992; publ. DBR Music, Subito Music Corp., 2001.
Cadenza: Hollerin’ in the night… (freely, Hendrix-like) – Filter.
Sala delle Colonne
9:00PM. CONCERT. Avant-Garde and Memory in American Music.
ALBERTO BOLOGNI, violin - CARLO PALESE, piano.
ALOMA BARDI introduces the program.
This program is part of the series Intrecci-Concerti di Primavera of Camerata Strumentale di Prato and Scuola di Musica "G. Verdi."
TICKETS: €8; €3 under 25, teachers and students of Scuola Verdi Prato.
Ticket Office:
Teatro Politeama Pratese
0574 603758
Via Garibaldi 33 - Prato
martedì – sabato (chiuso mercoledì pomeriggio)
10.30-12.30/16.00-19.00
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CONCERT PROGRAM
I. MUSIC, SHARING, COMMUNION
CHARLES E. IVES (1874-1954) - Violin Sonata No. 3; comp. 1901-1904, 1914; publ. Theodore Presser/Merion Music, 1951; edited by Ingolf Dahl; violin part edited by Sol Babitz.
Adagio – Allegro – Adagio (Cantabile).
II. USA AND EUROPE
GEORGE ANTHEIL (1900-1959) - Violin Sonata No. 2, with drums (1923).
“For Ezra Pound, best of friends”.
Allegro; with bass drum & tenor drum.
III. NIGHT MUSIC
AARON COPLAND (1900-1990) - Nocturne, from Two Pieces for Violin and Piano; comp. 1926; publ. Boosey & Hawkes/Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc., 1928.
JOHN CAGE (1912-1992) - Nocturne for violin and piano; comp. 1947; publ. Peters, New York/Leipzig/London, 1972.
GEORGE CRUMB (1929-2022) - Four Nocturnes - Night Music II; 1964; publ. Peters, New York/London/Frankfurt, 1971.
Notturno I: Serenamente - Notturno II: Scorrevole, vivace possibile - Notturno III: Contemplativo - Notturno IV: Con un sentimento di nostalgia.
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