NEXT Ensemble with Music for Strings

An ensemble designed expressly to bring people together, the NEXT Ensemble out of Salt Lake City, Utah is a rotating group of musicians that pushes the boundaries of what it means to play classical music. Featuring a blend of time periods and styles, each with unique expression, tonight in-studio the ensemble features a traditional string quartet along with a clarinet and an upright bass.

Repertoire:
MOZART Clarinet Quintet 1st Mvt; GLASS String Quartet Company; BARTOK String Quartet No. 4; MOZART Clarinet Quintet 4th Mvt

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French Clarinet with Samuel Noyce

Clarinetist Sam Noyce and pianist Larry Gee feature music for clarinet by French composers, as well as a bit of Paris-inspired Gershwin.

Repertoire:
SAINT-SAENS Sonata for Clarinet Mvt. 1; JEANJEAN Andantino from Deux pieces pour clarinette et piano; MESSAGER Solo de Concours; MANGANI Blues from An American in Paris

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Salt Lake Vocal Artists with Brady Allred

Dr. Brady Allred directs the 40+ voice choir Salt Lake Vocal Artists, in a selection of pieces they'll be performing in Barcelona as part of a world choral singing symposium--one of just a few choirs invited.

Repertoire:

WILBERG Light Dawns on a Weary World; CONTE The Waking; DICKAU A Song of Joys; NESTOR Peace Prayer of Saint Francis; FINZI My Spirit Sang All Day; LOUNSBROUGH Invocation; STOPFORD The Beatitudes; DAVISON Ritmo; RUNESTAD The Peace of Wild Things; JOHNSON I Love You/What a Wonderful World

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Alex and Aubrey Woods, violin

Alex is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and Yale University with a master’s degree in violin performance. He is also a professor of violin at Brigham Young University. Aubrey graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Violin Performance and has commissioned and recorded music for violin and piano on Tantara records. She is currently the Concert Master for the Ballet West orchestra.

Host: Steven Kapp Perry

Repertoire: PROKOFIEV Sonata for two violins (Mvts. 1 & 2); PHELPS, WILLIAMS arr. WOODS If You Could Hie to Kolob; ASPLUND One Eternal Round

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