wonderful recital, everyone!

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Saturday, March 23, 2019 12:30 pm at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
Session Two: Expression through Music
A big thank you to all students, parents and supporters of music education!

ORDER OF RECITAL:

Lulu Churchwell, piano…………………………………..Tigers at My Door, by Faber

John Henry Caughron, piano……..Ode to Joy (Beethoven) & Giddy-Up Pony (Faber)

Alex Writz, piano…………………......Little Bird & My Clever Pup (Alfred Prep Course)

Kate Caughron, piano……………………………………………...…..Dudelsack, anon

Katelyn Ward, piano….....Curtain Raiser & Carefree by Daniel Gottlob Turk (1750-1813)

Ariston Churchwell, guitar…...Tom Dooley, A Civil War Folk Tune from North Carolina
            ………. Clementine, Perry Montrose (1884?)

Caleb Ward, piano………………..Minuet in F by Jean-Henri d’Angelbert (1629-1691)
            ………..Rococco (Anon)

Selah Churchwell, piano………...… Minuet and Scherzino by Reinangle (1756-1809)

Erika Aurner, piano……………….…..Bouree by Georg Phillip Telemann (1681-1767)
            ……………...Evening Song by Daniel Gottlob Turk (1750-1813)

Sojourn Churchwell, clarinet…..Elegy by John Tyndall, modern band instrument composer

Gabriel Benedict, piano……………….....Emerald Sea by Timothy Brown (1946- )

Grace Caughron, piano…………..Three German Dances by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Owen Caughron, piano…...Six Miniatures by Bela Bartok (1881-1945)

1. “Children at Play, Sweet as Sugar”
   
2. For Children, vo. 2, no. 1
   
3. “Funeral Song”
   
4. For Children volume 2, no. 3
   
5. Round Dance 1 (volume 2)
   
6. Dance of the Slovaks
   
   
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   PROGRAM NOTES:
   Music in our world has always been a medium for artistic expression. The creative composer minds over the ages have found ways to express pain, worship, pleasure, excitement, and joy. In addition to emotional expression, some music is written specifically to illustrate an object in the world such as the sea, animals or bagpipes. Some is written for activities such as horseback riding, children playing, or dancing. And some music is written to fit within a certain musical form such as a dance, symphony, or concertos. Folk music represents the unwritten songs passed from generation to generation. We will experience students’ representations from all these types today.
   
   The major time divisions of classical music are the Medieval (500–1400), Renaissance (1400–1600), the Baroque (1600–1750), Classical (1750–1820) and Romantic (1810–1910), followed by the Modern Era of today.
   The Medieval period was dominated by folk music and Gregorian Chant in the churches. Music notation began to develop at this time. The instruments were wooden flute, stringed lute, drums, and of course the human voice in both choirs and Madrigal singers.
   In The Renaissance (1400-1600), which typified a resurgence in all the arts, literature, and culture within Europe. With the invention of the printing press in 1493, ability to notate more accurately was a boon to composers of the time. The music became smoother, yet more polyphonic (more than one line sung or played at once).
   Most of our works today come from the final three eras.
   The Baroque period (1600-1750) was dominated by JS Bach, Vivaldi and Handel. With Bach especially, as we consider the Baroque period as ended when JS Bach died in 1750. This music was complex, ornamented and being written in the diatonic keys we know today. The Harpsichord and organ were the predominant keyboard instruments of the time. The piano was invented around the year 1700. Composers either worked for a church as music director/composer, or for an aristocratic family, providing music for entertainment and the many court dances. The music was written for small chamber instrumental or choral groups. French Rococo style developed at the end of the Baroque period. It was ornamented like Baroque, but much simpler lines and repetitive melodies instead of some of the heavily scored works of the German Bach.
   Classical music is the term that can refer to music of all the previous periods, plus Romantic music… basically anything which occurs before Jazz! As a distinct period, however, it is music composed from 1750-1820.   Major composers of this period are Mozart, Haydn, Turk Jean-Henri d’Anglebert, and Beethoven. The modern orchestra with strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion performing music written specifically for these groups began here. Special forms such as concertos, symphonies, opera, suites, etudes and dances developed during this time, too.
   In the Romantic period, larger symphonies, and compositions with more exploratory forms, melodies, chromatics, dissonances set this period apart from Classical. This romanticism is not really “lovey-dovey” romance, but rather drama and dramatic sounds. These works represented themes such as nature, mystic or fantasy pieces, national identity, and turning from the exact forms of the previous periods.  
   In our Modern era: Music has drifted from form derived from melody and harmony to forms which focus on rhythm, texture, or tone color. Debussy’s Impressionism, Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Schoenberg’s 12 tone row music, John Cage avant-garde compositions came during this time. Béla Bartók and his research on Hungarian folk tunes was a major contributor to preserving folk music of Hungary.