Chameleon Arts Ensemble presents "each to each impart" on Nov 7 & 8, 2015 in Boston

“each to each impart” continues Chameleon Arts Ensemble’s fall exploration of Bach’s influence. Johann Sebastian Bach is so embedded in our musical consciousness that it’s difficult to imagine how little-known he was in the early 19th century. Mozart knew and studied Bach’s work, but it was Mendelssohn’s advocacy that saved him from obscurity, giving generations of composers an inspiring model of craft and beauty. The Bach-style chorale in Mendelssohn’s D Major Cello Sonata, Op. 58 is a perfect example of the inspiration he derived from master. Mozart’s Piano Quartet E-Flat Major, K. 493 was written after his immersive study of Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, notably some 40 years before Mendelssohn’s revelation. Steven Stucky describes his Partita-Pastorale after J.S.B. for clarinet, string quartet and piano as a “daydream about Bach.” The great Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski draws more generally on pre-classical keyboard music for his 1984 Partita for violin and piano. Finally, Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6 for flute and bassoon is one of a series of nine suites fusing Bach and Brazilian folk and popular music.

WHEN/WHERE:
Saturday, November 7, 2015, 8 PM
First Church in Boston, 66 Marlborough Street

Sunday, November 8, 2015, 4 PM
Goethe-Institut, Boston, 170 Beacon Street

TICKETS:
$47, $36, $25; $5 off for students/seniors

FOR TICKETS & MORE INFORMATION:
617-427-8200
http://www.chameleonarts.org