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The MusicaNova Orchestra presents "Dead Elvis and Other Gems" Sunday, March 24 at the Musical Instrument Museum. The program includes works by Joseph Haydn, Franz Krommer, and Peggy Glanville-Hicks, and opens with Dead Elvis by Michael Daugherty. KBACH's Greg Kostraba recently talked with the orchestra's Music Director Warren Cohen about the concert, and bassoonist Kristilyn Woods (pictured), who dons a sequined costume to evoke the 1970s-era King of Rock and Roll.
KBACH's Heart of the Arts
The Takács Quartet comes to the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts for a performance of Flow, a new work by Phoenix composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama, alongside compositions from Haydn and Beethoven, Friday, March 22. KBACH's Greg Kostraba chatted with violinist Edward Dusinberre about the genesis of the new work, as well as the longevity of the quartet, which is marking its 49th season.
The Phoenix Chorale presents two contrasting yet complementary works for voices and orchestra Saturday & Sunday, March 9 & 10 in Scottsdale: Christopher Tin's reflective elegy The Lost Birds, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem. KBACH's Greg Kostraba chatted with Christopher Tin about his career writing for new media, and about this Grammy-nominated piece.
Learn more about the concert, and purchase tickets here: https://phoenixchorale.org/concerts/
The Phoenix Chamber Music Society (PCMS) presents its 15th annual festival from March 2-8 at various locations throughout the Valley. KBACH's Greg Kostraba chatted with the festival's Artistic Director David Shifrin about his history with the PCMS and the variety of performers and music during this year's festival.
Learn more about the concert, and purchase tickets here: https://www.phoenixchambermusicsociety.org/festival15.
The Arizona Bach Festival presents its 15th annual festival from February 25 through March 17. KBACH's Greg Kostraba chatted with the chairman of the festival's board of directors Don Morse about the origins of the organization, as well as this year's festival, which consists of chamber music, concertos, orchestral suites, and an opening organ recital.
Learn more about the concert, and purchase tickets here: https://arizonabachfestival.org/2024-festival.
The Phoenix Chamber Music Society presents the Isidore Quartet in concert at Central United Methodist Church in Phoenix, Saturday, February 10 at 7:30pm. KBACH's Greg Kostraba chatted with the quartet's violist Devin Moore about the program, which includes the String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20 No. 2 by Joseph Haydn, the String Quartet No. 2 "Awakening" by Billy Childs, and Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132.
Jeffrey Siegel (pictured) continues his Keyboard Conversations series at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Tuesday, February 6 at 7:30pm. KBACH's Greg Kostraba chatted with the pianist about the program titled "A French Feast," which includes Franz Liszt's arrangement of the Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns, and works by Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel, and Francis Poulenc.
Conductor Warren Cohen (pictured) and the MusicaNova Orchestra present Finished Unfinished, a concert at the Musical Instrument Museum on Monday, January 22 at 7:00pm. KBACH's Greg Kostraba chatted with Maestro Cohen about the program, which includes Franz Schubert's most famous unfinished symphony, the Symphony #8, and the very first symphony by Anton Bruckner, once dubbed "Symphony 00."
Composer David Ludwig wrote a violin concerto as a wedding present for his bride, Bella Hristova, who will be performing it January 5-7 with Tito Muñoz and the Phoenix Symphony. KBACH's Greg Kostraba chatted with Bella and David about how they met, and about the surprises and hidden messages within the piece.