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May 11, 2008 by Zach Carstensen
Josh Roman ends his Town Music series today with a recital featuring music for two instruments by some of Roman’s favorite composers: Derek Bermel, Zhou Long, Johan Halverson and Joni Mitchell. May 11, 2008.
Monday, Seattle’s Music of Remembrance presents their spring concert, “Ray of Sunshine.” The title for the performance is taken from a movement from Paul Schoenfield’s Ghetto Songs. Ghetto Songs was commissioned for the performance and received its world premiere this coming Monday. Also on the program are works by Viktor Ullmann and Erwin Schulhoff. May 12, 2008.
The American String Project begins their spring concert series this week. For seven years, the String Project, has built a reputation of presenting standard repertoire for string quartet, quintet, etc. but arranged by bassist Barry Lieberman for larger forces. This year, repertoire includes: Shostakovich’s String Quartet No.4; Brahms String Quartet No.2; and Dvorak’s String Quartet No.9. May 14, 16 and 18, 2008.