Bay Chamber Concerts

Bay Chamber Concerts has a special bond with the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Both institutions were founded with support from the generous Mary Louise Curtis Zimbalist Bok. And all of the directors of the Curtis Institute have performed at Bay Chamber Concerts, from founding director Ephrem Zimbalist to current director Roberto Díaz.

Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
Rockport Opera House
Most tickets $20. Prime seating $40, discounted up to 50% with subscription.
$8 for Youth ages 18 and under, limited availability.
Honorary Sponsor: Robin & Kathie Ledwith and Stormy Bok in honor of Curtis on Tour
$20 Ticket Underwriter: Brewster Point

lhistoire Curtis On Tour brings the extraordinary artistry of the world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music to audiences nationwide, with tomorrow's leading musicians performing alongside celebrated alumni and faculty. The narrated performance will feature Igor Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale). Musically vivid, touching and humorous, it is based on a Russian folk tale about a soldier who sells his fiddle to the devil and soon regrets it.

Also on the program will be a new song cycle by composer David Ludwig titled From the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Using the thousand-year-old quatrains of the great Persian poet and scholar Omar Khayyám, the songs are written for mezzo-soprano, violin, bass, clarinet, bassoon, cornet, trombone and percussion.