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Installment #5: Jeremy Denk and Sarah Rothenberg on Bach

In January 2017, DACAMERA inaugurated the James K. Schooler Fund Memorial concert with the first Houston recital appearance of world-renowned German violinist Christian Tetzlaff and Norwegian pianist Lars Vogt. It was a spectacular evening of music making. Featuring music of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Bartók, each work on the program shows the composer’s experimental spirit. The performances are alive with a sense of discovery. The artists joined DACAMERA Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg for a lively pre-concert conversation.

Installment #4: Davone Tines

On April 7, DACAMERA was scheduled to present the first Houston recital by bass-baritone Davóne Tines. A true breakthrough artist, Tines is a “charismatic, full-voiced bass-baritone” says The New York Times. He was recently named a Next Generation Leader by Time magazine, which called him “A charismatic and commanding artist”; “poised for a major career” and “among the most compelling classically trained singers working in America today.” We are working closely with Tines to schedule his recital debut.

Installment #3: The Well Tempered Lens with Jeremy Denk

From Sarah Rothenberg:

As we continue to bring DACAMERA curated music into your home, I am pleased to announce our partnership with New York Public Radio’s WQXR & The Greene Space for live streaming of a three-part series with pianist Jeremy Denk on Bach’s Well-Tempered Klavier. We had looked forward to Jeremy’s performances for DACAMERA of J.S. Bach’s iconic work for keyboard, the 24 preludes and fugues of The Well-Tempered Klavier Book I, scheduled for April 27 and 28 at the Menil Collection. I invite you now to join Jeremy in this series of live video performances and conversations about Bach’s work, the first episode of which is archived here.

Installment #2: Music and Time: Sarah Rothenberg on Morton Feldman

From Sarah Rothenberg

MUSIC AND TIME: Morton Feldman’s Palais de Mari

One of the essential elements of music is the way it defines time. In the simplest of comparisons, three minutes of fast music and three minutes of a slow adagio or a ballad will allow us to experience that equal measure of time very differently. As we all stay at home during this period of semi-confinement, many of us are noticing how, with the interruption of our normal daily routines, our sense of time is disrupted. For some, without the stimuli of engaging with others or moving about physically, this time may be become unusually slow, and even empty. It is as though our lives are missing the musical bar lines by which we usually measure the day.

Installment #1: Beethoven and Richard Goode

From Sarah Rothenberg

I hope this finds you well and safe. I send warm greetings to you as we navigate separately yet together the challenges of our present moment. Missing the sense of community we all feel when we gather at DACAMERA concerts, I hope that by reaching out to you with thoughts and music, we can listen together and keep that special spirit alive. We are working at DACAMERA to find new ways to be in touch during this period, and hope to hear from you, as well.

Music evokes powerful emotions, and has the extraordinary capability of taking us out of one emotional state and into another. There have been several mornings in this past week that I have awakened in a state of anxiety, only to find that in sitting at the piano and playing Bach I am able, at the same time, to feel ecstasy.

DACAMERA HOME DELIVERY: JEREMY DENK AND THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER

From Sarah Rothenberg:

As we continue to bring DACAMERA curated music into your home, I am pleased to announce our partnership with New York Public Radio’s WQXR & The Greene Space for live streaming of a three-part series with pianist Jeremy Denk on Bach’s Well-Tempered Klavier.

We had looked forward to Jeremy’s performances for DACAMERA of J.S. Bach’s iconic work for keyboard, the 24 preludes and fugues of The Well-Tempered Klavier Book I, scheduled for April 27 and 28 at the Menil Collection. I invite you now to join Jeremy in this series of live video performances and conversations about Bach’s work, the first episode of which is archived here.