Culver City Symphony Orchestra / American Beat, Music of the Beats - Looking for the Beat Close and Afar January 30, 2010

The CULVER CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Presented by the Westchester Symphony Society, Inc.) continues its 47th Season with an unique concert on Saturday, January 30, 2010, 8P.M., at Veteran's Memorial Auditorium, 4117 Overland Avenue, Culver City; at the corner of Culver Boulevard and Overland Avenue. Free parking is available.

This concert is under the direction of its Conductor-Frank Fetta. For concert information please visit our web site: www.culvercitysymphony.org or call 310-717-5500.

American Beat: Music of the Americas -
Looking for the Beat Close and Afar

The Beat is the pulse, the rhythm, which propels Music regardless of style or origin. Classical Music of North/Central/South America all share roots in European musical styles and structures.

Each region, and its composers, are then influenced by their immediate culture. All of the music on the program has its own distinct personality and beat. North America is represented by three American composers-Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Charles Fernandez; Central America is represented a Mexican composer-Silvestre Reveultas; and South America is represented by a Brazilian composer - Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Some composers, such as Barber and Fernandez, chose to look to their immediate regions for inspiration. New England for Barber, and Louisiana and Southern California for Fernandez.

New York native Copland looked to Latin America for inspiration.

Revueltas innately used Mexican and Aztec influences to color his composition which looked back to Europe with his homage to a Spanish poet.

Brazilian sensibilities infused Villa-Lobos works, and for certain works he looked to the German Master Johann Sebastian Bach for inspiration.

This concert celebrates American composer who found inspiration, and the Beat, close to home, or sought it in far off lands while retaining their footage in their native lands.

Program:

Frank Fetta - Conductor

Villa-Lobos (Brasil): Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 1 (1932),
Arranged for String Orchestra (2009)-
Matthew Hetz (U.S.) (Premiere Performance)

Charles Fernandez (U.S.): Elegy for Oboe and Strings (1998), Linda Margeridge-Oboe

Copland (U.S.): 3 Latin American Sketches (1972)

Revueltas (Mexico): Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca (1936)

Barber (U.S.): Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1940), Stirling Trent-Violin

Official Website: http://www.culvercitysymphony.org