Mirror Images – Art and Music through The Periods

30 Grafton Common,Grafton MA 01519

23 October, 2021

Description

Paul Surapine presents a historical retrospective of the musical arts through the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern periods. Saturday, October 23, 7:00 pm ***MASKS REQUIRED*** The concert features a historical retrospective of the musical arts through the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern (twentieth century) periods hosted by Paul Surapine, founding executive and artistic director of the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra and a distinguished faculty member of Apple Tree Arts. Before each period of music, Mr. Surapine will provide insights about the era and music selection. He will discuss what makes a piece of music different in each era. “Music of the classical time is all about structure. The romantic period is more colorful, emotional and sensational,” he noted. Musicians will perform a few of their favorite selections from each period. For the Baroque period, organist Caleb Collins, a Vassar College student, will perform selections of composer Johann Sebastian Bach and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck on the church’s majestic pipe organ. The Baroque period includes music created from the 1600s to 1750s. Selections from a few Classical period composers including Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini will be performed by flutist Amy Carroll, a member of Apple Tree Arts faculty and Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Surapine will accompany her on the clarinet for a few selections of the Classical period, too. Ms. Carroll will perform selections of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and other works from different composers from the Romantic period. Mr. Surapine will perform the “Clarinet Sonate, Op. 167” by French composer Camille Saint-Saens. The Modern period features music from the early to mid-twentieth century. Apple Tree Arts’ faculty member and accomplished pianist Corbin Calloway Bolton will perform “Gargoyles” by American composer Lowell Libermann. Igor Stravinsky’s “Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet” will be performed by Mr. Surapine. The Small Stones Festival of the Arts, sponsored by Grafton Arts, Inc. and held each autumn, is a collaboration of Apple Tree Arts, the Worcester County Camera Club, the Blackstone Valley Arts Association, the Shakespeare Club of Grafton, and Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra. The festival includes a juried exhibition of photography and painting, a musical program, and literary events.