A chamber recital with violinist Emily Kalish for Beaches Fine Arts at St. Paul's by-the-sea Episcopal Church in Jacksonville Beach, pairing American concert music with a warm community setting.
Performance Video
John Corigliano: Violin and Piano Sonata, first movementShort excerpt captured from Kyle's glasses during the Beaches Fine Arts performance with Emily Kalish.
Thomas Wiggins (Blind Tom): Battle of ManassasKyle introduces the piece to the audience, then performs Battle of Manassas.
Program Details
American Dreams brings a compelling mix of American music that speaks to optimism and cultural identity. The program interlaces varied traditions and styles into a cohesive narrative celebrating who we are and who we're becoming through sound.
Repertoire Notes
John Corigliano: Sonata for Violin and Piano — I. Allegro; II. Andantino; III. Lento; IV. Allegro
Music of the Revolutionary War Era — arranged by Emily Kalish and Kyle P. Walker
Elder Joseph Brackett: Simple Gifts — arranged by Aaron Copland, adapted by Bryan Stanley
Thomas Wiggins (Blind Tom): The Battle of Manassas
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Deep River — arranged by Maude Powell
Intermission
George Gershwin: Selections from Porgy and Bess — It Ain't Necessarily So; Bess, You Is My Woman Now; Tempo di Blues — arranged by Jascha Heifetz
Curtis Stewart: 24 American Caprices — Isn't She Lovely
Michael Abels: Iconoclasm
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story Suite — Somewhere; America — arranged by Raimundo Penaforte
Photo Gallery
Emily Kalish and Kyle P. Walker after the American Dreams program.Kyle P. Walker and Emily Kalish with family after the American Dreams program.
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Three Fours, Valse Suite, Op. 71 No. 2Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
