Declassified Chamber Music Program’s Opening Numbers by Zoltán Kodály

News from Bainbridge Performing Arts
For Immediate Release:
Date: March 27, 2008
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Projection Artist Sid Arthur Collaborates with Pianist James Quitslund
in Declassified Chamber Music Program’s Opening Numbers by Zoltán Kodály
Sunday, April 27 @ 3:00 p.m. @ Bainbridge Performing Arts
Projection artist Sid Arthur collaborated with pianist James Quitslund in the presentation of two piano miniatures opening BPA’s April 27 Declassified Chamber Music Program. Arthur was charged with developing resonant imagery for two pieces by the Hungarian Zoltán Kodály, works that Quitslund described as “laments for the fallen, and for the breakdown in European affairs and the uncertainty of the future.” One of the works, Inscription on a Grave,” Quitslund continued, “is predominantly tragic and heroic, but there is also a hymn that contrasts with the crashing dissonances, and the turmoil fades into harmony and then silence at the end.”
After digesting Quitslund’s words and listening to recordings of Kodály’s works, Arthur soon ventured out to the graveyards, visiting Lake View Cemetery and the Veteran’s Memorial, snapping hundreds of photos, which formed the basis for his projections. He strung together more than 2000 black and white images, overlaying them with original color animations. Inspired by street-corner graffiti to the techniques used by great film makers, Arthur has developed a singular style, both in his paintings and drawings as well as his animations and films. A graduate of Northwest College of Art and BPA’s Graphic Designer, he is currently making himself known both in the Bainbridge community and the Seattle area.
BPA’s April Declassified Chamber Music Program features the works of three Eastern European masters from the 1890s to the 1930s, and showcases a crowd of Island musicians and their friends, including violinists Justine Jeanotte , Thomas Monk and Patricia Strange; violists Reid Blickenstaff and Peggy Spencer; cellists Marshall Brown, Barbara Deppe and Priscilla Jones; Kate Kralik, flute; Amy Duerr-Day , oboe; Patti Beasley, clarinet; Judy Lawrence, bassoon; Don Warkentin, horn; and pianists Donna Adele Horning and James Quitslund.
The concert is at Bainbridge Performing Arts on Sunday, April 27 at 3:00 p.m. Tickets, $10 per person, may be purchased by phone at 206.842.8569 or in person at BPA, 200 Madison Avenue North , Bainbridge Island . BPA Box Office hours are 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and one hour prior to each performance. The performance is suitable for music-lovers of all ages.
Bainbridge Performing Arts extends special thanks to its sponsors: 2007 - 2008 Season Media Sponsor, Bainbridge Island Review, and Declassified Presenting Sponsor, Viking Bank. This project is supported, in part, by the City of Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Fund, administered by the Bainbridge Island Arts and Human. BPA is supported, in part, by the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council, the City of Bainbridge Island, and by a two-year Organizational Support Program grant from the Washington State Arts Commission.
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