Sunday, November 11, 2012

Violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama Performs at Downtown Chamber Series in Phoenix November 17 & 18, 2012 at 8 PM

Violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama, President of the American Viola Society, is featured at AfriClassical.com and Ngwenyama.com.  

The Downtown Chamber Series at Legend City
Phoenix, Arizona


November 17 & 18, 2012

Saturday and Sunday
8:00 p.m.

Legend City
521 W. Van Buren
Phoenix

Featuring music for string quartet, including the epic electric Black Angels by George Crumb. The work encompases the sounds of a troubled nation in 1970, struggling with the assasinations of MLK, Robert Kennedy, the burning of inner city neighborhoods, and the Vietnam War. "Things were turned upside down. There were terrifying things in the air... they found their way into Black Angels." -George Crumb 

Musicians:
Nokuthula Ngwenyama and
Tessa Gotman, violins
Mark Dix, viola
Jan Simiz, cello

Program:
Beethoven, String Quartet Op. 18 No. 4 in C-minor
Schubert, Death and the Maiden Movement II, Andante
Crumb, Black Angels for electric string quartet

Exhibition:
The annual Chaos Theory show featuring 60 artists

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