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