*Recording In Session*
Friday, May 2nd at 6pm • Tiny Telephone Studios, Oakland
Join pianists Audrey Vardanega and Eric Zivian at Tiny Telephone Studios as they record Igor Stravinsky’s iconic Rite of Spring for Four Hands in front of a live audience, completely in one take, straight to reel-to-reel tape; the recording will then be shipped off to be cut, pressed, and released as a special limited edition vinyl record!
Space is extremely limited, please rsvp now. Drinks and snacks will be served.
The Program
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IGOR STRAVINSKY - THE RITE OF SPRING ARR. PIANO FOUR HANDS
Part I: L'Adoration de la Terre (Adoration of the Earth)
Introduction (Introduction)
Les Augures printaniers (Augurs of Spring)
Jeu du rapt (Ritual of Abduction)
Rondes printanières (Spring Rounds)
Jeux des cités rivales (Ritual of the Rival Tribes)
Cortège du sage: Le Sage (Procession of the Sage: The Sage)
Danse de la terre (Dance of the Earth)
Part II: Le Sacrifice (The Sacrifice)
Introduction (Introduction)
Cercles mystérieux des adolescentes (Mystic Circles of the Young Girls)
Glorification de l'élue (Glorification of the Chosen One)
Évocation des ancêtres (Evocation of the Ancestors)
Action rituelle des ancêtres (Ritual Action of the Ancestors)
Danse sacrale (Sacrificial Dance)
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eric Zivian
Music Director and Co-Founder of the Valley of the Moon Music Festival, Eric Zivian has given solo recitals in Toronto, New York, Philadelphia, and the San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed Mozart and Beethoven concertos with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Santa Rosa Symphony and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. He performed the Beethoven Choral Fantasy with Philharmonia Baroque in April 2018.
Since 2000, Mr. Zivian has performed extensively on original instruments, playing fortepiano in the Zivian-Tomkins Duo and the Benvenue Fortepiano Trio. He is also a member of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble and has performed with the Empyrean Ensemble and Earplay. He is a frequent guest artist on the San Francisco Conservatory’s faculty chamber music series. Mr. Zivian’s compositions have been performed widely in the United States and in Tokyo, Japan. He was awarded an ASCAP Jacob Druckman Memorial Commission to compose an orchestral work, Three Character Pieces, which was premiered by the Seattle Symphony in March 1998.
Audrey vardanega
Praised as a “[musically] eloquent” (San Francisco Classical Voice) player “with the kind of freedom, authority, and strength…that one expects from the world’s finest pianists” and a “bewitching musical presence” (The Piedmont Post), American pianist and arts entrepreneur Audrey Vardanega (b.1995) has performed as a solo and collaborative pianist across Europe, China, and the United States. In response to her passion for bringing artists together for opportunities for performance, the creation of new work, and interdisciplinary collaboration, Audrey founded Musaics of the Bay in 2019.
About tiny Telephone
Tiny Telephone was openend in Jan 2016 to provide affordable hi-fi recordings to the East Bay’s independent music community.
The studio is 2700 sq. ft with wood ceilings, anchored by a rebuilt 56-channel 1976 Neve 8068. The brilliant Brian Hood is the builder and co-designer of Tiny Telephone.