Bell'Art Ensemble: Shades of Love (Part 1)

Artists

Bell'Art Ensemble

Ashley Freeburn, violin

Raquel Winnica Young, mezzo-soprano

Lenny Young, oboe

Jack Kurutz, piano

Program

Musicast was produced from a live performance presented presented by Oakmont Musicivic and Oakmont Presbyterian Church in May 2022. Program details: https://musicivic.net/shades-of-love

Bell’Art Ensemble presents “Shades of Love”. From the love between parents and children to ancient tales of platonic and romantic love and one of the greatest love affairs in classical music, Bell’Art Ensemble features music from four centuries in exploring the many varieties of love portrayed in music. This concert will include lullabies, romances, solo songs and a remarkable set of variations, featuring music for voice, oboe, violin and piano.

El Clavel del Aire Blanco (1969)

Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000)

Songs My Mother Taught Me (1880)

Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), arr. Kreisler

Three Romances for oboe and piano (1849)


Robert Schumann (1810-1856)



Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito (1945)


Xavier Montsalvatge (1912-2002)



Mother and Child, for violin and piano (1943)


William Grant Still (1895-1978)



Ti Sento, from Teuzzone (1719)


Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)



Un Zeffiro Spiro, from Rodelinda (1725)


George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

About the Artists:

The Bell’Art Ensemble produces the Living Room Chamber Music Project concert series in the Pittsburgh metro area. Starting in 2010, they have designed over 60 different musical programs and performed over 130 concerts throughout Allegheny County and beyond. In addition to producing their own concerts, Bell’Art has collaborated with other Pittsburgh-area arts groups. They were musical guests for Bricolage Theater’s “Midnight Radio” series and collaborated with five Dutch poets for an evening of poetry and music sponsored by City of Asylum. They have appeared on several local Pittsburgh recital series and designed a multi-disciplinary concert entitled “To Carnegie with Love” for the Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in Carnegie, PA. They have collaborated with several Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra musicians on chamber-music programs, and created an evening-length program of songs by Mahler and Guastavino in collaboration with renowned baritone Daniel Teadt. The five members of the Bell’Art Ensemble also perform in other ensembles throughout the city and teach at elementary, secondary and collegiate levels, in addition to maintaining their own private studios.

Performance Times

Musicast premieres on June 12 at 7pm and is available on demand for a week.