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""Iowa native wows symphony audience in RI""
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Quad City Times Iowa native wos symphony audience in RI By Lynn Little QUAD-CITY TIMES Music review The world premiere of a composition by Nicolas Roussakis and the performance of guest artist Simon Estes highlighted the Tri-City Symphony concert on Friday in Centennial Hall on the Augustana campus in Rock Island. Simon Estes, bass-baritone, is guest artist for this series of symphony concerts. He sang four selections -- arias from Handel's "Messiah," Wagner's "Parsifal," Macbeth" of Verdi, and the Toreador aria from "Carmen" by Bizet. Estes is a commanding singer, combining a powerful voice with an assertive stage presence. He performed all four works from memory, and the selections displayed his ability to project a range of character, style and technique. He effectively projected the emotional character of each of the operatic arias while displaying remarkable technical agility. The audience gave Estes, a native of Iowa, a standing ovation at the conclusion of the concert. The other special event on the program was the world premiere performance of Nicolas Roussakis' "Fire and Earth and Water and Air," a work composed for James Dixon and the Tri-City Symphony. It is based on the ideas from Plato's "Timaeus," which tells of the creation of the four elements of the composition's title. The orchestra members played expressively, and were successful in illustrating the changing colors and combinations of sounds demanded by the compositions. The program began with the overture to "Der Frieschutz," by Weber. A slow melody in octaves, effectively shaped by the strings, started the performance. The horn ensemble playing was outstanding in the Weber as well as in the aria from "Parsifal" later in the concert. The flute and oboe solos were nicely played, and the brass fanfare sections excellent. It was an example of the nicely refined playing the symphony can do. This program will be presented again today at 2 p.m. in Davenport's Masonic Temple Auditorium. [[italics]]Lynn Little, music reviewer for the Quad-City Times, is a visiting music instructor at Augustana College.[[end italics]] Quad City Times Ca. Feb. 1984
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Quad City Times Iowa native wos symphony audience in RI By Lynn Little QUAD-CITY TIMES Music review The world premiere of a composition by Nicolas Roussakis and the performance of guest artist Simon Estes highlighted the Tri-City Symphony concert on Friday in Centennial Hall on the Augustana campus in Rock Island. Simon Estes, bass-baritone, is guest artist for this series of symphony concerts. He sang four selections -- arias from Handel's "Messiah," Wagner's "Parsifal," Macbeth" of Verdi, and the Toreador aria from "Carmen" by Bizet. Estes is a commanding singer, combining a powerful voice with an assertive stage presence. He performed all four works from memory, and the selections displayed his ability to project a range of character, style and technique. He effectively projected the emotional character of each of the operatic arias while displaying remarkable technical agility. The audience gave Estes, a native of Iowa, a standing ovation at the conclusion of the concert. The other special event on the program was the world premiere performance of Nicolas Roussakis' "Fire and Earth and Water and Air," a work composed for James Dixon and the Tri-City Symphony. It is based on the ideas from Plato's "Timaeus," which tells of the creation of the four elements of the composition's title. The orchestra members played expressively, and were successful in illustrating the changing colors and combinations of sounds demanded by the compositions. The program began with the overture to "Der Frieschutz," by Weber. A slow melody in octaves, effectively shaped by the strings, started the performance. The horn ensemble playing was outstanding in the Weber as well as in the aria from "Parsifal" later in the concert. The flute and oboe solos were nicely played, and the brass fanfare sections excellent. It was an example of the nicely refined playing the symphony can do. This program will be presented again today at 2 p.m. in Davenport's Masonic Temple Auditorium. [[italics]]Lynn Little, music reviewer for the Quad-City Times, is a visiting music instructor at Augustana College.[[end italics]] Quad City Times Ca. Feb. 1984
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