Jackson Starts Pro Arte Season with Sanders Theater Concert

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After intermission, [Ursula Oppens] returned for the world premiere of "Sala luminosa" by Amy Williams (b. 1969), a pianist and composer on the faculty of Northwestern University. Written specifically for Oppens and the Pro Arte, the work lasts some ten minutes. It opens with a series of orchestral grunts and ends with three plinks. In between, the scoring is generally too clogged; one sees many musicians playing without being able to hear them. There is, however, at one point a most engaging duet for two contrabasses, one bowed and the other plucked. The piano spends much of the time providing trills and filigree at the very top of the keyboard.

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Jackson Starts Pro Arte Season with Sanders Theater Concert

The Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, under its black music director Isaiah Jackson, launched into its second quarter century with a Sanders Theater conc...

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