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Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc.
in collaboration with Northminster Evangelical Presbyterian Church present Olivier Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” Featuring Yevgeniy Dovgalyuk, violin; David Feldman, cello (permanent members of LIYA String Quartet); with Cassandra Hibbard, clarinet; and Tad Hardin, piano. This notable chamber work was composed and first performed in 1941 at a Nazi detainment camp, while composer Olivier Messiaen was a prisoner. Musicologist Naomi Amos will introduce the work in a short pre-concert lecture.
Quartet for the End of Time, (Quatuor pour la fin du temps) premiered on January 15, 1941, at the Stalag VIIIA prisoner-of-war camp, in Görlitz, Germany, where the composer had been confined since his capture in May 1940. The work’s instrumentation was determined by the instruments and performers at hand, meaning those imprisoned with Messiaen. Messiaen dedicated the quartet “in homage to the Angel of the Apocalypse, who raises his hand towards Heaven saying ‘There shall be no more time.’ ” The movement titles were drawn from the biblical Revelation to John. Messiaen composed his work offering ever-changing, often-unpredictable patterns, frequently based on prime numbers, especially 5, 7, 11, and 13. Clarinet and violin phrases tend to be reminiscent of bird songs, and motifs recur from one movement to another. The four instruments (violin, cello, clarinet, and cello) rarely play simultaneously.
Yevgeniy Dovgalyuk (violin) a native of Riga, Latvia, began studying violin at the age of six. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Violin Performance from the University of Maryland as well as Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from George Mason University. Winner of numerous performance awards, Dr. Dovgalyuk, has served as Concertmaster with many orchestras throughout his career. Most recently he has accepted the Concertmaster position with the Lynchburg Symphony. Dr. Dovgalyuk is a regular substitute with the National Symphony Orchestra and joined the NSO on their Russia Tour in March of 2017. He also performs with the Fairfax Symphony, National Philharmonic, and Alexandria Symphony, among others. Dr. Dovgalyuk is actively involved with Liya Music Camp International in USA and Ukraine where he serves as the Music Director, as well as Liya Christian Ministry, in memory of his sister. He is an assistant violin professor at Liberty University and plays violin with the LIYA Quartet. David Feldman (cello) performs frequently as a soloist, orchestral and chamber musician. He holds multiple cello performance degrees, studying under Alan Weinstein of the Kandinsky Trio at Roanoke College, and Brian Hodges at Boise State University, for whom he was a teaching assistant. Mr. Feldman is an alumnus of the Castleman Quartet Program, Bowdoin International Music Festival and the Chautauqua Institution, completing additional studies under Peter Rejto, David Ying, and Steven Doane. Mr. Feldman has been a member of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra since 2008 and has performed as a concerto soloist with the Boise State University Orchestra, the New River Valley Symphony, and the Shenandoah Conservatory Orchestra. His popular music ventures include appearances with Charles Billingsly, D.J. Spooky, Liza Minnelli, Art Garfunkel, and the Trans Siberian Orchestra, where he was a featured soloist in 2011. Mr. Feldman also remains active as a recording studio musician, having worked with artists both nationally and internationally. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Cello at Liberty University in January of 2015. He performs on a cello by J.B. Vuillaume generously on loan from Elizabeth Krebbs. Cassandra Hibbard (clarinet) is originally from Camden, MI, and holds Music Performance degrees from Western Michigan University and Michigan State University. Dr. Hibbard is the Principal Clarinet of the Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra Since 2015, Dr. Hibbard has been organizing the Liberty University School of Music Faculty Chamber Music Series, which features a performance each semester. Additionally, Professor Hibbard serves as the worship leader for her church, Life Tabernacle Church, in Vinton, VA. Tad Hardin (piano) maintains an active career as a pianist, vocal coach, church musician, and educator. He earned degrees from Ouachita Baptist University and the Florida State University College of Music in piano performance, vocal coaching, and chamber music. He currently serves as Coordinator of Piano Studies and Associate Professor of Piano. He and his family reside in Lynchburg, VA. Top image: A prisoner orchestra at Stalag VIII-A in Goerlitz, Silesia (now Germany), with Ferdinand Carrion, a Belgian musician and prisoner-of-war, conducting. Courtesy of Sonia Beker, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,
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The Staff and Board of Directors of Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR) remember fondly and with greatest respect our Board of Directors member Lillian Sawyer Burks, who passed from this life on November 7, 2019. ”Lil“ made many strong contributions to our work, from funding orchestral musicians’ fees for one of our earliest concerts, ”The Biber Project“ featuring violinists Robert and Richard Maxham in 2011, to her faithful role as a greeter at venue doors until spring 2019, when she was 85. Lil, a registered nurse, also advised us on matters of accessibility and arts and health. We extend our sympathy to her family, whom she loved so much. We will miss her
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