ITEC Question

[ubq]

Unfortunately I was not able to attend at the Denver Conference... Could somebody please tell me what pieces Roland Szentpáli played with Alessandro Fossi, and what music Carol Jantsch played at her recital?

Thank you very much!!

[mbeastep]

I don't believe they played together. According to the program (I was caught outside the door), Fossi played Verdi's "Di Provenza il mar il sol" from Traviata and a concerto by Giancarlo Aquilanti.

Szentpali, who I did hear (wow!) played his own Allegro Fuoco and his arrangements of the Brahms 5th Hungarian Rhapsody and Flight of the Bumble Bee. He is a marvel. Unfortunately, somebody had apparently asked him to do an analysis of Allegro Fuoco. He dutifully went through the construction of the piece, losing many of us in the process and actually losing a number of the audience who either had rehearsals or who didn't realize what spectalular playing would ensue once the lecture had run its course. It was definitely worth the wait.

Michael Eastep

[The Impaler]

Roland and Alessandro did play together. They opened their concert/clinic with a tuba duet arrangement of Bach's 2-part invention in D minor. And it was definitely some of the most incredible playing that I heard during the entire conference. I would've loved to hear them play together more...