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Classical music in West Virginia and Beyond

Serenade and a Smile

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By Mona Seghatoleslami
 · February 25, 2009
Meyers
The Wheeling Symphony’s next concert features violinist Anne Akiko Meyers playing Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade, a piece for violin and orchestra, loosely based on the writings of Plato.  Meyers recently told me over the phone about her approach to Bernstein’s music:  
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Wheeling Symphony Music Director Andre Raphel Smith will be conducting the concert.  He shared his thoughts on Bernstein’s split personality, Richard Strauss’s sense of humor, and playing Brahms after an all-Beethoven concert. 

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Smile album
Meyers also has a new album "Smile," that showcases her wonderfully lyric playing on music of Charlie Chaplin, Olivier Messiaen, Franz Schubert, Arvo Pärt, and more (have you heard Jim Lange spinning it on the radio?)  We talked about the music on that album, as well as her choice of violin and some upcoming plans: 
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Here's a brief sample of "Moonlight over the Ruined Castle" 
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and of "Spiegel im Spiegel" [Mirrors in Mirrors] 
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Looking for more? 

* The Dayton Philharmonic's notes include what Bernstein wrote about his Serenade

* Meyers’ website has some more samples of the music 

* Meyers has also done some nice interviews with different angles at the AllMusic Blog and Violinist.com

 

The Wheeling Symphony will also be accepting non-perishable food items at the concert, to benefit the Soup Kitchen of Greater Wheeling and Catholic Charities Neighborhood Center as part of the Orchestras Feeding America project.  If anyone reading gets to go see this concert, leave a comment with your thoughts on this music and your experience.  Help keep those of us who are too far away to make it keep in touch with Wheeling! 



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