PERPETUAL MOTION
SEEKS TO HELP ONE
OF THEIR JUNIOR
COMPANY

From Perpetual Motion Dance/Modern Dance Oklahoma
on Facebook

Hello friends,

A member of our teen company, PM2, lost her family home yesterday. Perpetual Motion company and board members are donating towards a gift card for them and thought we would extend the opportunity to our circle of friends. I am sure many of you are already donating in some way, but if you feel moved to... also contribute to this family, we will collect money or gift cards for them. You can donate on our website, mail check or gift card to P.O. Box 1816, OKC, OK 73101, or ask one of the PM dancers to pick it up. Love always,

Perpetual Motion dancers

OKC BALLET ASKS TO
"HELP LOAD THE TRUCK"



Oklahoma City Ballet office is open as a drop site for supplies to go to Moore. Our address is 7421 North Classen. Thankfully we have heard from all of our staff and they are safe, but we know many are not. What we are being told they need most is baby wipes, paper towels, gallons of water (not just bottles), individually wrapped snack and food items and work gloves. We are open 9am-5pm M-F We will also have a truck outside of the Kirkpatrick Auditorium at our performance Thursday evening at Oklahoma City University from 6pm-9pm. Feel free to come drop off supplies at either location.

 

From my Facebook page

BRIGHTMUSIC'S
RESCHEDULED
PERFORMANCES --
SHIFRIN TONIGHT

"This will be our reply to violence:  To make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before."  Leonard Bernstein

The revised schedule for Concerts 2, 3 and 4 of Brightmusic's "Schubert & Friends" Festival will be as follows:

Tuesday evening, 7:30 pm, All Souls' Episcopal Church:  (1) Weber, Grand Duo Concertant (David Shifrin, clarinet; Amy Cheng, piano); (2) Theofanidis, "Quasi un Fantasia," world premiere (David Shifrin and Chad Burrow, clarinet; Gregory Lee and Katrin Stamatis, violin; Mark Neumann, viola; Jonathan Ruck, cello); and (3) Mozart, Quintet for Clarinet and Strings (David Shifrin, clarinet; Hal Grossman and Gregory Lee, violin; Mark Neumann, viola; and Jonathan Ruck, cello). Guest artist David Shifrin
will appear this evening only, because of his schedule.

Wednesday evening, 7:30 pm, All Souls' Episcopal Church:  (1) Schubert, "Arpeggione" Sonata (Mark Neumann, viola; Amy Cheng, piano); (2) Crusell, Quartet for Clarinet and Strings (Chad Burrow, clarinet; Katrin Stamatis, violin; Mark Neumann, viola; Jonathan Ruck, cello); and (3) Schubert, Piano Trio No. 1 in Bb Major (Amy Cheng, piano; Gregory Lee, violin; Jonathan Ruck, cello).

Thursday evening, 7:30 pm, All Souls' Episcopal Church (as originally programmed) (Mae Ruth Swanson Memorial Concert): (1) Schubert, Rondo for Violin and Piano (Gregory Lee, violin; Amy Cheng, piano); (2) Schubert, Selection of Ten Lieder for Tenor and Piano (Andrew Ranson, tenor; Amy Cheng, piano); and (3) Schubert, Piano Trio No. 2 in Eb Major (Amy Cheng, piano; Hal Grossman, violin; Jonathan Ruck, cello).
From press release

WE NEED YOUR HELP
FINDING 5 YEAR OLD
HARRY

Desiree Roan writes on Facebook:

This is Harry, he is 5yo. He was at the Step Above Learning Center at 149th & Western. PLEASE SHARE THIS PIC ON YOUR PAGE -- Facebook and Twitter. We need your help in finding him.

Please call emergency numbers to let them know that he has been found.

BRIGHTMUSIC 2 CONCERT
RESCHEDULED FOR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT

As of Monday, 5/20 at 3:00 pm CST: Brightmusic regrets that it must postpone, once again, the performance of Concert 2 that we had re-set for 7:30 pm tonight.  Concert 2 was originally scheduled for yesterday afternoon at 4:00.  In light of Saturday's 48-hour weather forecast, we postponed Concert 2 until this evening.  Unfortunately, today's weather seems to be giving a repeat performance of what it did yesterday -- with variations, to be sure -- but still posing significant weather risks.  While it is possible that the OKC metro will be relatively clear by concert time tonight, we just don't feel comfortable requiring our musicians, and inviting our audiences, to take the risks of attending a 7:30 performance of Concert 2 tonight. 

We may be able to perform Concert 2 on Wednesday evening.  (Unfortunately, we can't split up Concert 2, adding part of it to Concert 3 and part of it to Concert 4.)  We will let you know just as soon as we can about the performing Concert 2 on Wednesday evening.  In the meantime, Concert 3 remains scheduled for 7:30 pm on Tuesday night at All Souls' Episcopal Church, and Concert 4 for 7:30 pm on Thursday night, also at All Souls'.  The weather demons must not like Schubert as much as all of us do. 

From Brightmusic

BRIGHTMUSIC'S FIRST
CONCERT NICE   --
SECOND CONCERT WITH
DAVID SHIFRIN
DECISION AFTER NOON

By Nancy Condit

A decision about whether to hold Concert 2 tonight because of the weather will be made by noon.

Please go to www.brightmusic.org or call (405) 216-5595 after noon. Updates will also be
broadcast on KCSC fm after noon.

Review
Concert 1 of Schubert and Friends Saturday night at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral was a nice combination of Schubert's Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major, op. 120, D.664, played by Amy I-Lin Cheng, and the almost symphonic work Octet in F Major for Strings and Winds, op. 166, D.803, played by Gregory Lee and Katrin Stamatis, violin: Mark Neumann, viola: Jonathan Ruck, cello; George Speed, double bass; Chad Burrow, clarinet; Carl Rath, bassoon; and Kate Pritchett, (French) horn.

Cheng, who is also co-artistic director, introduced the sonata as "delightful" and the octet as "noble and symphonic." She praised the second work for it's simplicity. Shubert wrote over 600 pieces in his lifetime.

Cheng played the Allegro moderato section of the sonata with good nuances. She played with her body reflecting the music, bending over the quietest section of the Andante section as though protecting or to get closer to it. The Allegro section varied between delicate and forceful with Cheng's wonderful playing of Schubert's rapid runs interspersed with powerful chords.

Schubert followed Beethoven in composing his smaller octet to prepare for a grand symphony, which became his Symphony No. 9 (program notes). With two violins, a viola, a cello, a double bass, a clarinet, a bassoon and a (French) horn, the piece had the feel and depth of a symphony.

With the "fine tuning" as president David Johnson called it, of the amplification system, both the sonata and  the octet could be heard well.

Concert II with guest clarinetist David Shifrin

Guest artist David Shifrin
Photo provided

This concert is currently scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday night, May 20, at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral. Please check www.brightmusic.org, or call 216-5595 after noon for a final decision.

Appearing at this concert will be guest artist David Shifrin of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Chamber Music Northwest and the Yale University School of Music.  The concert will begin with violist Mark Neumann and pianist Amy Cheng performing Schubert’s “Arpeggione” Sonata in A Minor for Viola and Piano, D.821.  Next, Mr. Shifrin and Amy Cheng will perform Carl Maria von Weber’s Grand Duo Concertant in E-Flat Major for Clarinet and Piano, op. 48 – a virtuosic work for both instruments.  After intermission, violinist Gregory Lee, cellist Jonathan Ruck and pianist Amy Cheng will play Schubert’s Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat Major, op. 99, D.898, a “blissfully happy work, rich in cheerful melody."
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door.

Concert 3, also with guest artist David Shifrin will be Tuesday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m. at All Souls' Episcopal Church.

Concert 4, the Mae Ruth Swanson Memorial Concert, is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. at All Souls' Episcopal Church.

Complete information can be found at www.brightmusic.org, or by calling  (405) 216-5595 or
(301) 807-4763.

CORRECTION:

PERPETUAL MOTION MODERN
DANCE'S "WATER WON'T WAIT"
AT 2 PM SUNDAY, NOT 4 PM AS
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED

SHOWTIME IS 2 PM SUNDAY FOR
"WATER WON'T WAIT"