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January 16, 2013
Club Concert at AllGood Cafe in Dallas, TX

Come experience this ground breaking monthly series at one of Dallas’ well known live music venues.

Dynamic top quality musicians perform sound enhanced with advanced amplification techniques that will bring classical music alive like you’ve never experienced it before.

Normally hosting Americana and Folk Rock acts, AllGood Cafe provides a great listening environment where you can order good, inexpensive food and relax with a beverage of your choice. All ages welcome. (website/map)

“Foreign Inspirations”

With special guests Miika Gregg (Dallas Symphony) and Damon K. Clark (Dallas Opera), this concert features works by composers who were inspired by cultures different from their own.

Antonin Dvorak was a Czech composer inspired by the music he heard during a stay in the United States. Open Classical director Mark Landson was highly influenced by the music of Spain during his years living in that country. Bizet was a Frenchman also inspired by Spain and Puccini an Italian inspired by China.

All of these “foreign influences” come together in a magical concert that will carry you to the four corners of the world and exalt your spirit.

 

Performers:
Mark Landson, violin
Miika Gregg, violin
Emily Williams, viola
John Landefeld, cello
Damon K. Clark, tenor

Tickets:
$10 ($5 student and classical open mic performers)
 

Program:
Dvorak: “American” String Quartet
(Miika Gregg, Mark Landson, Emily Williams, John Landefeld)

Handel-Halvorsen: Passacaglia for Violin and Viola
(Miika Gregg and Emily Williams)

Mark Landson: “I Heard a Funny Thing About You” (premier)
Handel: “Never Was A Shade” from “Xerxes”
Rossini: “The Beautiful Dawn” from “Barber of Seville”
(Damon K. Clark and strings)

Mark Landson: “Travels” String Quartet

Bizet: “The Flower Song” from “Carmen”
Puccini: “None Shall Sleep” from “Turandot”
(Damon K. Clark and strings)