Guitarist Cem Duruöz at Carnegie Hall
Presented by Artists International at Weill Recital Hall
Monday, April 12, 2004
8:00 pm
Tickets at Box Office

Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall
881 Seventh Avenue
(Corner of 57th Street)
New York, NY 10019

Tickets: $20 (adults), $15 (seniors and students with ID)


The Greek newsletter Paros Life recently described Cem Duruöz's music as, "committed playing and devotion to beauty of sound and thought." This is just one of many accolades the Turkish guitarist has received from critics. The winner of the Artists International annual award for outstanding artist, Duruöz will make his Carnegie Hall debut at Weill Recital Hall. The program will feature Duruöz's transcriptions of French Baroque composer Marin Marais' gamba music. In addition to Marais' A minor suite, Duruöz will narrate and perform Marais' bizarre programmatic piece Depiction of a Surgery for the Removal of a Stone. The American Record Guide has described Pièces de Viole, the CD in which Duruöz recorded these works, as "stylish, elegant and unexpectedly idiomatic."
   
Program    
  Variations sur Les Folies d'Espagne, Op. 45 Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)
  Pièces de Viole, in A minor (Orig. B minor) Marin Marais (1656-1728)
 
  Prélude, II.83
  Petite Fantaisie, II.84
  Allemande, II.85
  Courante, II.87
  Sarabande, II.88
  Gigue, II.90
 
  Milonga del Angel Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
  Verano Porteño  
Intermission    
  Four Short Pieces for Guitar David Hahn (b.1956)
 
  Prelude
  Shore Morning
  Imp
  Lullaby
 
  Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, BWV 998 J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)
  La Suite Enfantine* Philip Lasser (b. 1963)
 
  The Crib (Le Berceau)
  The Spoon (La Cuillère)
  Dancing Shadows (Les Ombres Dansantes)
  The Bath (Le Bain)
  The Blanket (L'Édredon)
  The Night, Watchman of Tomorrows (La Nuit, Veilleur des Lendemains)
 
  Le Tableau de l'Opération de la Taille Marin Marais (1656-1728)
  Les Relevailles (Depiction of a Surgery and Recovery)  
  Traditional Tangos from Argentina  
  *Commissioned by Cem Duruöz, world premiere performance.