The Washington Arts Ensemble Presents:
Conservation/Exploration:
Zachary Good, clarinet
Natalia Kazaryan, piano
Thursday, October 19, 2023
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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With a program that explores hidden gems and unexpected arrangements alongside one of Brahms’s most beloved chamber works, clarinetist Zachary Good of Eighth Blackbird fame brings his signature blend of Baroque-inspired nuance and quiet virtuosity to the Arts Club, joined by pianist and the Washington Arts Ensemble co-founder, Natalia Kazaryan. Good presents his own arrangements of Baroque keyboard works alongside Neoclassical works by the 20th-century composers Germaine Tailleferre and Olivier Messiaen, as well as Jessie Montgomery’s 2020 composition Peace, written in response to the first COVID-19 lockdown. The program is anchored by Brahms’s Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120.
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The price of your ticket includes hors d’oeuvres and drinks from the open wine and beer bar.
PROGRAM
Johannes Brahms - Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120
Jessie Montgomery - Peace for clarinet and piano
Olivier Messiaen - Chant (dans le style de Mozart)
Germaine Tailleferre - Arabesque for clarinet and piano
François Couperin - Prelude No. 1 from L’art de toucher le clavecin, arr. Good for solo bass clarinet
Elisabeth de La Guerre - Prelude in A Minor, arr. Good for solo bass clarinet
Reception begins at 6:30
Concert begins at 7:30
About the Artists:
Zachary Good is a Chicago-based clarinetist, Baroque recorder player, composer, arranger, and educator. He is clarinetist of the sextet Eighth Blackbird, a founding Co-Artistic Director of the performance collective Mocrep, one-third of the clarinet/percussion/cello trio ZRL, and one-fifth of the ensemble Honestly Same. He has frequently performed with International Contemporary Ensemble, Music of the Baroque Chicago, Manual Cinema, and Ensemble Dal Niente. He has been a featured soloist with International Contemporary Ensemble, DePaul University's Ensemble 20+, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s All Access Chamber Series. His discography includes releases on American Dreams Records, Carrier Records, No Index, Homeroom, Parlour Tapes+, ears&eyes, and more.
Natalia Kazaryan is a concert pianist and co-founder of the Washington Arts Ensemble. From Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, pianist Natalia Kazaryan has been hailed by The New York Sun for her “prodigious ability,” remarking that she “immediately established an atmosphere of strength and confidence.” She is “a marvel among marvels … fascinating, elegant” (Nice-Matin) and “incredible” (All Classical Portland). Dedicated to giving equal platform to female composers in her public appearances, she notably curated and performed a recital of all women composers at the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., a performance The Washington Post named “one of the best classical concerts of the summer 2019.” As a soloist, she has performed both major and lesser-known concertos — including those of Florence Price, Clara Schumann, Rachmaninov, Grieg, Prokofiev, and Mozart — with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, the Harrisburg Symphony, and other ensembles across the country. Ms. Kazaryan’s acclaimed performance of Florence Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement, conducted by James Ross, was featured on Front Row Washington (WETA), DC’s classical music radio station.
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Discounted parking after 6 pm at 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
