presents Special Recital of Turner Sperry, cello
Saturday, December 7, 2024 7:30 p.m.
UKirk Tallahassee
PROGRAM
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden” Franz Schubert I. Allegro (1797–1828)
Vitalis Quartet
Sarah Biesack, violin; Will Purser, violin; Klaus Bryant, viola; Turner Sperry, cello
Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor
Johann Sebastian Bach
III. Sarabande - Double (1685–1750)
IV. Tempo di borea - Double
Seven
Sneak into the Q-City
String Quartet No. 1 in F, Op. 18
Klaus Bryant, violin
Andrea Casarrubios Turner Sperry, cello
Mari Tamaki
INTERMISSION
Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Allegro von brio (1770–1827)
II. Adagio affettuoso ed passionate
III. Scherzo (Allegro molto)
IV. Allegro
Vitalis Quartet
Sarah Biesack, violin; Will Purser, violin; Klaus Bryant, viola; Turner Sperry, cello
To Ensure An Enjoyable Concert Experience For All…
Please refrain from talking, entering, or exiting during performances. Food and drink are prohibited in all concert halls. Recording or broadcasting of the concert by any means, including the use of digital cameras, cell phones, or other devices is expressly forbidden. Please deactivate all portable electronic devices including watches, cell phones, pagers, hand-held gaming devices or other electronic equipment that may distract the audience or performers.
Florida State University provides accommodations for persons with disabilities. Please notify the College of Music at (850) 644-3424 at least five working days prior to a musical event to request accommodation for disability or alternative program format.
Mari Tamaki successfully produced multiple music works that blurs the boundaries between classic, progressive rock, avant-garde, improvisation and collaboration with Butoh performance (contemporary dances).
As a composer, she has written musical pieces mostly for string quartet and other performers. Her beautiful music works with elegance and dynamism maximizes the vivid fusion of strings sound, she is often praised as one of the most influential string quartet composers in Japan.
Her music works were performed in various scenes in Japan. “Romantic Café,” a Japanese commercial TV’s weather forecast theme music, “SLANTY TOWN,” theme music of a recitation drama, “朝日で米を研ぐ (ASAHI DE KOME WO TOGU-washing rice in the rising sun),” theme music of a stage drama featuring Mr. Keisuke Sagawa, Japanese actor, and “Alouette” theme music played in a theatrical drama performed by Theatre Mule. She released her first album of such music works collection which entertained various audiences at drama theaters, concert halls, art studios and at home, entitled as “the first movement, Ripple.” Mari worked with a Japanese string quartet, “R-Aal” that only played the musical pieces of Japanese origin.
She was interviewed by Inidi’pend Magazine, “Mari Tamaki creates the new world of music with elaborative classical sound and innovative contemporary sound evoking progressive rock.” Mr. Jun Fukamachi, a Japanese composer and a key board player, praised Mari’s work, “Mari Tamaki’s awesome musical pieces filled with unique approach and unexpected development keep audience thrilled and excited.”