Take to the high seas with the Indiana Wind Symphony and clarinet virtuosa and recording artist Caroline Hartig.
The Program
Charles Conrad, conductor
Caroline Hartig, clarinet
GRAHAM: Harrison’s Dream
SOUSA: Glory of the Yankee Navy
WEBER: Concertino for Clarinet
Caroline Hartig, clarinet
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Sea Songs
STAUFFER: USS Kennedy March
Intermission
ALFORD: On the Quarterdeck
KORNGOLD: The Sea Hawk
McBETH: Of Sailors and Whales
ARNOLD: The Padstow Lifeboat
SHOSTAKOVICH: Finale from Symphony No. 5
Learn more about Indiana Wind Symphony HERE.
About Caroline Hartig
An acclaimed clarinet soloist and recording artist, Caroline Hartig has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia and has appeared as soloist with orchestras and contemporary-music ensembles in major concert halls in New York City, including Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall (where she made her solo debut), Merkin Concert Hall, and the Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music and Symphony Hall (Boston). She has also performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic and New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra.
Hartig has performed as a guest artist for the International Clarinet Association and has been heard on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. She may be heard on the solo compact disc Clarinet Brilliante (Centaur Records 2572) honored as a “Critics’ Choice” by the American Record Guide stating; “Hartig dazzles with numbing, blazing fluidity and rich, luxuriant fervor…coiled virtuosity.” In an Overview of Woodwind Recordings, ARG cited Clarinet Brilliante as one of the “best of the best” for the performance of clarinet solo recital literature along with legendary clarinetists, Harold Wright, David Shifrin and Ricardo Morales. “For some sweet-sounding barnburners, Caroline Hartig weaves a spellbinding recital.” Also selected as “Editor’s Choice” by Clarinet & Saxophone Magazine of Great Britain, Hartig’s artistry is described as “positively breathtaking in its scope and performance.” Her compact disc Clarinet Brilliante II (Centaur 2808) was praised by American Record Guide noting, “The playing is mastery itself…”
Learn more about Caroline Hartig HERE.
2017/04/22 - 2017/04/22
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