On Saturday, Sept 14th, esteemed chamber ensemble Urban Nocturnes will present a concert "Urban Impressions" featuring recent new music written for them by composer Glenn Stallcop. The 9/14 program will be at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix and will feature works written for the ensemble and other chamber works. The concert will also be performed again in Prescott, AZ at Trinity Presbyterian on Sat. September 21, at 7pm.
Notes on the program: Episodes is a trio for violin, cello, and piano that evokes the emotional rollercoaster experienced in the continuing quest for social change.
Alt Shift, a sextet for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and piano, explores in 3 movements (Tether, High Wire, and Fantasia) alternate lifestyles in the search for meaning and purpose.
Also on the program is Nuance de Noir for flute/alto flute, tenor saxophone (or bass clarinet), viola, and double bass. Commissioned by the Telluride Chamber Music Association in the Spring of 2022, Nuance de Noir’s unusual instrumentation triggered a comparison of modern stresses to the nuclear shadow which triggered the "Noir" period in cinema during the 50s and 60s.
Tickets are $25 – student discount tickets are $5 and both are available at the door. Or tickets online here.
Saturday, September 14, 2024
2:00 PM
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix
4207 East Lincoln Drive
Paradise Valley, AZ 85253
Saturday, September 21, 2024
7pm
Trinity Presbyterian Church
630 Park Ave
Prescott, AZ 86303
Glenn Stallcop is a composer, pianist and bassist who performed with the Phoenix Symphony for 47 years. He has published more than 100 compositions for orchestra, chamber music, vocal works, solo piano and double bass. He has recorded multiple albums of piano improvisation over the last 20 years.
As a professional double bassist with a major symphony orchestra, several of his works feature the double bass. He has written works for double bass and orchestra, for solo bass, bass with accompaniment, two sets of bass duets and several chamber music works. He won the annual International Society of Bassists Composition Competition for solo double bass with his work entitled Vision Quest, for double bass and piano. It was premiered at the ISB conference in Michigan.
The Phoenix Symphony has performed many of his orchestral compositions, including Millennial Opening, Calypso Round, City Music, Sunscape (commissioned by the Arizona Diamond Jubilee Commission), Couplet for a Desert Summer, Concerto for Double Bass, Concertino for Harp & Strings and the Suite from Reggie (originally written for dance). His music has been performed by symphonies, festivals, chamber musicians and youth orchestras around the country.