PIANIST TO PLAY RUSSIAN MUSIC IN A.V. SHOW.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - Pianist Kumaran Arulanantham will be featured March 23 in a concert by the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra. The program, entitled ``Spring in St. Petersburg,'' will include famous classical works by Russian composers Tchaikovsky, Musorgsky and Stravinsky, with Arulanantham performing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1. A Santa Cruz resident, Arulanantham is an Antelope Valley native and the son of valley physicians Drs. Karunyan and Inpam Arulanantham. His mother is a member of the Antelope Valley Master Chorale chorale (kōrăl`, –räl`), any of the traditional hymns of the German Protestant Church. The form was developed after the Reformation to replace the plainsong of the earlier service and as a means of congregational participation in . ``My most significant models have been the great pianists of the past as I have heard them on recordings, people like Paderewski, Cortot, Rachmaninoff and others from the European tradition in classical music,'' said Arulanantham. His love of classical music led him to seek a closer connection to the culture of Europe The culture of Europe might better be described as a series of overlapping cultures. Whether it is a question of West as opposed to East; Christianity as opposed to Islam; many have claimed to identify cultural fault lines across the continent. through historical and musicological mu·si·col·o·gy n. The historical and scientific study of music. mu  si·co·log study.
He emphasizes that his rather serious purpose does not in any way detract from the enjoyment of the music. ``We are thrilled and made excited by things that we can sense to be true, and our pleasure comes from a sense of things done particularly well and with great passion. This is true in any arena of life, no less in music,'' said Arulanantham. Rounding out the program will be Musorgsky's ``Night on Bald Mountain'' and Stravinsky's Symphony in C Symphony in C may refer to a number of symphonies written in the key of C Major:
The concert begins at 8 p.m. March 23 at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. , 750 W. Lancaster Blvd. A curtain-raiser preview will begin at 7:15 p.m. in the lobby. Tickets are $18 adults, $16 seniors, and $9 youth. For tickets call (661) 723-5950 or order online at www.lpac.org. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Kumaran Arulanantham A.V. native |
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