Director

In a world where film and music are inseparably linked, Music@Menlo will focus its lens on the relationship between composers and “the seventh art.” Music has always played a paramount role in the movie theater, supporting the rich emotional connection between the audience and the silver screen, and many composers have been deeply influenced by cinema’s traditions, tropes, and heritage. This Focus Residency will explore the why and how behind several such composers’ works as our camera moves through all the angles: music written for cinema, because of it, mimicking it, and even establishing the cinematic sound. Join us for a fascinating look into the life and works of several composers, featuring Dmitry Shostakovich and his relationship to Soviet cinema; the chamber music of Nino Rota, the man behind The Godfather; Patrick Castillo, a name so dear to Music@Menlo, and his fascination with Ingmar Bergman; the vibrant world of Libby Larsen and her dive into the smoky atmosphere of film noir; and, of course, the “Father of Soundtrack,“ the “Haydn of Film Music“ himself: Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

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Concert Program

Menlo School Campus

Third Sound is a collective of virtuoso performers drawn from New York City’s finest chamber musicians. Fast becoming one of today’s best contemporary music groups, this “forward-looking expert ensemble” (The New Yorker) makes its Philadelphia debut with a program featuring a new work (co-commissioned by PCMS) by American-Canadian composer Kati Agócs.

Third Sound

American Philosophical Society

Music@Menlo’s nineteenth season offers nine programs presented over three weekends, three trios of concerts comprising mini-festivals in their own right. The festival’s opening weekend, “Coming Together,” combines timeless classics of the past with voices of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Concert Program I features the world premiere of Patrick Castillo’s Gather for cello and piano, written to commemorate the opening of the Spieker Center for the Arts, Johannes Brahms’s fiery Scherzo “FAE” for violin and piano, and Franz Schubert’s Trout Quintet, penned in a matter of days to be enjoyed at a chamber music soirée.

Patrick Castillo

Director

Events

Past events

Mar 30, 2024

Concert Program · Music@Menlo

Apr 11, 2023

Third Sound · Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

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