Bach Marathon Hour Nine: 3am to 4am
Your host is Mark Hinkley
This hour’s lineup, with performer bios and program notes:
Lara Madden (Warren, RI, USA)
Prelude, composed by Christian Hughes
Lara Maria Madden, violinist, has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Central America and Asia. A dedicated orchestral, chamber, and solo musician, Lara received her formal training at Indiana University and DePaul University. Lara began studying the violin at the age of three and attended the Merit School of Music in Chicago. During the summer months she attended festivals including Meadowmount School of Music, Aspen Music Festival and School, and Music Masters Course Japan. Always musically curious and open to learning, Lara has performed in yoga classes, Baroque operas, musical theater productions, orchestra and chamber concerts, and solo recitals. A committed educator, Lara received her training with Mimi Zweig at Indiana University, and this summer participated in the Summer Music Educators Workshop through Carnegie Hall. She is currently a Fellow at Community MusicWorks. Lara is a firm believer in music fostering individual and community wellness, and seeks to spread the joy and magic of music with those around her.
Cello Bros (Providence, RI and Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Bach Lines
Zan Berry & Hamilton Berry on cello. Zan Berry is a former Fellow at Community MusicWorks. zanberry.bandcamp.com www.hamiltonberry.com
Zach Hazen (Temecula, CA, USA)
Menuet from the French Suite III in B minor
Zach draws inspiration from contemporary non-western music traditions such as Balinese and Javanese Gamelan. As a musician, he has always been active in the community, sharing everything from the classics to new compositions by his friends and colleagues. Zach was a Viola Fellow at Community MusicWorks (2018-2020). After receiving a BM in Violin Performance from San Diego State University, he moved to the Bay Area and studied chamber music with the Castleman Quartet Program, Gypsy-Jazz and Hungarian music with Tcha Limberger, and played in Balinese Gamelan groups such as Gadung Kasturi and Sekar Jaya. Zachary studied with the Darmasiswa Program with a year-long scholarship through the Indonesian Government to study language and culture in Indonesia.
Wendy Eisenberg (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
buy him a horn, composed by Wendy Eisenberg
Wendy Eisenberg is an improviser and songwriter who uses guitar, pedals, the tenor banjo, the computer, the synthesizer and the voice. www.wendyeisenberg.com
Andrei Baumann (Providence, RI, USA)
English Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 807
An active soloist, chamber musician, Andrei Baumann has performed extensively in the USA, Europe, Canada and Venezuela. As winner of the 2009 Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award, he performed with the quartet in Jordan Hall on January 29th, 2009. His Carnegie Hall debut at Weill Recital Hall occurred in May 2008 with violinist Lily Francis as part of the Distinctive Debuts series. Other notable performances include a solo recital on the Sundays Live Concert Series at Los Angeles County Arts Museum which was broadcast by KCSN, 88.5 FM, solo recitals at the Crocker Art Museum Classical Music Series in California, performances at Caramoor Festival and with Itzhak Perlman at the Perlman Music Program.
Mr. Baumann has a Masters of Music in Piano Performance from New England Conservatory in Boston, a Künstlerischer Ausbildung Diploma from the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart, Germany, and a Bachelor of Music degree at the Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada. His most influential teachers have been Andre Laplante, Jamie Saltman and Vivian Hornik Weilerstein. www.aabadventures.com
Sanggar Kembang Ceraki (Bali, Indonesia)
Contrapunctus I from the Art of Fugue (arranged by Yan Priya Kumara Janrdhana)
Performers : I Putu Gede Sukaryana (Balot), leader I Putu Arya Deva Suryanegara, I Gede Putu Resky Gita Adhi Pratista, I Komang Pasek Wijaya, I Gede Putu Gita Kumara Putra, I Putu Purwwangsa Nagara, I Putu Suta Muliartawan, Ida Bagus Hery Yoga Permadi, I Wayan Situbanda, I Wayan Ari Widyantara, Yan Priya Kumara Janardhana, I Gusti Putu Arya Wira Kusuma, I Made Alit Widiarsana, I Made Rika Pradivta, I Gede Wahyu Kurniawan
The musicians/performers live in Bali. The project was conceived by John Noise Manis (in Italy), who made the initial adaptation to the gamelan scale, and mastered the audio files. Jonathan Adams (USA) made sound and video recordings and compiled the extensive liner notes for the album (iTunes). Videos may be found on YouTube searching Yantra Gamelan www.gamelan.gs