A
Stopped Clock: From Brahms To Bloomsbury -January
3 , 2010
a
brief description
"Because I have conducted my own operas and
love sheep-dogs; because I generally dress in tweeds, and sometimes, at
winter afternoon concerts, have even conducted in them; because I was a
militant suffragette and seized a chance of beating time to ''The March
of the Women'' from the window of my cell in Holloway Prison with a
tooth-brush; because I have written books, spoken speeches, broadcast,
and don't always make sure that my hat is on straight; for these and
other equally pertinent reasons, in a certain sense I am well known."
- Dame Ethel Smyth
 "A Stopped Clock", tells the remarkable life and
passionate relationships of English composer, conductor and suffragette
Dame Ethel Smyth.
"Miss Smyth is one of the few women composers whom one can seriously
consider to be achieving something valuable in the field of musical
creation. She had been living in Leipzig for a number of years already,
had thoroughly studied composition theory and written several
interesting works, of which the best one is a Violin Sonata that I
later heard her play together with Mr Brodsky in a very fine
performance. It is a work of great promise, which shows that she has
the potential to become a very serious and gifted composer. Since of
course no Englishwoman can be without her peculiarities and
eccentricities, it is no wonder that Miss Smyth displays some,
too—first among these is her beautiful dog, which is inseparable with
this young spinster and always dashes ahead to announce her appearance,
as was the case on this occasion and on all others which I witnessed.
Secondly, there is her passion for hunting, to satisfy which Miss Smyth
sometimes goes off to England for a while. And, thirdly, her
incredible, incomprehensible veneration, nay, passion for the enigmatic
musical genius of Brahms. In her view, Brahms is the culmination of all
music, and everything that came before him served merely as necessary
groundwork so that, finally, absolute musical beauty could be embodied
in the person of the Viennese master" (Autobiographical Account of a
Tour Abroad in the Year 1888, TH 316).
PS - All Dame Smyth's dogs were named MARCO!
PSS - Please scroll across this page to see couple of photos of at least
two different MARCOs!
About the music
The musical selections for cello and piano are
by Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Vaughn Williams, Clara Schumann and Amy Beach
Performers
Chamber  Music PLUS is pleased to introduce Tucson
audiences to the superb Broadway actress Jenny Sterlin.
At the age of eight, Jenny Sterlin knew she wanted to be an actress.
Born in England, the first play she watched was Peter Pan in a London
theater. From that point, she was determined to devote her life to the
stage. She joined a children’s theater group and auditioned for every
school play. After high school, Ms. Sterlin spent two years at the
Birmingham Theatre School. The program was a rigorous one, filling her
days with scene study, speech work, singing, ballet, tap, fencing,
makeup, theater history, and even vaudeville.
In the years since this training, Ms. Sterlin has been active in every
aspect of the theater. She has performed on stages in England, Canada,
and the United States. She also graduated cum laude from the University
of Massachusetts and has designed many theater courses.
Her most recent theater credits include: "East is East" at the
Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, at City Center, New York, and a
four-month stint on Broadway in "Heartbreak House." In August,
she returned to England to do Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia."
In addition to acting, she has taught theater arts and has run several
drama groups. When she started the Rubicon Theatre Company, Ms. Sterlin
added producing and directing to her rapidly growing list of talents.
Today, she continues to accept stage roles and teach acting courses.
In addition to all that Jenny Sterlin has more than 70 audio
titles to her credit, including Laurie R. King's popular Sherlock
Holmes/Mary Russell series. She just finished recording Maeve Binchy's
WHITETHORN WOODS and Virginia  Henley's INFAMOUS and soon begins work on Julia
Quinn's THE SECRET DIARIES OF MISS MIRANDA CHEEVER.
Jenny Sterlin is known in the business as: "an actor's actress". She has been a beloved guest of Chamber Music PLUS audiences in CT for many years. We are
delighted to introduce her to Tucson.
Joining Jenny Sterlin
for this performance are pianist Sanda Schuldmann and cellist Harry
Clark.
Performance details:
Show time: Sunday, January 3, 2010 @ 3 p.m.
Pre concert chat: 2:30 p.m.
Venue: The Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 West Speedway Blvd.
Directions- Click
here for directions to the hall.
Individual Tickets -$35, Students and children under 12- $15,
Additional Subscriber Tickets -$24
Chamber Music PLUS SW
appreciates
your consideration for support. Tickets and grants cover 80% of our
budget.
Your support is much appreciated. Thank You
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