{"id":7352,"date":"2012-02-22T18:06:44","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T02:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=7352"},"modified":"2013-02-07T21:04:41","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T05:04:41","slug":"sixty-years-seven-days-seven-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/22\/sixty-years-seven-days-seven-concerts\/","title":{"rendered":"sixty years, seven days, seven concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"William Crane\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jubalsighed.com\/images\/bill.png?resize=300%2C360\" alt=\"William Crane\" width=\"300\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>William Crane turns 60 this month, and to celebrate, he&#8217;s playing seven one-hour recitals with many friends-collaborators lending a hand. And no wonder. Bill is one of those people who is so excited about the prospect of making and sharing music, and once he sets his mind to doing a project, look out! He becomes a force of nature, bending down any obstacles in his path to musical nirvana.<\/p>\n<p>The concerts early in the evening (6 pm) are short by design, so that, as he himself puts it &#8220;so that people can come after work and still have the evening free for other activities&#8221;. So practical, so Bill.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"JubalSighed.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/jubalsighed.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.jubalsighed.com<!--more--><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sat, Feb 25th<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Grace Memorial Episcopal Church<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1535 NE 17th Ave<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Les barricades misterieuses&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Piano recital<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>with Gretchen Corbett, actress<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Francois Couperin, &#8220;Les barricades misterieuses&#8221; (from the 6eme Ordre)<\/li>\n<li>Franz Schubert, Impromptu in G-flat Major, Opus 90, No. 3<\/li>\n<li>Johannes Brahms, Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel (Variations for a dear friend)<\/li>\n<li>Francis Poulenc, Babar the Elephant, with Gretchen Corbett, narrator<\/li>\n<li>Sergei Rachmaninoff, Prelude in B-flat Major<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FREE, ONE HOUR WITHOUT INTERMISSION, AND STARTING\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PROMPTLY<\/span>\u00a0AT 6 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sun, Feb 26th<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>First Presbyterian Church<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1200 SW Alder St<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;My young life hath an end&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Organ recital<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Variations on &#8220;My young life hath an end&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Johann Sebastian Bach, Chorale-prelude on &#8220;O Lamm gottes&#8221; (Leipzig)<\/li>\n<li>Paul Hindemith, Sonata I<\/li>\n<li>Charles-Marie Widor, Symphony No. 5, first movement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FREE, ONE HOUR WITHOUT INTERMISSION, AND STARTING\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PROMPTLY<\/span>\u00a0AT 6 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mon, Feb 27th<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Eliot Hall Chapel<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reed College<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>3203 SE Woodstock Blvd<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;It has become that time of evening&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Vocal recital<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>with Cantor Ida Rae Cahana, soprano<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reynaldo Hahn, Four songs from &#8220;Melodies,&#8221; volumes I and II<\/li>\n<li>Sergei Rachmaninoff, Two songs<\/li>\n<li>Manuel de Falla, Seven characteristic folk songs<\/li>\n<li>Samuel Barber, Knoxville, Summer of 1915<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FREE, ONE HOUR WITHOUT INTERMISSION, AND STARTING\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PROMPTLY<\/span>\u00a0AT 6 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tue, Feb 28th<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Sherman Clay Pianos<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Performance Hall<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>131 NW 13th Ave<\/strong><br clear=\"all\" \/><strong>&#8220;Notes flying all over&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Virtuoso chamber music<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>with Greg Ewer, violin, and Justin Kagan, cello<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Johannes Brahms, Sonata in e minor for cello and piano<\/li>\n<li>William Bolcom, Grateful Ghost Rag<\/li>\n<li>Felix Mendelssohn, Second piano trio in c minor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FREE, ONE HOUR WITHOUT INTERMISSION, AND STARTING\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PROMPTLY<\/span>\u00a0AT 6 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wed, Feb 29th<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Body Vox<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1201 NW 17th Ave<\/strong><br clear=\"all\" \/><strong>&#8220;La bouboisie dans la ville des roses&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>A crazy music program with extras<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>with Daniel Kirk and Eric Skinner, dancers,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Sage Ricci, artist,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Brandon Nelson, Taylor Long<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>and Luke Young, percussionists<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Cage, Amores Suite for prepared piano and percussion instruments<\/li>\n<li>Francois Couperin, Les barricade misterieuse (reprise)<\/li>\n<li>John Cage, Suite for toy piano<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;La bouboisie dans la ville des roses,&#8221; 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