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BCLIR Spring 2010
Rhody Food Tour, Part II
Saturdays (March 13, 27, April 3, 24) at noon
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Registration Form
Thursday, March 25 at 12:15, Tuesday, April
20 at 12:15
Josiah's, Vartan Gregorian Quadrangle on the
corner of Power and Thayer Streets
Each semester, many good presentations are
given in BCLIR classes. There are always a
few that are truly outstanding. Two of
these from the fall semester will be
reproduced for you by their presenters over
lunch on the dates below. If you plan to
attend, please RSVP to bclir@yahoo.com with
Brown Bag Lunch in the subject line. Bring
a brown bag lunch; coffee and tea will be
provided.
Thursday, March 25
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Josiah's, Brown University
Trends and Hidden Meanings of
Renaissance Art
Presenter: Tony Margiotta
Originally given as part of the BCLIR at
The RISD Museum class
Artists at work during the Renaissance
often included their benefactors in
their work. Those they admired were
often pictured as saints; those they
detested pictured as villains. Certain
objects such as mirrors, fruit, animals,
etc. were commonly recognized as symbols
representing good or bad things. The
most obvious symbols were related to
God, the devil, goodness and evil.
(Sadly, many of those were feminine!)
Tuesday, April 20
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Josiah's, Brown University
China as Greek Tragedy
Presenter: Tom Rooney
Originally given as part of the China's
Recent History class
In China's last class, Tom Rooney took a
stab at looking into the future. He
sees three tragic flaws likely to have a
tremendous impact on China's future:
income disparity, population distortion,
and a credible competitor. At the
moment, the country seems to be booming,
but not all is wine and roses. Using
both animated and still charts created
through "Gapminder," several outcomes
appear to be likely. Come see what you
think.
Lynne Harper Memorial Concert
Lynne
Harper Memorial Concert - Sunday, April 18
A
concert in memory of long-time BCLIR member Lynne
Harper will be performed Sunday, April 18 at 2:00 pm
at the Bell Street Chapel in Providence. Lynne
shared her love and knowledge of music with us in
the many courses she coordinated. The program for
the afternoon reflects some of her favorites.
JJ.S. Bach:
“Jesu, Joy of Man’s
Desiring” from
Cantata No. 147
(arranged for piano
trio from Myra Hess
piano solo
arrangement)
J.S. Bach: Adagio
and Fugue from
Sonata in G minor
for unaccompanied
violin
Handel/Halvorsen:
Passacaglia in G
minor for violin and
cello
Frederic Chopin:
Nocturne in C minor,
Op.48, No.1 (for
solo piano)
Franz Liszt: Etude
de Concert No.3 in
D-flat major, “Un
sospiro” (for solo
piano)
Franz Joseph Haydn:
Piano Trio in D
major, Hob.XV:16
Dmitri Shostakovich:
Piano Trio in E
minor, Op.67
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artists are prominent in Rhode Island and
nationally. Barbara Speer, BCLIR member and pianist,
has performed as a soloist with orchestras in the
U.S. and abroad. In New York she has appeared at
Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Recital
Hall and Merkin Concert Hall, where she last
presented the World Premier of Stefan Wolpe’s “Blues
and Tango” as part of the Wolpe Centennial Concerts.
This year she will celebrate the Chopin and Schumann
bicentennials in two Piano Music with Commentary
programs.
Jesse Holstein, violin, and Heath Marlow, cello, are
both actively engaged in Community MusicWorks, a
youth and family mentoring program that provides
free instruments, lessons and programs in urban
neighborhoods in Providence. Mr. Holstein is
concertmaster of the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra
and a member of the Providence String Quartet. Most
recently, he has performed at the Bravo Festival in
Vail, CO; the Montana Chamber Music Festival; the
Bay Chamber Concerts in Rockport, ME; and the Apple
Hill Festival in New Hampshire. Mr. Marlow has
played with the Rhode Island Philharmonic, the
Boston Philharmonic, the Boston Modern Orchestra
Project and the Oakland East Bay Symphony.
A high tea with complimentary refreshments will be
offered following the performance.
Tickets are: $100 for preferred seating as a Friend
of BCLIR. $25 for general admission, and $10 for
young students. All proceeds from the event will
establish the BCLIR Cultural Events Fund. Tickets
may be purchased in advance by sending a check to
Harper Memorial Concert, BCLIR, P.O. Box 603126,
Providence, RI 02906. Tickets may also be purchased
at the door on the day of the concert.
Look in your mailbox in early March for a formal
invitation.
Barbara Speer
Save the date...
BCLIR
End of Year Dinner and
Annual Meeting
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Imperial Room, 1 Rhodes Place, Cranston
Annual Meeting 4 to 5 pm
Dinner to follow
For the first time
BCLIR will honor four individuals who have been
vital to our success over many years:
Peter Ciccariello
Freda Goldman
Don Harper
Dick McWhirter
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