House concerts by the Fiati Five
From the Italian countryside to your home
New York City: June 26-29
Atlanta: July 2-5
Sarasota: July 7-22
Atlanta: July 2-5
Sarasota: July 7-22
If your home is at least the size of a one-bedroom apartment, you can host an intimate, fun evening (or afternoon) of chamber music! Here’s how it works:
1. Tell us that you’d like to have one of these intimate, fun evenings of chamber music. We’ll say, “Great!” and set up a date that works for you and us (use the contact form below).
2. Invite your friends to attend – the more, the merrier! 20 to 30 people or more is a good audience size, and sitting on the floor is totally fine if chairs run out. There won’t be any tickets sold ahead of time or direct cost to you for the performance,* but we’ll ask attendees for a suggested donation of $20 each at the door for the event.
3. Refreshments? It’s totally up to you – any kind of party you like is a party we want to be at (BYOB, potluck, hors d’oeuvres, multi-course catered affairs). Let us know if it’ll be pretzels and beer, vegan canapés, or a thematic meal, and we’ll select music to match. No refreshments? No problem.
4. Enjoy! We’ll arrive 45-60 minutes before the concert. We stand when we perform and bring our own music stands if we need them. We’ll completely emcee the evening in an entertaining, often funny, and informative way. We’ve been performing in concerts like these for the past two years in Italy, and we’re looking forward to sharing that magical experience with you. Audience questions, comments, eating and drinking, and peanut galleries are all welcome and encouraged – this isn’t a stuffy, traditional concert! The performance will last 60-90 minutes and we’ll stick around to chat with anyone interested afterwards.
1. Tell us that you’d like to have one of these intimate, fun evenings of chamber music. We’ll say, “Great!” and set up a date that works for you and us (use the contact form below).
2. Invite your friends to attend – the more, the merrier! 20 to 30 people or more is a good audience size, and sitting on the floor is totally fine if chairs run out. There won’t be any tickets sold ahead of time or direct cost to you for the performance,* but we’ll ask attendees for a suggested donation of $20 each at the door for the event.
3. Refreshments? It’s totally up to you – any kind of party you like is a party we want to be at (BYOB, potluck, hors d’oeuvres, multi-course catered affairs). Let us know if it’ll be pretzels and beer, vegan canapés, or a thematic meal, and we’ll select music to match. No refreshments? No problem.
4. Enjoy! We’ll arrive 45-60 minutes before the concert. We stand when we perform and bring our own music stands if we need them. We’ll completely emcee the evening in an entertaining, often funny, and informative way. We’ve been performing in concerts like these for the past two years in Italy, and we’re looking forward to sharing that magical experience with you. Audience questions, comments, eating and drinking, and peanut galleries are all welcome and encouraged – this isn’t a stuffy, traditional concert! The performance will last 60-90 minutes and we’ll stick around to chat with anyone interested afterwards.
We will perform pieces selected from our repertoire listed below. If a particular work piques your interest and you know you’d like to hear it (because you recognize the piece or the composer, you like music of that style, or it has your lucky number in the title), do let us know ahead of time so we can be sure to play it for you!
Samuel Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 (1947)
An evocative work for soprano and woodwind quintet that captures a midsummer evening scene through the eyes of a child Irving Fine, Partita (1948) A classic American woodwind quintet that’s at times lyrical, rhythmic, and delicate August Klughardt, Quintet Op. 79 (1898) German Romantic style at its best: rich harmonies, huge changes of mood, and broad melodies David Maslanka, Quintet No. 3 (1999) Based on chorales of J.S. Bach, reimagined by one of America’s leading living composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “Porgi amor” from Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (1786) A heartfelt aria for soprano and quintet Eric Nathan, Spires (2013) Written specifically for us by one of America’s fastest-rising compositional stars, Spires was inspired (ha!) by the composer looking up at the juxtaposition of gothic churches towering over increasingly modern cities in Europe |
Giacomo Puccini, “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi (1918)
A charming, sweet aria for soprano and quintet Giacomo Puccini, “Quando m’en vo” from La Bohème (1895) A lyrical operatic favorite for soprano and quintet Jean-Philippe Rameau, Gavotte with Six Doubles from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin No. 4 (1727) A refined Baroque dance melody that is repeated in increasingly virtuosic ways by each member of the ensemble Paquito d’Rivera, Aires tropicales (1994) Full-bodied Latin flavor in a series of colorful dances Giacchino Rossini, Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) A Bugs Bunny cartoon soundtrack classic, full of charm, wit, and operatic excitement! |
Fiati Five are:
Alice Jones, flute Zach Pulse, oboe David Cook, clarinet Michael Walker, horn Christina Dioguardi, bassoon Plus special guest Katie Dukes Walker, soprano |
*If there will be fewer than 20 guests in attendance, we will ask for a $200 appearance fee from the host.
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Fiati Five will be in the following cities during summer 2015:
New York City: June 26-29 Atlanta: July 2-5 Sarasota: July 7-22 |