Rhonda Cassano has been a member of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra since 1979 and is currently the flute instructor at the University of North Florida.
Brent Runnels has been acclaimed for his performances in the US, Europe, Australia, and Russia as an orchestral and recital soloist, chamber musician, and jazz pianist.
Program features two pieces by Ian Clarke, Orange Dawn and Spiral Lament, Sonata by Carl Reinecke, Sonatine by Pierre Sancan, Fantasie on Der Freischutz by Paul Taffanel, and Bossa Merengova by Mike Mower.
Ian Clarke is one of today's most innovative composers for for flute, his two pieces are inspired by the natural world: Orange Dawn, the vision of a dawn scene in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, and Spiral Lament about wonderous giant snails.
The Sancan was a test piece for the Paris Conservatory in 1946. The Reinecke is one of the few large romantic works for the flute, based on the fairy tale of "Undine".
The Taffanel is a virtuosic fantasie on themes from the opera Der Freischutz, and the Mower is a high energy movement from a piece called Sonata Latino and is based on music from Brazil.
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Music of Our Time with Rhonda Cassano and Brent Runnels |
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