Pomona College had a "Fête Musicale" the other day. It was at 12 pm in the Hall of Music (Little Bridges) on the 30th of October, a Saturday. I wanted to see what a "Fête Musicale" was!
It turned out that it was four "Tableau" each separated by a fifteen to twenty minute intermission by mostly senior persons of Pomona College Music Faculty.
My impression of the whole thing was each tableau would introduce a bassoonist, Carolyn Beck, a flutist, Rachel Rudich, a tuba player, Steven Klein, and someone who played the oboe, Francisco Castillo, to do a Benjamin Britton number and to introduce "Controverias" a "world premiere" number. These were each in their respective "Tableau" number.
The bassoonist, Carolyn Beck, played May I have this dance? Happy Birthday Walz (2021) which was a great bassoon piece. Then she played Zinfandel (2010), which was more meandering. It was based on Zinfandel wine. I really liked it.
Rachel Rudich was joined in her presentation of Paronyms by Karl Kohn, by Gayle Blankenburg, piano, for which she got concert status! Rachel played two flutes, a bass flute and one for regular flute. I liked the bass flute best.
Steven Klein, on tuba, played with Gayle Blankenburg again. He played Concerto, by Robert Spillman. It was a deep, rich sound! And the harmonics of Little Bridges were great!
Francisco Castillo played Six Metamorphoses After Ovid (1951) and covered Pan, Phaeton, Niobe, Bacchus, Narcissis, and Arethusa. Narcissis, who fell in love with his own image and became a flower! I liked the Britton piece because it was varied. The world premiere piece was less thrilling, although more advanced. He put seven stands of music all across the stage and then he sat in each seat until the seventh one came up!
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