BALLADE
Works
for Flute and Piano
DUTILLEUX ~ FAURE
~ GRIFFES ~ MARTIN
KARA
KIRKENDOLL WELCH
FLUTE
GABRIEL SANCHEZ
PIANO
MS1286 ~ $14.95
"[The
Dutilleux is] played with cool, limpid tone..."
[
* * * ] BBC Music Magazine ~ May 2010
"I
like the way Welch plays the Griffes very much ...Sanchez is superb..."
American
Record Guide ~ May / June 2010
"Flutist
Kara Kirkendoll Welch, in partnership with pianist Gabriel Sanchez, does a
superior job of conveying the essence of luminously beautiful works by Henri
Dutilleux, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Frank Martin, and Gabriel Fauré. In doing
so, she displays the full range of color of her instrument. All the music on the
program involves stiff technical demands of the flutist, and Ms. Welch is up to
them.
Phil
Muse, Audio Video Club of Atlanta ~ November 2009
Kara
Kirkendoll Welch has been a member of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra since
September of 2000 and is on the faculty of Southern Methodist University, where
she is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Flute. In addition to being a soloist and
section player in the Dallas Symphony, she has played Guest Assistant Principal
Flute in the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. A frequent recitalist, Ms. Welch
also performs in various chamber music settings with her distinguished
colleagues, including performances at the Nasher
Sculpture Center, Southern Methodist University and Dallas Museum of Art. She
has been a featured performer, panel discussion leader and adjudicator at
National Flute Association conventions. Ms. Welch has performed in halls
throughout the United States and Europe, including Carnegie Hall in New York,
the Royal Albert Hall and Royal Festival Hall in London, and the Musikverein
in Vienna. Welch received her Bachelor of Music from the University of
Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Dr. Bradley
Garner, and her Master’s Degree from Southern Methodist University. She has
been a winner and finalist in many competitions, including the International
Flute Talk Competition in Chicago, the Myrna Brown Competition in Dallas, and
the Orchestral Excerpt Competition given by the Texas Flute Society in Dallas.
www.karaflute.com
Gabriel
Sanchez won top prize in the 1997 Casablanca International Piano Competition in
Morocco and is a laureate of other international competitions, including the
Marguerite Long in Paris (France), the Gina Bachauer in Salt Lake City (USA),
and the Paloma O’ Shea in Santander (Spain). He has performed throughout the
United States and internationally in recital and with orchestra, including
performances at Pianofest in the Hamptons, New York; with the Dallas Symphony
under Kerry-Lynn Wilson; the Orquesta Filarmonica de Jalisco; and the Irving
Symphony under Hector Guzman. In London, Mr. Sanchez performed at the Royal
Academy of Music; in Paris, at the Salle Gaveau; in Santander, Spain, at the
Palacio de Festivales; in Casablanca, Morocco, at the Salle de l’Office des
Changes; and in the Dominican Republic with the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional. In
Thessaloniki, Greece, he performed a solo recital to benefit Lions Club
International. Gabriel Sanchez studied at London’s
Royal Academy of Music under a full scholarship and continued his studies at the
University of North Texas under his teacher and mentor, Vladimir Viardo. Mr.
Sanchez, in high demand as an accompanist, is also a dedicated educator. He
taught piano, music history, and music theory at the celebrated Booker T.
Washington High School for the Arts in Dallas from 1996-2003, and continues to
teach piano privately in Dallas. He has collaborated with such artists as
Jacques Zoon, Alexa Still, Paul Edmund-Davies, Marco Granados, Thomas Robertello
and Ian Clarke. Mr. Sanchez recently completed two other recordings for MSR
Classics: Rêver en Couleur featuring flutist Lisa Garner Santa in a program of
traditional flute repertoire [MS1213] and Scree featuring flutist Elena Yarritu
in the World Premiere Recording of Mike Mower's Sonata No.3, in addition to
other contemporary works [MS1277].
