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Haydn & Mendelssohn

Haydn and Mendelssohn: Bicentenary Musings

A Festival and Symposium Presented by the MU School of Music
All events are free and open to the public except the opening concert.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

7:00 pm – Opening Gala Concert (Reception at 5:30 pm)*
Reynolds Alumni Center Great Room
“Mr. Outside and Mr. Inside” – Michael Budds, lecturer

Repertoire:

  • Haydn – Gypsy Rondo Trio (Janice Wenger, Susan Jensen, Darry Dolezal)
  • Mendelssohn – Songs (Jo Ella Todd, Dan Urton, Janice Wenger)
  • Mendelssohn – Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 49 (Peter Miyamoto, Susan Jensen, Darry Dolezal)

*Ticketed event ($20). Contact 573-882-2606 or waltonrm@missouri.edu for more information.

Monday, October 5, 2009

12:00 noon – Informal Concert
Lee Hills Hall Lobby (School of Journalism)

Repertoire:

  • Haydn – Piano Sonata in E-Flat, Hob. XVI:28 (Sarah Ryan)
  • Haydn – Piano Sonata in B Minor, Hob. XVI:32i (Anju Chandy)
  • Mendelssohn – Concertstuck, Op. 114 (Paul Garritson, Erica Manzo, Janice Wenger)
  • Mendelssohn – Songs: Hexenlied, Frage, Pagenlied (Rachel L’Heureux, James Tucker)

8:00 pm – Faculty Chamber Concert No. 1
Whitmore Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building
Program Commentary: Judith Mabary

Repertoire:

  • Haydn – Selections from “Scottish Songs for George Thomson” (Robert Shay, Janice Wenger, Susan Jensen, Darry Dolezal)
    • Bannocks o’ Barleymeal (No. 194), The Death of the Linnet (No. 207),
    • The Weary Pund o’ Tow (No. 202), The Tears of Caledonia (No. 251),
    • Green Grow the Rashes (No. 218)
  • Haydn – Divertimento Sextet (Dan Willett, Melissa Morrow, Rod Ackmann, Lucas Boyd, Marcia Spence, Michael Hill)
  • Mendelssohn – Concertstuck Op. 114 (Paul Garritson, Erica Manzo, Janice Wenger)
  • Mendelssohn – Sextet (Eva Szekely, Leslie Perna, viola TBA, Darry Dolezal, Sue Stubbs, Natalia Bolshakova)

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

12:00 noon – Informal Concert
Lee Hills Hall Lobby (School of Journalism)

Repertoire:

  • Haydn - Piano Sonata in E-flat, Hob. XVI:49i (Ryan Abshier)
  • Mendelssohn - Variations Serieuses, (Edwina King)
  • Mendelssohn - Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 49 (Peter Miyamoto, Susan Jensen, Darry Dolezal)

3:00 pm – Convocation Lecture
Whitmore Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building
Annett Richter: “The Visual Imagination of a Romantic Seascape: Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture Revisited”

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

12:00 noon – Informal Concert
Ellis Library Colonnade

Repertoire:

  • Haydn - Divertimento Sextet (Dan Willett, Melissa Morrow, Rod Ackmann, Lucas Boyd, Marcia Spence, Michael Hill)
  • Mendelssohn - Prelude & Fugue; Tarentella
    (Faculty Brass Quintet)
  • Mendelssohn - String Quartet (Carolina Neves, et al)

8:00 pm – University Philharmonic Concert (Edward Dolbashian, conductor)
Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts
Program Notes: Annett Richter

Repertoire:

  • Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture
  • Haydn – Concerto in C-major for Cello (soloist: Ken Rapini)
  • Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 5 in D Major “Reformation”

Thursday, October 8, 2009

3:00 pm – Convocation Lecture
Whitmore Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building
Neil Minturn: “Play in the Fugue of Haydn’s String Quartet, Op. 20, No. 2”

Friday, October 9, 2009

12:00 noon – Informal Concert
University Hospital and Clinics Lobby

Repertoire:

  • Haydn - String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3 (Esterhazy Quartet)
  • Haydn - London Trio (Steve Geibel, Dan Willett, Rodney Ackmann)
  • Mendelssohn - Overture for Winds in C Major ("Harmoniemusik"), Op. 24 (Members of faculty and guests)

8:00 pm – Faculty Chamber Concert No. 2
Whitmore Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building
Program Commentary: Judith Mabary

Repertoire:

  • Haydn – London Trio (Steve Geibel, Dan Willett, Rod Ackmann)
  • Haydn – String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3, “Emperor” (Esterhazy Quartet)
  • Mendelssohn – Fantasie in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 28 (Peter Miyamoto)
  • Mendelssohn – Overture for Winds in C Major ("Harmoniemusik"), Op. 24 (Members of the Faculty and Guests)

Saturday, October 10, 2009

2:00-5:00 pm – Mid-Missouri Collegiate Chapter (MMCC) and Mid-Missouri Area Music Teachers Association (MMAMTA) of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
Haydn/Mendelssohn Piano Marathon
Whitmore Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building

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