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Dikener, Şőlen

Petteys, Leslie

Smith, Elizabeth Reed

English

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Marshall UniversityMarshall Digital ScholarAll Performances Performance CollectionFall 11-2-2008Marshall University Music Department Presentsthe Fontana and Friends, The Fontana Trio,Elizabeth Reed Smith, violin, Şölen Dikener, cello,Leslie Petteys, pianoElizabeth Reed SmithMarshall University, smither@marshall.eduŞőlen DikenerMarshall University, dikener@marshall.eduLeslie PetteysMarshall University, petteys@marshall.eduFollow this and additional works at: http://mds.marshall.edu/music_perfPart of the Fine Arts Commons, and the Music Performance CommonsThis Recital is brought to you for free and open access by the Performance Collection at Marshall Digital Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion inAll Performances by an authorized administrator of Marshall Digital Scholar. For more information, please contact zhangj@marshall.edu.Recommended CitationSmith, Elizabeth Reed; Dikener, Şőlen; and Petteys, Leslie, "Marshall University Music Department Presents the Fontana and Friends,The Fontana Trio, Elizabeth Reed Smith, violin, Şölen Dikener, cello, Leslie Petteys, piano" (2008). All Performances. Book 583.http://mds.marshall.edu/music_perf/583DEPARTh1ENT OF MUSIC presents Fontana and Friends The Fontana Trio Elizabeth Reed Smith, violin ~olen Dikener, cello Leslie Petteys, piano assisted by Hannah Burbery, violin Dilek Engin, viola Sunday, November 2, 2008 Smith Recital Hall 3:00 p.m. This program is presented by the College of Fine Arts through the Department of Music, with the support of student activity funds. For more information about this or other music events, please call (304)696-3117, or view our website at www.marshall.edu/cofa/music. Three Nocturnes Andante Andante quieto Tempestoso Program Quartet in B b Major, K 589 Allegro Larghetto Menuetto: Moderato Allegro Assai Intermission Piano Quintet in Eb Major, Op. 44 Allegro brillante Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) W.A.Mozart (1756-1791) Robert Schumann (1810-1856) In modo d'una Marcia: Un poco largamente Scherzo: Molto vivace Allegro, ma non troppo Program Notes Born in Geneva, Switzerland, Ernest Bloch studied violin with Eugene Ysaye, but entered his father's clock business and for a while composed only on the side. In 1916 he moved to the U.S. and taught at the Mannes School of Music. During this time he established himself as a "Jewish composer." He became the first director of the Cleveland Institute of Music in 1920 and turned to a more neoclassical style of composition. The Nocturnes were composed in 1924, the same year he became an American citizen. Mozart wrote his final three quartets K. 575, K. 589, and K. 590 in 1789-90 when he was in desperate financial straits and suffering from a bout of depression. The three are known collectively as the "Prussian Quartets" or the "Cello Quartets," as they were dedicated to King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia, a fine amateur cellist. The quartets have prominent cello parts, especially in the high register, and thus mark a departure from the Haydnesque model. Mozart completed only the three of a planned set of six quartets, and they were never sent to the king. Although Mozart himself was to refer to them as "tiresome works" these are among his most mature and intimate compositions. Sketched out in only five days, the beloved Piano Quintet by Robert Schumann was dedicated to his wife, pianist Clara Schumann, and was one of the pioneering works for the combination of string quartet with piano. The work was critically acclaimed during Schumann's lifetime, although Franz Liszt called it "too Leipzig-like" or provincial - Leipzig was where Schumann lived at the time he composed it. Brahms liked the quintet so much that he made a solo piano transcription as a birthday present for Clara. There is a famous anecdote, which may or may not be true, in which Clara became ill on the day of a scheduled performance of the quintet; Felix Mendelssohn therefore sat in for Clara and sightread the piano part. Mendelssohn was impressed with the work but suggested that Schumann rewrite the second Trio of the Scherzo and replace it with a livelier version, which he did. 

Marshall University Music Department Presents the Fontana and Friends, The Fontana Trio, Elizabeth Reed Smith, violin, Şölen Dikener, cello, Leslie Petteys, piano

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Marshall University Music Department Presents the Fontana and Friends, The Fontana Trio, Elizabeth Reed Smith, violin, Şölen Dikener, cello, Leslie Petteys, piano

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