Sunday, September 18, 2011

Czech-In (Sweet Sixteen)

Sixteen musicians are on hand for this season-opener. Dvořák's Serenade in D Minor, op. 44 will be presented in its unusual original scoring for twelve instruments: two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, contrabassoon, three French horns, cello and double bass, performed by members of the Pittsburgh Symphony, conducted by Jeffrey Turner, newly appointed Director of Orchestral Activities at the Mary Pappert School of Music. The program will also include the dramatic Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major op. 87 and the rarely heard Sonata in F Major for Violin and Piano, op. 57.

Program Repertoire:

Sonata in F Major for Violin and Piano, op. 57
Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, op. 87
Serenade in D Minor, op. 44

 

Mary Pappert School of Music Faculty David Allen Wehr Jack W. Geltz Distinguished Piano Chair Charles Stegeman violin, Chair of Strings Jeffrey Turner conductor, Principal Bass, PSO James Gorton Co-Principal Oboe, PSO Scott Bell oboe, PSO Ron Samuels clarinet, PSO Philip Pandolfi bassoon, PSO Zachary Smith Assistant Principal Horn, PSO Joseph Rounds horn, PSO Micah Howard bass, PSO

Guest Artists Randolph Kelly Principal Viola, PSO David Premo Associate Principal Cello, PSO David Sogg Co-Principal Bassoon, PSO James Rodgers Principal Contra-Bassoon, PSO Michael Rusinek Principal Clarinet, PSO Robert Lauver horn, PSO