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APRIL 2012

 

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Sunday, April 1 & Tuesday, April 3  

Princeton University Chamber Choir   

Gabriel Crouch, Conductor

First Presbyterian Church of Titusville NJ, April 1, 4:00PM
Trinity Episcopal Church of Princeton NJ, April 3, 8:00PM     

 

"One Equal Music" - Settings of John Donne by Orlando Gibbons, Hubert Parry, William Harris and Richard Rodney Bennett.

 

FREE ADMISSION  

Tuesday, April 3 

 
Composers Ensemble at Princeton
Tapli
n Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM

Riley head
"1.8" with Riley Lee, Shakuhachi (bamboo flute). Performance features new works by Princeton University graduate students enrolled in the recent seminar on writing music for Shakuhachi: Leila Adu-Gilmore, Andy Akiho, Quinn Collins, Wally Gunn, David Molk, Caroline Shaw, and Jonathan Russell. Pianist Kate Campbell and several seminar members will perform the works.


FREE ADMISSION

Thursday, April 5 

 
Jonathan Biss, Piano
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 8:00PM

Pre-Concert Talk given by   

Professor Scott Burnham at 7PM 

 

 

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PROGRAM 

BEETHOVEN Sonata in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1

JANACEK "In the Mists"

BEETHOVEN  Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight"
DAVID LUDWIG  Lunaire Variations 

BEETHOVEN Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 81a, "Les Adieux"  

 

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Saturday, April 7 

 
Ustad Shahid Parvez, Sitar
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 7:00PM

UstadRenowned Sitarist Ustad Shahid Parvez will perform with Ashutosh Thakur '14, Tabla. Mr. Parvez has performed in major musical festivals in India and abroad including the Festival of India held in the United States, Europe, USSR, Canada, Africa, Middle East and Australia.  
 
Co-sponsored with the
Program in South Asian Studies.

FREE ADMISSION

Saturday, April 7 

 
Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk)
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 8:00PM

 
Joined by New York pianist Kathy Supové, PLOrk will perform works by Professor Dan Trueman as well as new works by Michael Early and Lainie Fefferman. Jn addition, the concert will feature the return of PLOrk co-founder and computer musician Perry Cook and the premiere of his new work LOrX Aeterna as well as works by Jascha Narveson, Konrad Kaczmarek, and Anne Hege.
 
Tickets 
$10 general, $5 students.
 
 
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Monday, April 9  

 
Musicology Colloquium
Woolworth Center Room 106, 4:30PM

Gianmario Borio, University of Pavia

The End of Exoticism or the Diffusion of the Other into Western Art Music

Co-sponsored by the Lewis Center for the Arts  
       

Wednesday, April 11  

 
Jazz Vespers
University Chapel, 8:00PM

Featuring the University Jazz Vespers Ensemble,
Dr. Anthony D.J. Branker, Director 
 
    
FREE ADMISSION

Thursday, April 12   

 
Princeton University Jazztet
Dr. Anthony D.J. Branker, Director
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM 
  
Featuring Visiting Saxophonist/Composer Marc Bernstein from The Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Odense/Esbjerg, Denmark.  
             
FREE ADMISSION

Friday, April 13 & Saturday, April 14  

Princeton University Opera
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 8:00PM  

Britten's Albert Herring: A Comic Opera in Three Acts
Gabriel Crouch, Music Director
David Kellett, Stage Director

Cast:
Christopher Beard
, Katie Buzard, Dan Corica, Sarah Craig, Lieve Hendren, Stella Kim, Anna Powell, Saumitra Sahi, Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa, Matthew Walsh, Allegra Wiprud, Danielle Wright, and Kevin Zhu

FREE ADMISSION. Call University Ticketing at (609) 258-9220.

Sunday, April 15 

Brentano String Quartet
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 3:00PM
(PLEASE NOTE NEW CONCERT TIME)   

PROGRAM
BUSONI String Quartet No. 2
BEETHOVEN Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130
BEETHOVEN Quartet, Op. 133 "Grosse Fuge"


Pre-Concert Talk at 2:00PM will be given by Professor Scott Burnham.

FREE ADMISSION. Call University Ticketing at (609) 258-9220.

Monday, April 16

Musicology Colloquium
Woolworth Center Room 106, 4:30PM  

Barbara Sparti, Independent Scholar

The Multi-faceted Moresca: The Italian Tradition of Pantomimic Dance

Co-sponsored with the Program in Italian Studies.


Tuesday, April 17

Musicology Colloquium
McCormick Hall Room 106, 4:30PM  

Charles Atkinson, Ohio State University

The Vatican Anonymous in speculo

Thursday, April 19

Jazz at Café Vivian
Frist Campus Center, 11:00PM  

Featuring the University Bebop Ensemble, Ralph Bowen, coach.

FREE ADMISSION

Sunday, April  22    

Senior Thesis
Kevin Laskey, '12
Rockefeller College Common Room, 1:30PM  

Featuring original compositions for jazz sextet, soprano and chamber ensemble, and the premiere of his Suite for Chamber Orchestra.

FREE ADMISSION

Sunday, April  22    

Princeton University Glee Club & Chamber Choir
Gabriel Crouch, Conductor 
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 3:00PM 
 

The annual Walter L. Nollner concert features the Fauré Requiem with Baritone Mischa Bouvier. Additional works include Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs and Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis.  

 

Tickets  

$20 general, $10 seniors, $5 students   

 

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Tuesday, April 24    

Composition Generals
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM  

 

Featuring new works by graduate students Elliot Cole, Cenk Ergun, Jonathan Russell, and Caroline Shaw, responding to and presented alongside works of Chopin, Ligeti, Liszt, Xenakis, and Georgian folk polyphony   

 

FREE ADMISSION 

Friday, April 27 & Saturday, April 28

Princeton University Orchestra
Michael Pratt, Conductor
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 8:00PM


PROGRAM
BERG Three Pieces from Wozzeck, featuring Soprano Sarah Pelletier  
STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring
 

 

Tickets 
$15 general, $13 seniors, $8 students.

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