UMaine Music Faculty Presenting Evening of Mozart Jan. 28
Contact: Contacts: Karen Cole, 581-4704; George Manlove, 581-3756
ORONO – Music faculty members in the UMaine School of Performing Arts will perform an evening of Mozart on Saturday, Jan. 28, in honor of the 250th anniversary of the Austrian maestro’s birthday.
“Cadenzato” will celebrate Mozart’s birthday with a concert of his chamber music beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall. On the night of Mozart’s birthday, Friday Jan. 27, the Music Division will present a screening of the film “Amadeus” in Minsky Recital Hall, also at 7:30 p.m. The film is particularly noted for its scenes of opera productions from Mozart’s lifetime.
Born Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Theophilus Mozart, he lived from Jan. 27, 1756 to Dec. 5, 1791. He is considered one of the most significant popular composers of European classical music, whose prolific output includes works widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, chamber, piano, operatic and choral music. Much of his music is part of today’s standard concert repertory.
The program includes the following works and faculty musicians:
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