Faculty Concert, Cadenzato, Offers Colorful Chamber Music for Season Opening
Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756
ORONO — The opening concert of the of the School of Performing Arts 2004 Music Series on Saturday, Sept. 18 features the University of Maine faculty ensemble, Cadenzato, and offers an evening of vibrant chamber music.
“The music ranges from the 18th Century music to music of today,” says Liz Downing, who plays flute. “It’s a real variety of style and instruments. I think it will be a spirited and lively concert for the audience.”
The concert is at 7:30 p.m. at Minsky Recital Hall on the Orono campus. A $6 admission is requested.
In addition to Downing, other performers include Louis Hall, oboe, Jack Burt, flugelhorn, Stuart Marrs, timpani percussion, Noreen Silver, ‘cello, and Phillip Silver, piano.
Burt is the new professor of trumpet at the UMaine School of Performing Arts.
The program includes: “Concertante in F for Flute, Oboe, Piano,” composed by Ignaz Moscheles; “Flugelhorn and Piano,” by Michael Nyman; four of eight pieces from “Eight Pieces for Four Timpani,” composed by Elliott Carter and performed by Marrs; “Dream Dances for Flute, Oboe and Cello,” composed by Peter Schickele; and “Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano,” Op. 63, composed by Carl Maria von Weber.
The selections will make for “an interesting musical array and a colorful concert to compliment the arrival of the fall season,” Downing says.
More information is available by calling the Maine Center for the Arts box office at (207) 581-1755.