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Faculty Chamber Music Series Concert Feb. 7 at Western

February 1, 2018

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MACOMB, IL – The Western Illinois University School of Music will present the Faculty Chamber Music Series Concert III – Mixed Chamber Repertoire, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7 in the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall.

The performance, which will feature nearly 20 School of Music faculty, is open free to the public.

Spanning four centuries, the concert will feature works by Verne Reynolds, Johann Sebastian Bach, Arcangelo Corelli, Joaquín Rodrigo, Louis Anthony deLise, Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Misha Mengelberg and Charles Mingus. 

The performance program includes:

HORNVIBES for Horn and Vibraphone (1984) - Verne Reynolds (1926-2011)
I. Fantasy
- Randall Faust, horn
- Rick Kurasz, vibraphone

Ich habe genug, BWV 82 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
I. Aria: Ich habe genug
II. Recitative: Ich habe genug
III. Aria: Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen
IV. Recitative: Mein Gott!
V. Aria: Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod
- Ricardo Sepúlveda, baritone
- Emily Hart, oboe
- Music Julieta Mihai, violin
- Senior music major Vlad Hontila, of Romania, violin
- István Szabó, viola
- Moisés Molina, cello
- Jeffrey Brown, harpsichord

INTERMISSION

Violin Sonata in D Minor, op. 5, XII "Folia" Variations - Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
- Mihai, baroque violin
- Richard Hughey, viola da gamba
- Lynn Thompson, harpsichord

Dos poemas de Juan Ramón Jiménez - Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999)
Verde, verderol
Pájaro del agua
- Penelope Shumate, soprano
- John McMurtery, flute

Red Lotus - Louis Anthony deLise (b. 1949)
I. Come um ballo
II. Adagio e liveramente
III. Moderato
- John McMurtery, flute
- Julieta Mihai, violin
- Moisés Molina, violoncello
- Jeffrey Brown, piano

Amarus, op. 30a (1897) - Josef Bohuslave Foerster (1859-1951)
- Brian Locke, narrator
- Jeffrey Brown, piano

Hypochristmutreefuzz - Misha Mengelberg (1935-2017)

Fables of Faubus - Charles Mingus (1922-1979)
- John Vana, alto saxophone
- Michael Stryker, piano
- Matt Hughes, bass
- Kevin Nichols, drums

For more information about the event, contact Joanie Herbert at (309) 298-1843 or by email at JE-Herbert@wiu.edu.

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