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WIU Music Faculty Celebrate Compositions of Carl Reinecke March 25

March 21, 2018

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MACOMB, IL -- Faculty from the Western Illinois University School of Music will celebrate the work of pianist, teacher, conductor and composer Carl Reinecke during a performance at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 25 in the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall.

Faculty from the WIU School of Music will perform three of Reinecke's outstanding contributions to the Chamber Music Repertoire. Performing his "Trio in B-flat Major for Clarinet, Horn and Piano Opus 274," will be WIU professors Eric Ginsberg, clarinet, Randall Faust, horn and Jeffrey Brown, piano. Performing the "Sonata for Flute and Piano (Undine)" will be Assistant Professor John McMurtery, flute, and Faculty Assistant Liang-yu Wang, piano, and performing the "Trio in a minor for Oboe, Horn and Piano Opus 188" will be Instructor Emily Hart, oboe, Faust, horn, and Faculty Assistant Minjung Seo, piano.

Reinecke was one of the giants of music in Germany during the 19th century. As a pianist, he was noted as a great interpreter of the works of Mozart—performing on annual concert and recital tours of Europe for many years. As a teacher, he had a three and a half decade career as a professor—and director of the Leipzig Conservatory. Among his many students were great musicians such as the composers Edvard Grieg, Hugo Riemann and Cosima Wagner. 

As a conductor, Reinecke served as the conductor of the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig—following Mendelssohn—and preceding (by a century) Kurt Masur.  Finally, as a composer, he composed over 300 major compositions. 

The performance is open free to the public. For more information, call the COFAC Recital Hall office at (309) 298-1843 or visit wiu.edu/recitalhall.

 
 

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