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Schoenberg’s Playlist  Listening to Vienna at the Beginning of the 20th Century

 Xak Bjerken, Director

Guest Artists:Daedalus String Quartet

Mezzo-Soprano Rachel CallowayPianist Michael Friedann

!"ents:

#hursday$ %an& '($ )':*+$ ,-'+$ incoln .all: Recital of works for piano from 1903-1915 byBartok, Stravinsky, Debssy, Ravel, an! Scriabin, performe! by st!ents of "ak B#erken$

Friday %an& '/$ ):*+ p& ,-'+$ incoln .all: %ombination &sicolo'y %ollo(im an!%omposer)s *orm wit+ talks by &ic+ael *rie!mann ale. an! &ike /ee %ornell. onperformance practice isses in Sc+oenber' an! ebern)s piano msic$

Friday$ %an& '/$ / p$ ,arnes .allre-concert talk at 2:15 wit+ &ic+ael *rie!mann, Ro'er &oseley, an! &ike /eeSon's by ebern, Sc+reker, Sc+oenber', an! emlinsky %alloway4B#erken

Ber' artet, op$3 1910. Dae!als Strin' artet---ebern 6ariations for iano, op$ 72 &ike /ee8arl ei'l artet o$ 3 in &a#or, op$ ; 1903. Dae!als artet

Saturday$ %an& '0$ 1 p$ %ohnson Museu 6iennese foo! for prc+ase provi!e! by Dano)s <eri'er , an! special !isplay of 8an!insky)s=Small orl!s> paintin's$

Ber' *or ieces, op$5 for clarinet4piano Ric+ar! *aria4B#erkenS?ymanowski Romance in D &a#or, op$ 73 for violin4piano ic+olasDi@'enio4B#erkenStravinsky A+ree ieces for Strin' artet Dae!als artet--Sc+oenber' *ive ieces, op$ 73 &ic+ael *rie!mann, piano

o+ann Strass) 8aiser alt?es arr$ Sc+oenber'.

Sunday$ %an& *+$ * p ,arnes .allSon's by Debssy, Ber', an! 8orn'ol!, 17 mintes %alloway4B#erken

8orn'ol! violin sonata, op C 1913. 3C mintes osep+ /in4&iri ampolsky--Debssy octrnes for ; +an!s B#erken4iran an'

&a+ler Son's of ayfarer, arr$ Sc+ 1970. con!cte! by eff &eyer wit+ Rac+el %alloway,me??o-soprano

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resent wit+ spport from t+e Department of &sic, t+e @nsemble " *n!, %ornell %oncil fort+e rts, erman St!ies, t+e Enstitte for erman %ltral St!ies, t+e o+nson &sem ofrts, an! t+e %enter for @ropean St!ies$

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Schoen2erg3s Playlist

anary 72-30, 7011

rnol! Sc+oenber')s private concert series from 191F-1977, t+e Verein Für Musikalische Privataufführungen in Wien, presente! a wi!ely eclectic 'rop of works,

incl!in' some of t+e seminal works of t+e 70 t+ centry$ Schoenberg's Plalist  is a seriesof concerts an! talks t+at attempts to resrrect a mo!e of listenin' to twentiet+ centrymsic t+at transcen!s i!eolo'ies an! re-focses or ears, as Sc+oenber' an! +is circle!i!, on t+e narrative (ality of t+e compositions wit+in t+eir own respective msicallan'a'es$

En response to t+e scan!als t+at srron!e! Sc+oenber')s compositional reception, +iscircle of st!ents an! frien!s create! a spport 'rop for +im a'ainst t+e attacks oftra!itionally oriente! 6iennese society$ A+e concert pro'rams presente! by t+e =Societyfor rivate &sical erformances> are t+e sorce !ocments of w+at +as since t+en beencalle! =new msic,> t+e roots of mo!ernism$ A+ese concerts were a retreat to a

circmscribe!, close-knit circle of t+e initiate!, verifyin' Sc+oenber')s position contrat+e critics$ A+e Secon! 6iennese Sc+ool, as it became known, was t+e lea!in' eGampleof a compositional sc+ool of mo!ernism wit+ Sc+oenber' at t+e +elm, bt t+e msicalinflences from w+ic+ it spran' are far more !iverse t+an one wol! ima'ine$ e aresrprise! t+at Sc+oenber' apparently tolerate!, or !are E say, was intereste! in an!a!mire! msics written in vastly !ifferin' +armonic, stylistic, nationalistic lan'a'e from+is own, from w+at +e was eventally to !evelop$ Base! on t+e pro'rams of t+eseori'inal concerts, we will present works by composers from t+e canon Ber', ebern,Sc+oenber', &a+ler, Debssy, Ravel. an! from lesser-known composers S?ymanowski,&arG, emlinsky, 8orn'ol!., replicatin' as closely as possible t+eir ori'inal conteGt$A+e festival will featre for !ays of concerts wit+ 'est artists, t+e Dae!als artet an!

me??o soprano Rac+el %alloway, wit+ a msicolo'y collo(im talk by renowne!Sc+oenber' specialist &ic+ael *rie!mann from ale, an! pre-concert lectres by&ic+ael *rie!mann, msicolo'ist Ro'er &oseley, an! +D st!ent &ike /ee$

A+e Daedalus Quartet was fon!e! in t+e smmer of 7000, an! one year later captre!t+e ran! ri?e of t+e 7001 Banff Enternational Strin' artet %ompetition, (icklyestablis+in' itself as amon' merica)s otstan!in' strin' (artets$A+e Dae!als artetwas name! by %arne'ie <all to participate in t+e @%<H @ropean %oncert <allHr'ani?ation. Risin' Stars pro'ram, t+ro'+ w+ic+ it ma!e !ebts !rin' t+e 700;-7005season at t+e %oncert'ebow mster!am., t+e &e'aron t+ens., t+e *estspiel+asBa!en-Ba!en., Symp+ony <all Birmin'+am., t+e alais !es BeaG rts Brssels.,+il+armonie %olo'ne., t+e %itI !e la &si(e aris., t+e &o?artem Sal?br'., an!t+e &sikverein 6ienna., as well as at eill Recital <all for %arne'ie <all)s=Distinctive Debts> series$ re-en'a'ement to perform at %arne'ie <all)s ankel <allfollowe!$ A+e Dae!als artet was appointe! by t+e %+amber &sic Society of/incoln %enter as t+e %+amber &sic Society Awo (artet for t+e 7005-700C an! 700C-7002 seasons, lea!in' to nmeros performances at /incoln %enter, incl!in'collaborations wit+ artist members of t+e Society an! ot+er %+amber &sic Society Awoartists, as well as participation in many of t+e Society)s e!cational pro'rams$ A+e

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ensemble was appointe! %olmbia Jniversity)s artet-in-Resi!ence for t+e 7005-700Can! 700C-7002 seasons, an! its members are 6isitin' rtists at t+e Jniversity ofennsylvania for t+e 700C-7002 season$ Ht+er ma#or en'a'ements in t+e Jnite! States+ave incl!e! t+e /ibrary of %on'ress, t+e <oston *rien!s of &sic, Stanfor! /ivelyrts, t+e /a olla &sic Society, &sic in t+e ark Saint al., t+e %orcoran allery

as+in'ton., t+e ar!ner &sem Boston., ew ork Jniversity, t+e Jniversity of8ansas /ie! %enter, t+e *rien!s of %+amber &sic in ortlan!, Hre$ an! 8ansas %ity,t+e Ralei'+ %+amber &sic il!, t+e Jniversity of as+in'ton, t+e Jniversity atBffalo, r!e %onvocations, an! t+e %+amber &sic Society of t+e ort+ S+ore%+ica'o.$ A+ey +ave performe! @rwin Sc+l+off)s %oncerto for Strin' artet wit+ t+eSaint al %+amber Hrc+estra$ *ollowin' t+eir sccess at t+e Banff competition, t+eensemble performe! coast-to-coast in %ana!a, incl!in' ma#or series in &ontreal,Aoronto, %al'ary, innipe', an! 6ancover, as well as in apan$

Ht+er festival appearances +ave incl!e! t+e &ostly &o?art *estival at /incoln %enter,t+e %aramoor *estival w+ere t+ey +ave been t+e @rnst Stiefel artet in Resi!ence., t+eBar! &sic *estival, t+e eGt eneration *estival in ennsylvania, t+e Skaneateles

*estival, &sic &ontain, an! t+e &sic *estival of t+e <amptons$ A+eir performances+ave been featre! at a <ay!n festival presente! by t+e /incoln Enternational %+amber&sic *estival in t+e Jnite! 8in'!om, an! an @lliott %arter festival co-presente! by t+eSaint al %+amber Hrc+estra an! t+e Jniversity of &innesota$

A+e Dae!als artet is active in msic e!cation for a!lts an! c+il!ren alike$ Ena!!ition to t+eir work wit+ t+e %+amber &sic Society of /incoln %enter, t+e (artet +asserve! as a resi!ent ensemble of t+e /incoln %enter Enstitte, performin' for sc+oolc+il!ren t+ro'+ot t+e ew ork metropolitan area$ reat erformers at /incoln %enter+as presente! t+e (artet in Robert 8apilow)s =+at &akes Et reat> series, an! t+ey+ave twice been recipients of e!cational resi!ency 'rants from %+amber &sic

merica$ A+e Dae!als artet)s !ebt %D, works of Ravel, Sibelis, an! Stravinsky,was release! in 'st 700C by Bri!'e Recor!s$

Michael Friedann3s career +as encompasse! activities as a t+eorist, pianist,pe!a'o'e, an! composer$ <is specialties involve analytical articles abot t+e msic ofSc+oenber' an! performances of t+at composer)s complete piano msic$ <e +as evolve!a met+o! in teac+in' ear trainin' especially focse! on twentiet+-centry msic, an!wrote a book @ar Arainin' for 70t+ %entry &sic, pblis+e! by ale Jniversity ress.

t+at receive! special reco'nition from t+e Society of &sic A+eory$ En a!!ition toSc+oenber', +is piano performances +ave focse! on late Beet+oven an! Sc+bert$ <especiali?es in classes relatin' t+e analysis of Bra+ms)s, Beet+ovenKs an! Sc+mann)sc+amber msic to t+eir performance$ En a!!ition to +is teac+in' at ale, rofessor*rie!mann recently ta'+t at Bei#in' Jniversity an! at t+at city)s %entral %onservatory of&sic, an! lectre! an! performe! at t+e Bei#in' &o!ern &sic *estival$ &r$ *rie!mannreceive! +is B$$ from Bran!eis Jniversity an! +is +$D$ in composition from <arvar!Jniversity$ <e +as serve! on t+e msic faclties of t+e ew @n'lan! %onservatory of

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&sic, t+e Jniversity of ittsbr'+, t+e <artt Sc+ool of &sic, an! was 6alentine6isitin' rofessor at m+erst %olle'e in t+e fall of 1990$ <e +as also ta'+t at t+e SteansEnstitte for on' rtists of t+e Ravinia *estival$ <is compositions +ave been wi!elyperforme!, an! +e is a fre(ent piano recitalist$ <e #oine! t+e ale faclty in 19FC an! isa professor at t+at niversityKs sc+ool an! !epartment$

raise! by t+e ew ork Aimes for +er =consi!erable !ept+ of eGpression> an! by t+eittsbr'+ ost-a?ette for +er =emotional c+aracteri?ations an! smptos voiceLan!remarkable sensitivity,> me??o-soprano Rachel Calloway is (ickly establis+in' +erselfas one of t+e foremost me??o-sopranos of +er 'eneration$ En t+e 7010 - 7011 season, s+e!ebts wit+ t+e Berkeley Symp+ony n!er oana %arneiro, wit+ t+e &etropolitan Hperain works+ops of ico &+ly)s Awo Boys an! &ic+ael Aorke)s Senna, an! at %alrtswit+ /orin &aa?el an! t+e %astleton *estival$ S+e appears in concert at %ornellJniversity, ale Jniversity, t+e @astman Sc+ool of &sic, Depaw Jniversity, /eoisson Ro'e, &erkin <all, an! t+e Strat+more &ansion in &arylan!$ &s$ %alloway+as also appeare! wit+ t+e /orin &aa?el an! t+e %astleton *estival, Alsa Hpera, %entral%ity Hpera, t+e alker rts %enter, ot+am %+amber Hpera, t+e /os n'eles

+il+armonic)s reen Jmbrella Series, an! limmer'lass Hpera, w+ere s+e will retrnt+is smmer$ &s$ %alloway +as premiere! contless works at t+e Ban' on a %an*estival, t+e illiar! Sc+ool, &an+attan Sc+ool of &sic, %ornell Jniversity, &EA,Bow!oin %olle'e, Afts Jniversity, rinceton Jniversity, an! Aemple Jniversity an! +ascollaborate! wit+ many of to!ay)s prominent contemporary msic ensembles, incl!in'Si'nal, @nsemble ", %ontinm, an! Se(itr$ &s$ %alloway is a fon!in' member ofS+ir mi, an ensemble !e!icate! to t+e preservation an! performance of ewis+ art msicsppresse! by t+e a?is an! Soviets, an! of En *lG, a recently forme! ensemblecommitte! to performin' vocal c+amber msic by t+e lea!in' composers of to!ay an! t+erecent past$ native of +ila!elp+ia, &s$ %alloway +ol!s !e'rees from bot+ t+e illiar!Sc+ool an! &an+attan Sc+ool of &sic an! maintains an active teac+in' st!io$

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