Recitations for Voice, No. 9 George Aperghis

Guest Recital Musicians from SoundScape

Thursday Tony Arnold, voice October 7, 2010, 9:00 pm Conservatory Central 25 Aiyun Huang, percussion Concert No. 18 Thomas Rosenkranz, piano

Recitations for voice, No. 9 George Aperghis (b. 1945) Tony Arnold, voice with Amanda Deboer, Rebecca Pethes, Emily Hall

Transparency* (part I) Josh Levine (b. 1959) Aiyun Huang, percussion

The Piper’s Son for piano and electronics* Tom Lopez (b. 1967) Thomas Rosenkranz, piano

Recitations for voice, 2b Aperghis

Tony Arnold, voice

Intermission

Vier Lieder, Op. 12 for voice and piano Anton Webern I. Der Tag ist verganagen (1883–1945) II. Die geheimnisvollefloete III. Schien mir’s, als ich sah die Sonne IV. Gleich und gleich Tony Arnold, voice Thomas Rosenkranz, piano

Curb Weight Surgical Field* Mark Applebaum (b. 1967) Aiyun Huang, percussion Thomas Rosenkranz, piano

*US premiere Le Corps a Corps Aperghis

Aiyun Huang, percussion

Digit No. 2, Duo for Grand Piano and two players Mayke Nas (b. 1972) Aiyun Huang, percussion Thomas Rosenkranz, piano

The Heavenly Spheres are Illuminated by Lights Somei Satoh (b. 1947) Tony Arnold, voice Aiyun Huang, percussion Thomas Rosenkranz, piano

Please silence all cell phones and refrain from the use of video cameras unless prior arrangements have been made with the performers. The use of flash cameras is prohibited. Thank you. Biographies

John von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune writes, “anything sung by soprano Tony Arnold is worth hearing.” Hailed by the New York Times as “a bold and powerful interpreter,” she has gained international acclaim for sparkling and insightful performances of the most daunting contemporary scores. In 2001, Ms. Arnold became the only vocalist ever to be awarded first prize in the Gaudeamus International Interpreters Competition. Later that year, she claimed first prize in the Louise D. McMahon International Music Competition. She has received critical acclaim for her performances with the International Contemporary Ensemble, Chicago Symphony Orchestra MusicNOW, L.A. Philharmonic New Music Group, New York New Music Ensemble, eighth blackbird, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and many others. International festival appearances include Darmstadt (Germany), Cervantino (Mexico), Luzern (Switzerland), Tongyeong (Korea), and SoundSCAPE (Italy), where she performs and teaches each summer. Since 2003 Ms. Arnold has served on the faculty of the University at Buffalo. In 2009 she was the Howard Hanson Visiting Professor of American Music at the Eastman School. Her numerous recordings include chamber songs by Webern and Berio’s Sequenza III on Naxos, and Kurtag’s Kafka Fragments and a 2006 Grammy Nominated performance of Crumb’s Ancient Voices of Children on Bridge Records. Upcoming releases include Xenakis’s Akanthos on Mode Records.

The ever-evolving Aiyun Huang enjoys a musical life as a soloist, chamber musician, conductor, producer, researcher, and teacher. She was the First Prize and the Audience Award winner at the Geneva International Music Competition in 2002. Her past highlights include performances at the Weill Recital Hall, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra’s Green Umbrella Series, LACMA Concert Series, Holland Festival, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Agora Festival in Paris, Banff Arts Festival, 7éme Biennale d’Art Contemporaine de Lyon, Vancouver New Music Festival, CBC Radio, La Jolla Summerfest, Scotia Festival, Centro Nacional Di Las Artes in Mexico City, and National Concert Hall and Theater in Taipei. In 2004, she gave a solo European tour in the cities of Paris, Geneva, Lyon, Budapest, and Milano. In both 2007 and 2008, she was a featured percussionist at the Cool Drummings Festival in Toronto. She is a founding member of the Canadian trio Toca Loca with pianists Gregory Oh and Simon Docking. Her 2009-10 concert appearances include the cities of Milan, Berlin, New York, Montreal, Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, San Diego, Singapore, and Taipei. Aiyun was born in Kaohsiung, a city in the southern part of Taiwan. She left Taiwan when she was seventeen. She holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the University of California, San Diego. Between 2004 and 2006, she was a Faculty Fellow at UCSD. Currently, she is the Chair of the Percussion Area as well as director of the McGill Percussion Ensemble at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She is a member of the summer faculty at the SoundSCAPE Festival in Italy.

Thomas Rosenkranz is a pianist, improviser, and educator. In 2003 he was awarded the Classical Fellowship Award from the American Pianists Association and became associated with the U.S. Department of State as an Artistic Ambassador. Since this time he has toured extensively as a soloist and chamber musician throughout North America, Asia, and Africa with appearances at the Shanghai Contemporary Festival (China), Intermedia Festival (Indianapolis), October Musicale (Tunisia), and at such venues as the International House of Tokyo, Poly Theatre of Beijing, the Kennedy Center, as well as alternative venues such as the Knitting Factory and the Cutting Room in New York City. He has performed as soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony, National Orchestra of Beirut, the Northwest Chamber Orchestra (Seattle), and was a featured soloist with the Oberlin Symphony Orchestra’s tour of China. His most recent solo piano tour of China and Inner Mongolia included stops in Dalian, Shenyang, and in Dashiqiao where he presented the first public piano recital in the history of the city. He is currently a member of the piano faculty at the College of Musical Arts at Bowling Green State University and at the SoundSCAPE Festival in Italy. Translations Vier Lieder Op. 12 Anton Webern Der Tag ist vergangen Der Tag ist vergangen, The day has passed, Die Nacht ist schon hier; and night is already here; Gute Nacht, o Maria, Good night, o Maria, Bleib ewig bei mir. stay with me forever.

Der Tag ist vergangen, The day has passed, Die Nacht kommt herzu; and night is coming; Gib auch den Verstorbnen give also to the dead Die ewige Ruh. eternal peace. Die Geheimnisvolle Flöte An einem Abend, One evening, when flowers da die Blumen dufteten were wafting their scents Und alle Blätter an den Bäumen, and all the leaves were on the trees, trug der Wind mir the wind brought to me Das Lied einer entfernten Flöte zu. the song of a far-off flute. Da schnitt Immediately I cut Ich einen Weidenzweig vom Strauche, und a branch from the willow, and Mein Lied flog, Antwort gebend, my song flew to give answer durch die blühende Nacht. through the blossoming night. Seit jenem Abend hören, Ever since that evening, wann die Erde schläft, when the earth is sleeping, Die Vögel ein Gespräch in ihrer Sprache. the birds hear conversations in their language. Schien Mir’s Als Ich Sah Die Sonne Schien mir's, als ich sah die Sonne, It seems to me that when I saw the sun, daß ich schaute den Verborgnen: I also saw the Hidden One: jeder Mensch genießt die Werke, every man delights in His works; selig, der das Gute übet. blissful is he who does good. Für die Zornestat, die du verübtest, If you do something in rage, büße nicht mit Bosheit; do not heap spite upon your deed; tröste den, den du betrübtest, comfort the person you have wronged gütig, und es wird dir frommen. and be kind, for it will benefit you. Der nur fürchtet, der sich hat vergangen: Only those who have sinned live in fear: gut ist schuldlos leben. it is good to live without guilt. Gleich und Gleich Gleich und Gleich A little flower-bell Ein Blumenglöckchen had sprouted early Vom Boden hervor from the ground War früh gesprosset with a lovely little flourish; In lieblichem Flor; there came a little bee Da kam ein Bienchen to the lovely flower Und naschte fein: -- and sipped it delicately: Die müssen wohl beide they must have been made Für einander sein. for each other