GRADUATE RECITALS
by
ADRIAN ALLAN DYCK
B.Mus., University of Alberta, 1997
A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF
MASTER OF MUSIC
in
THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES
(School of Music)
We accept this thesis as conforming
to the required standard
THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
February 2001
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Department
The University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada
DE-6 (2/88) In Recital
Adrian Dyck, violin with Paige Freeborn, piano
Sunday, November 14th, 1999 at 7:30pm Chapel of the Epiphany Vancouver School of Theology Vancouver, British Columbia
Sonata No. 4 in C minor for violin and piano, BWV 1017 J.S. Bach Siciliano - Largo (1685-1750) Allegro Adagio Allegro
Sonata No. 1 in G majorfor violin and piano, Op. 78 Johannes Brahms Vivace ma non troppo (1833-1897) Adagio Allegro Molto Moderato
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Concerto in A major for violin, KV 219 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro Aperto (1756-1791) Adagio Rondo - Tempo di Menuetto
This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music. In Recital
Adrian Dyck, violin
with Paige Freeborn, piano
Friday, February 23, 2001 at 7:30pm Chapel of the Epiphany Vancouver School of Theology Vancouver, British Columbia
Sonatina No. 2 in A minor for violin and piano, Op. 137 D 385 Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Allegro moderato Andante Menuetto: Allegro Allegro
Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin, S. 1004 J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Allemanda Corrente Sarabanda Giga
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In Memoriam Harry Adaskin, for violin and piano (1995) Stephen Chatman
Harry Adaskin was bom in Riga, Latvia, in 1901, and later emigrated with his family to Toronto. As a child he learned to play the violin, and at the age of twelve he entered the Toronto Conservatory of Music. In 1923 he and three colleagues formed the Hart House String Quartet, in which Adaskin played second violin. Sponsored by Vincent and Alice Massey, it was the first Canadian string quartet to gain an international reputation. The Quartet made many concert tours of North America and Europe, and in 1928 played at Maurice Ravel's New York debut. In 1938 Adaskin resigned from the Quartet, and as a freelance musician combined musical performance with a broadcasting career. He and his wife, pianist Frances Man* Adaskin, undertook a number of concert tours throughout Canada and the United States. For several seasons in the 1940's Adaskin was intermission commentator for the New York Philharmonic Orchestra's Sunday