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2015 American Liszt Society Festival September 16 – September 18, 2015 2 Liszt and Damnation Liszt and Damnation 2015 American Liszt Society Festival September 16 – September 18, 2015 2 Liszt and Damnation AMERICAN LISZT SOCIETY www.americanlisztsociety.net A non-profit tax exempt President organization Jay Hershberger under the Concordia College provisions Music Department of section Moorhead, MN 56562 501 (c) (3) of the Internal President Emeritus Revenue Fernando Laires Code Vice President Alexander Dossin University of Oregon Dear Lisztians, School of Music & Dance Eugene, Oregon On behalf of The American Liszt Society Board of Directors, I extend a warm Executive Secretary Justin Kolb and hearty welcome to all who have travelled near and far to attend “Liszt and 1136 Hog Mountain Road Damnation,” the 2015 festival of The American Liszt Society, hosted by the University Fleischmanns, NY 12430-4711 of North Texas College of Music in Denton. I am grateful to UNT for their willingness Treasurer to host this year’s festival at their magnificent facilities. I want to extend my personal Daniel Paul Horn thanks to Dr. James Scott, Dean of the UNT College of Music, to Anne Oncken, 27W134 Chestnut Lane Winfield, IL 61801 Assistant to the Dean, for her tireless efforts in overseeing the nuts and bolts that go into pulling off a successful festival, and to UNT piano faculty member Joseph Banowetz, Membership Secretary Barbara Mellon Kolb whose artistic oversight of the festival promises three days of tremendous music and 1136 Hog Mountain Road scholarship. Fleischmanns, NY 12430-4711 As I wrote in the most recent ALS newsletter, the theme of this year’s festival is rich in creative possibilities. Joseph Banowetz has martialled a stellar group of performers and scholars to explore this sometimes dark and textured theme. Whether it is performances ALS Journal of the Totentanz and the four Mephisto Waltzes, or lecture-presentations on Liszt and the Jonathan Kregor University of Cincinnati Nazis and Elements of Darkness and Damnation in the Liszt Sonata, this year’s festival Conservatory of Music promises an artistic and intellectual journey that will leave us exhilarated and illuminated. PO Box 210003 As well, this festival gives us the opportunity to bid a heartfelt farewell to our beloved Cincinnati, OH 45221 president of blessed memory, Thomas Mastroianni, whose sudden passing a year ago left Newsletter us bereft of one of the long-time stalwart pillars of The American Liszt Society. Tom Edward Rath 2603 Coppertree was an individual of rare, unique, and sterling character, consummate artistry, and Champaign, IL 61822-7518 generous spirit. I hope that the memorial concert in his honor on Thursday evening will draw forth from each of us fond remembrances of a life well lived for the sake of others. We are privileged to be a part of an unusual and unique organization. The American Board of Directors Joseph Banowetz Liszt Society, whose mission is to advocate for the music, life, and artistic ideals of Franz Paul Barnes Liszt, occupies a remarkable place in the pantheon of professional music guilds. We all Luiz de Moura Castro Alexander Djordjevic incur our own expenses in order to attend and participate in its yearly festivals, we share Gabriel Dobner the stage with others, and we are honored to have members who are enthusiastic Lisztian Alexandre Dossin Gila Goldstein aficionados from many different walks of life. Over the years this has created an Jay Hershberger atmosphere of supportive collegiality and friendship that is hard to find in the world of Geraldine Keeling Justin Kolb high-level artistic associations. I know that the Board of Directors shares this continuing Barbara Mellon Kolb vision for the ALS and it is certainly what our president emeritus Fernando Laires Jonathan Kregor envisioned over 50 years ago as a founding member and leader of the society. I invite Elyse Mach Ksenia Nosikova any member of the registrants for this year’s festival to consider joining The American Edward Rath Liszt Society. You will find yourself among enthusiastic friends who share the vision of Nancy Roldan Steven Spooner a musical world imbued with Liszt’s stewardship for artistic ideals that lift up and Helen Smith Tarchalski ennoble the human spirit. Alan Walker William Wellborn Richard Zimdars Excelsior! Jay A. Hershberger President, The American Liszt Society Schedule Wednesday, September 16, 2015 College of Music Building, Paul Voertman Concert Hall 8:30 AM Registration 9:45 AM Introductory Remarks - James C. Scott, Dean, College of Music, UNT Jay Hershberger, President, American Liszt Society 10:00 AM Lecture-recital: Liszt and Death Thomas Labé, piano Apparitions, S. 155 (1834)................................................................................Franz Liszt (1811-1886) 1. Senza lentezza quasi allegretto 2. Vivamente 3. Fantaisie sur une valse de F. Schubert (Molto agitato ed appassionato) from Années de pèlerinage, Troisième année, S. 163 (1882) .............................................Franz Liszt 6. Marche funèbre 11:15 AM Lecture-recital: Seduction, Damnation, Redemption: Liszt, Vianna da Motta, and Busoni Nancy Lee Harper, piano This lecture-recital proposes to explore the elements of seduction, damnation, and redemption in key works of Franz Liszt, José Vianna da Motta, and Ferruccio Busoni: Liszt’s Ballade No. 2, Vianna da Motta’s Ballada, op. 16, and Busoni’s transcription of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No. 1, which includes his separately published Galop. The lecture will draw upon Antonio Pompa-Baldi’s theory of the origin of Liszt’s Ballade as being inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Euridice. Vianna da Motta’s Ballada will be investigated as to Lisztian influences, including references to his lessons with Liszt. Busoni’s Mephisto Waltz will be compared to Liszt’s original (solo and orchestral) and correspondence between Vianna da Motta and Busoni will be cited. Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S. 171 (1853) .........................................................Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Ballada in F-sharp minor, Opus 16 (1905) ....................................José Vianna da Motta (1868-1948) Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514 (1861) ..................................................................................Franz Liszt trans. Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) 12:30 PM Lunch 2:15 PM Lecture-recital: Liszt’s Pupil August Stradal’s (1860-1930) Wagner Transcriptions Juan Vizcarra, piano Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond (Siegmund’s Love Song), Die Walküre (1856).................................................................................Richard Wagner (1813-1883) trans. c. 1900 Schluss des letzten Aufzuges (End of the last Act), Die Walküre (1856)........................................................................................Richard Wagner trans. c. 1900 Waldweben (Forest Murmurs), Siegfried (1876).........................................................Richard Wagner trans. c. 1914 Trauermusik aus dem letzten Aufzug (Siegfried’s Funeral March), Götterdämmerung (1874)...............................................................................Richard Wagner trans. c. 1900 4 Liszt and Damnation Schedule 3:30 PM Lecture-recital: Charles-Valentin Alkan: Tribute to the Damned William Wellborn, piano; José Raúl López, piano from Esquisses, Opus 63 (1861) ...................................................................Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) 21. Morituri te salutant (Assez lentement) 45. Les diablotins (Lentement) from Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année, Italie, S. 161 (1861).....................................................................Franz Liszt (1811-1886) 7. Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata William Wellborn Fantaisie à quatre mains sur Don Juan, Opus 26 (1844).................................................................................Charles-Valentin Alkan William Wellborn, primo • José Raúl López, secondo Ne pulvis et cinis superbe, Thamos, König in Ägypten, K. 345 (c. 1779) ........................................................Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) trans. 1847 Charles-Valentin Alkan Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466 (1785)………………………................Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart trans. and cadenzas 1861 Charles-Valentin Alkan I. Allegro with Cadenza II. Romanza III. Prestissimo with Cadenza from Douze études, Opus 39 (1857) ..............................................................Charles-Valentin Alkan 3. Scherzo diabolico (Prestissimo) José Raúl López 5:00 PM Dinner Murchison Performing Arts Center 8:00 PM Concert (Winspear Hall) Totentanz: Paraphrase on “Dies irae,” S. 126/1 (1853)..............................Franz Liszt (1811-1886) ed. 1919 Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Joseph Banowetz, piano Act I, Die Walküre (1870)....................................................................Richard Wagner (1813-1883) Carol Wilson, soprano William Joyner, tenor Stephen Morscheck, bass-baritone 2015 American Liszt Society Festival 5 Schedule Thursday, September 17, 2015 College of Music Building, Paul Voertman Concert Hall 9:00 AM Registration 9:45 AM Lecture-recital: Liszt’s Life In Love and Schiller’s Last Drama Laura Strickling, soprano, Liza Stepanova, piano Freudvoll und leidvoll, Egmont, S. 280/1 (1844) ..................................................................Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Was Liebe sei, S. 288/1 (1842 Es muß ein Wunderbares sein, Amaranth, S. 314 (1852) Was Liebe sei, S. 288/2 (1855) Ihr Auge, S. 310 (1849) Was Liebe sei, S. 288/3 (1879) Ihr Glocken von Marling, S. 328 (1874) Drei Lieder aus Schillers Wilhelm Tell, S. 292/2
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