ARCHIVE DAT .13971 INDIANA UNIVERSITY 97-4-27 SCHOOL OF MUSIC v. 2.-3 Nine Hundred Fifty-Fifth Program of the 1996-97 Season OAT A Day of Music and Celebration Honoring Kenda and Charles Webb Society of the Friends of Music Indiana University School of Music Indiana University Alumni Association Musical Arts Center Sunday Afternoon April Twenty-Seventh Two-Thirty O'Clock DAT\ P- T;W\~ f\ !T~ W\.-t: ~ I -uO o Joo ~b~'V\((.. 6!o \ t:oo tv~"""' Up Progr~rif \ -, !o\ B esill."'~~ ~ l ~' IS !o;). From Sonata in A Major for Cello and Piano ( 1886) ... ... '· ':J. ; .1-~ . ........ Cesar Franck 1"1~43 Allegretto ben moderato (1822-1890) Allegro--Poco piu Iento Janos Starker, Cello Gyorgy Sebok, Piano Impromptu Caprice, Op. 9 .. ..... ~ .:. ~ 3........ Gabriel Pierne (1863-193 7) Chanson dans Ia nuit .. ......... S .: ..3.~ .. ... .. .. Carlos Salzedo (1885-1961) Susann McDonald, Harp From F.A .E. Sonata .......... J ~. -:3 3....... ... Albert Dietrich Allegro (1829-1908) Franco Gulli, Violin Enrica Cavallo, Piano ® Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965 ... ( -~. ;_ q_8.. .. Franz Schubert S9 l ~ l\ (1797-1828) Patricia Wi se, Soprano James Campbell, Clarinet Leonard Hokanson, Piano lS\a."'l<.. Inte~~~sion ~~ev-.<- -e... ~ : 3 7 Remarks ... ........ ..... II ~ d:. ':-L . Kenneth R. R. Gros Louis Chancellor, Indiana University Bloomington Vice President for Academic Affairs From Quintet in A Major for Piano :,)_ 3 . 45 and Strings, Op. 114 D. 667 ("Forelle") .. ... ~ .. .. Franz Schubert 11 : ) \ Allegro vivace Andantino Finale: Allegro giusto Menahem Pressler, Piano Miriam Fried, Vio lin Atar Arad, Viola Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Cello Lawrence Hurst, Bass ® Rt'M~rks. b1 t) e.o..v-- \0 e..hn Janos Starker The great virtuoso cellist and teacher Janos Starker is recognized worldwide for his technical mastery, intensely expressive playing, and great communicative power. Born in Budapest, Mr. Starker came to the United States in 1948 where he subsequently held the principal cellist's chairs in three American orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony under Fritz Reiner. He resumed his international solo career in 1958, and since then he has performed thousands of concerts with orchestras and in recitals throughout the world. Mr. Starker has amassed a recording catalogue of more than 165 works on various international labels. A Professor of Cello at Indiana University since 1958 and awarded the title of Distinguished Professor in 1965, Mr. Starker's success as a teacher has attracted talented students from around the world. Gyorgy Sebok Gyorgy Sebok is known as one of the supreme pianists of the 20th century. Born in Szeged, Hungary, Mr. Sebok appeared as soloist in a performance of Beethoven's First Concerto under Ferenc Fricsay at the age of 14. Mr. Sebok was the soloist at the first Bartok Memorial Concert in Budapest in 1950, won an International Prize in Berlin, was decorated with the Liszt Prize by the Hungarian State, and received the Grand Prix du Disque, Paris. A former Professor of Piano at the Bela Bartok Conservatory in Budapest, Mr. Sebok serves as both Founder and Director of the Ernen Musikdorf, a summer chamber music festival in Swit­ zerland, and Founder and Director of the Festival der Zukunft in Ernen. His list of recordings comprises several dozens, covering the widest range of piano literature from Bach to contemporary composers. Since 1957, he has appeared as a soloist in Western Europe, Japan, South Africa, and North America. Mr. Sebok has been a guest Professor at the Hochschule der Kiinste in Berlin, the Toho School of Music in Tokyo, Japan, and the School of the Arts in Banff, Canada. He has been a Professor of Piano at Indiana University since 1962 and a Distinguished Professor since 1985. Susann McDonald Acknowledged throughout the musical world as one of the foremost perform­ ers and teachers of the harp, Susann McDonald is currently the Artistic Director of theWorld Harp Congress and Founder and Music Director of the USA International Harp Competition. She is the former head of the harp department at the Juilliard School and has served on the juries of the major international harp competitions in Israel, Rome, Munich, Gargilesse, Geneva, and Bloomington. Ms. McDonald has made concert appearances throughout the world and has made seventeen recordings of much ofthe major solo repertoire for the harp, in addition to publishing numerous volumes of harp music including original compositions and transcriptions. Ms. McDonald conducts worldwide master classes and currently serves as Distin­ guished Professor and Chair of the Indiana University Harp Department. Patricia Wise Soprano Patricia Wise has performed leading lyric-coloratura roles in the major opera houses of the world, in addition to solo appearances with major orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Symphony, and Israel Philharmonic. Ms. Wise has appeared in all of the major European opera houses including Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, La Scala, Barcelona, Geneva, Glyndebourne, and the Salzburg Festival. Since 1985 Ms. Wise has won international acclaim as "the incarnation of Lulu," appearing in seven productions of Berg's opera and has recorded a prize-winning CD of the three-act version with EMI. She was awarded the title of "Kam­ mersanger" bestowed by the Austrian Government and Vienna State Opera and is currently listed in Who 's Who. Ms. Wise has many recordings and several operatic films to her credit, including the BBC's multi-award winning "Impresario." Ms. Wise joined the Indiana University School of Music faculty as Professor of Voice in 1995. James Campbell James Campbell is one of the few classical clarinetists today enjoying an international solo career. Mr. Campbell has performed in all of the music centers in Canada and the United States and throughout Eastern and Western Europe, as well as in South America and China. Mr. Campbell has collaborated with many of the world's most distinguished string quartets including the Guarneri, Amadeus, Fine Arts, Orford, Allegri, Manhattan, and V arsovia, and he has also appeared as the soloist in several performances of Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto with the composer conducting the Toronto Symphony. Featured in a recently published book by Pamela Weston entitled Clarinet Virtuosi of Today, Mr. Campbell is himself author of A Student's Guide to the Clarinet. He has been a member of several prestigious chamber music ensembles and has collaborated with jazz pianist Gene DiNovi in crossover concerts. Mr. Campbell has served as a Professor of Clarinet at Indiana University since 1987. Leonard Hokanson Leonard Hokanson, internationally renowned as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra, and chamber music player, is a welcome guest in the world's major music capitals. Winner of the Stein way Prize of Boston and prize winner at the Interna­ tional Busoni Competition (Bolzano), he has played at the Festivals of Aldeburgh, Berlin, Lucerne, Prague, Salzburg, and Vienna. Mr. Hokanson was a founding member of the Odeon Trio and has been a guest artist with such ensembles as the Vermeer Quartet, the Portland Quartet, the Fine Arts Quartet, and the Wind Soloists of the Berlin Philharmonic. He has toured extensively in North and South America, Europe, the Soviet Union, and Southeast Asia. Former Professor of Piano at the University of Frankfurt School of Music, Mr. Hokanson has served as Professor of Piano at Indiana University since 1986. Franco Gulli Franco Gulli is well known as one oftoday's finest violinists. He has taught at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy and at the Conservatory of Music in Lucerne, Switzerland. In addition to his participation in the Queen Elisabeth Competition of Belguim, Mr. Gulli has served as a jury member for the international violin competitions held in Munich and Montreal, as well as at the Paganini Competition in Genoa and the Indianapolis Violin Competition. He has recorded extensively for Musical Heritage, RCA, Decca, Angelicum and Audio Fidelity Records; for his recording of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto he won the coveted Grand Prix du Disque. Mr. Gulli was appointed to the faculty oflndiana University in 1972 and has held the title of Distinguished Professor of Music since 1986. He is also the first recipient of the Dorothy Richard Starling Endowed Chair in Violin Studies. Enrica Cavallo The distinguished pianist Enrica Cavallo has appeared as guest soloist with many of Europe's most prestigious orchestras and at all the leading European music festivals. Such prominent conductors as Klemperer, Gavazzeni, Rudolf, Hin­ demith, Previtali and Henze engaged her for numerous performances. Miss Cavallo's solo repertoire is highlighted by J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier which she has performed extensively to unanimous acclaim. Enrica Cavallo began to perform at the age of six and at thirteen graduated from the Milan Conservatory. Miss Cavallo served as Professor of Piano at Indiana University from 1973 to 1991 . Menahem Pressler Pianist Menahem Pressler has appeared with nearly every major orchestra in the western world, including the Royal Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the National Symphony, and the Boston Symphony, under such conductors as Mitropoulos, Szell, Stokowski, Enesco, Masur, and Dorati. In addition, Mr. Pressler has devoted himself to the building of the Beaux Arts Trio into a chamber ensemble of world renown. First prize winner in the Debussy Competition in San Francisco, Mr. Pressler teaches master classes worldwide. In addition, this brilliant pianist has recorded almost the entire chamber music litera­ ture for piano on the Philips label. Mr. Pressler has been a Professor of Piano at Indiana University since 1955, and he was awarded the title of Distinguished Professor in 1975. Miriam Fried Born in Rumania, the world renowned Miriam Fried emigrated to Israel where she captured first prize in Israel's Tenth Anniversary Violin Competition sponsored by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.