AMERICAN - . CELLO CENTURY . -'( featuring students of Norman Fischer, Desmond Hoebig, and Paul Katz . -< Sunday, February 25, and Monday,February 26, 2001 7:30 p.m. Lillian H. Duncan Recital Hall ..... Pre-concert lectures given by Douglas Moore, . " Professor of Music at Williams College: "The Solo Cello's Emerging Role in Twentieth Century Music" 6:30 p.m., Room 1133 ., ,( 93elebrati n9 {}),r-" Z/-J years THE SHEPHERD SCHOOL OF MUS icJ'RICE UNIVERSITY ~ 75-2000 CONCERTI Sunday, February 25, 7:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall l Pre-concert lecture: 6:30 p.m., Room 1133 Adon-Olam (Lord of the Universe) (1926) Rubin Goldmark (1876-1936) Lydia Rubrecht, cello Patti Wolf, piano ' Suite No. 3 for Cello Solo (1958) Ernest Bloch ,..; Allegro deciso; Andante; Allegro (1880-1959) Mara Kronick, cello ~l Gravely and Vigorously (for cello alone) (1963) Henry Cowell (in memory of President John F. Kennedy) (1897-1965) • ~! Laura Love, cello T'- . Sonata for Solo Cello (19 55) George Crurr;b ... Fantasia: Andante espressivo e con molto rubato (b.1929) Terna pastorale con variazioni ..... I Toccata: Largo e drammatico; Allegro vivace ". Cheng-Hou Lee, cello r l INTERMISSION r l r Eclectic Suite (1984) Malcolm Forsyth I Potpourri (b. 1936) Keira Fullerton, cello Patti Wolf, piano ')- Omaramor (for solo cello) (1991) Osvaldo Golijov r Lydia Rubrecht, cello (b. 1960) " :,,. Sonata for Cello and Piano (1948) Elliott Carter I. Moderato (b.1908) II. Vivace, molto leggiero Melita Glass, cello f _. Patti Wolf, piano I III. Adagio IV. Allegro Va/dine Ritchie, cello Jeanne Kierman, piano CONCERTI! Monday, February 26, 7:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall I ., Pre-concert lecture: 6:30 p.m., Room 1133 I ._ . Sonatina for Cello and Piano (1926) Carlos Chavez (1899-1978) - " Christine Kim, cello Neal Kurz, piano Promenade (1937) George Gershwin (1898-1937) (arr. Norman Fischer) Michael Cameron, cello Patti Wolf, piano After Reading Shakespeare (for solo cello) (1980) NedRorem - .,, I. Lear("... Thou'lt come no more, (b.1923) Never, never, never, never, never:') Elizabeth Lee, cello Sonata for Cello and Piano (1932) Samuel Barber I. Allegro ma non troppo (1910-1981) Erin Breene, cello Neal Kurz, piano III. Allegro appassionato Clara Lee, cello Neal Kurz, piano INTERMISSION Six Pieces for Violoncello (J 966) Roger Sessions Prelude (1896-1985) Dialogue Scherzo Berceuse ~ ~ Fantasy ,.. Epilogue Rebecca Wenham, cello ~ -I 't - Wings (for cello and piano) (1993) DavidVayo (b.1957) Jing Li, cello ~ Neal Kurz, piano ~ • 't Open ... for solo cello (2000) (Premiere) Stanley Charkey (b.1949) 'I' Jacob Charkey, cello '1- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1945) Samuel Barber I. Allegro moderato • Tomoko Fujita, cello • Neal Kurz, piano .. DOUGLAS MOORE is the Warren Professor of Music at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and cellist with the Williams Chamber Players. He ...... holds the Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University and the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from Catholic University ofAmerica. He has appeared with orchestras and in recital throughout the US. and Canada; in 2000-2001 he will have performed in nearly thirty concerts as cellist or con­ ductor of cello choirs in Colorado, Ontario, Pennsylvania,Louisiana, Connecti­ cut, Texas,Massachusetts, Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin. In 1976 Moore played the premiere performance of the Cello Sonata by Arthur Foote, and since 1981 has played the Foote Cello Concerto with numerous orchestras. His edition of the cello/piano music of Foote was published by A-R Editions, and his record­ ing of that music is on the Musical Heritage Society label. He has also recorded music by Farwell, Cadman, Arensky, Kechley, and Rachmaninoff on the Grand Prix and Liscio labels. Moore has published numerous arrangements for mul­ tiple celli, including the Stars and Stripes Forever for four celli (published by Presser). He plays a 1997 cello made by Lawrence Wilke of Clinton, Connecticut. .