Founded in 1964 Volume 26, Issue 2, Summer/Fall 2010 Great Romantics Festival (continued from page 9) Italian Chapter Sponsors SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9 MACNAB PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Marathon 10.00 VIOLIN AND PIANO: José Cueto (violin) and Nancy Roldán (piano) Concert Series Strauss: Sonata in E-flat Major; Brahms: Sonata in D minor; Kreisler-Rachmaninov: Liebesleid (“Love’s Sorrow”) and Liebesfreud (“Love’s Joy”) AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN LISZT SOCIETY, INC. The Italian Chapter of the American 11.00 LECTURE/DEMONSTRATION: Donald Manildi (piano) Liszt Society (Michele Campanella, “Chopin: The Voice of the Piano) President) is sponsoring a series of marathon concerts featuring the entire SATURDAY AFTERNOON corpus of piano compositions written MACNAB PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Ovations - The 2010 by Franz Liszt!! The series, which TABLE OF CONTENTS takes place at the National Academy of 14.30 PIANO GALA: Homage to Fryderyk Chopin Santa Ceclia in Rome, began on May Great Romantics Festival “Hats off, gentlemen, a genius!” - Robert Schumann 16, 2010 and will conclude on October 1 Ovations - The 2010 23, 2011, the day after the 200th Great Romantics Festival The 15th annual Great Romantics Festival will take place Thursday, , Op. 10 Douze Études anniversary of Liszt’s birth in the October 7 through Saturday, October 9, 2010 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Nos. 1-4 -- Matthew Cameron (USA) small city of Raiding, then in Hungary, Dr. Alan Walker once again hosts this marvelous event, which is presented by the Nos. 5-8 -- José Ramos Santana (Puerto Rico/USA) now Austria. The series includes 2 President’s Message City of Hamilton in association with the American Liszt Society and McMaster Nos. 9-12 -- Valerie Tryon (Britain/Canada) seven days of three concerts each University’s School of the Arts. Here is a daily schedule for the GRF. - morning, afternoon, and evening. (For further details and updates, go to www.artset.net/greatromantics.html) Trois nouvelles Etudes (Op. posth.) 3 Letter from the Editor Included among the performers are Miriam Gómez Morán (Spain) ALS Board members Ksenia Nosikova THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7 and Steven Spooner, and University of 4 Update: The 2011 ALS CONVOCATION HALL, MCMASTER UNIVERSITY Douze Études, Op. 25 Oregon Chapter President Alexandre Liszt Bicentennial Conference Nos. 1-4 -- William Aide (Canada) Dossin, to name but a few. 9.30 - OPENING REMARKS: Dr. Alan Walker, Festival Founder and Director; Nos. 5-8 -- Steven Spooner (USA) 5 Member News Dr. Thomas Mastroiani, President of the American Liszt Society; and Dr. Keith Nos. 9-12 -- Alexei Gulenko (Canada/Moldova) For more information about the Italian Kinder, Director of the School of the Arts, McMaster University Chapter of the ALS, go to the website In Memoriam SATURDAY EVENING 10.00 - LECTURE: Mark Ainley - “Schumann: The Poet of the Piano” HAMILTON CONVENTION CENTRE http://www.lisztsocieta.it/ita 6 Chapter News 11.00 PIANO RECITAL: Louis Nagel - All-Schumann program: Widmung 19.30 FESTIVAL BANQUET If you are unable to read Italian, (Schumann-Liszt), Papillons, and Fantasy in C major For the complete menu, go to the website at you should be able to find a Google 7 The 2010 Liszt International Los Angeles Competition http://www.artset.net/greatromantics2010/GR2010_Banquet.html translation prompt at the top right THURSDAY AFTERNOON Upcoming Festivals of your complter screen. Click on CHRIST’S CHURCH CATHEDRAL The Sheraton Hamilton Hotel has reserved a number of rooms for Festival guests, the word “Translate,” and you will Newsletter Deadline at a discounted rate. When booking, please request the Great Romantics Festival obtain a reasonably good translation 14.00 ORGAN RECITAL: Ian Sadler - Reger: Toccata in D minor; Brahms: Chorale discount. Sheraton Hamilton Hotel, 116 King St. W., Hamilton, ON L8P 4V3. into English or numerous other world Prelude on “Herzlich tut mich verlangen”; Mendelssohn: Prelude & Fugue in C minor; Great Romantics Festival rate is $144 CDN per night. 8 New Recipients of the ALS Medal languages. For more information Schumann: Sketch in D-flat Major; Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue on “Ad nos, ad salutarem Reservations: 905/529.5515. about the marathon itself, click on the undam” (from Meyerbeer’s opera, Le Prophète) words MARATONE LISZT found at 9 Ian Hobson to Present All-Chopin The Admiral Inn, 149 Dundurn St. North, Hamilton, ON L8R 3E7. Great the upper right portion of the website. Series in NYC 15.00 LIEDER RECITAL: Janet Obermeyer (soprano) and Leslie De’ath (piano) Romantics Festival rate is $95 CDN per night (Wednesday, Thursday are $89; Liszt: Im Rhein im schönen Strome (Heine), O quand je dors (Hugo), and Mignon’s Friday and Saturday are $109, with a blended rate of $95 for all 4 days). 10 Italian Chapter Sponsors All-Liszt Lied (Goethe); Mendelssohn: Neue Liebe (Heine), Frühlingslied (Friederike Robert), Reservations: 905/529.2311. Marathon and Auf Flügeln des Gesänges (Heine); Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben Perpetuating the ideas of Franz Liszt through excellence in music performance and 10 American Liszt Society scholarship PRESIDENT Thomas Mastroianni Ian Hobson to Give T he Catholic University of America President’s Message Great Romantics Festival (continued from page 1) School of Music All-Chopin/Schumann Washington D.C. 20064 [email protected] Series in NYC PRESIDENT EMERITUS THURSDAY EVENING ALS member Ian Hobson will perform Fernando Laires HAMILTON PLACE a series of 10 concerts in New York City VICE PRESIDENT beginning in August as a tribute to two Jay Hershberger C oncordia College Music Department Dear Members, 20.00 CONCERT: National Academy Orchestra of the world’s greatest composers. The Moorhead, MN 56562 Boris Brott (conductor) and Valerie Tryon (piano) concert series, entitled “The Heritage [email protected] 2011 is nearly here. There is great worldwide excitement Liszt: Symphonic Poem “Les Préludes”; Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor; Liszt: and Legacy of Fryderyk Chopin and regarding the 200th birthday celebration planned for Franz EXECUTIVE/MEMBERSHIP Totentanz; Schumann: “Manfred” Overture SECRETARY Liszt. Many exciting projects are referenced in this issue of Robert Schumann,” to be held at the Justin Kolb the newsletter and on the ALS web site. DiCapo Opera Theatre, will celebrate 1136 Hog Mountain Road Fleischmanns, NY 12430 the bicentenary of Chopin’s and [email protected] ALS takes great pride in the celebration planned for our annual festival, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8 Schumann’s births. David Dubal, the which will take place at the University of Georgia with Richard Zimdars as MACNAB PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH noted author, radio host, and pianist TREASURER the local coordinator. Details on the festival schedule, the commissioned Nancy Roldán who is on the faculties of the Julliard PO 1707 works, the book competition and the composition competition, the medal Owens Mills, MD presentation, and the historic recording CD’s are found on the web site and 10:00 PIANO RECITAL: Miriam Gómez Morán School and the Manhattan School (410) 833-5782 here in the newsletter. Chopin-Liszt: Two Polish Songs (Meine Freuden [“My Joys”] and Mädchens Wünsch of Music, will provide historical [email protected] [“The Maiden’s Wish”]); Liszt: Two Pieces from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses commentary. A resurgence in understanding and appreciation of Liszt, his music, and his ALS JOURNAL (“Andante lagrimoso” and “Cantique d’Amour”), and Grand Solo de Concert (1849) Rena Charnin Mueller true historic worth seems abundantly present in our day. Faculty of Arts and Science A new worldwide organization, the International Liszt Association, has Hobson is commemorating Chopin’s New York University 24 Waverly Place, Room 268 been inaugurated. I recently visited Weimar to gather information on 11.00 LIEDER RECITAL: Lenard Whiting (tenor) and Brett Kingsbury (piano) birth with other projects as well, New York, NY 10003 this international organization, and I will report my findings to our Board Brahms: Die Mainacht and Botschaft; Schumann: Dein Angesicht, Lehn’ deine Wang’, including a 16-volume set of recordings [email protected] of Directors at its next meeting in Athens, Georgia. ALS already has Es leuchtet meine Liebe, and Mein Wagen rollet langsam; Mendelssohn: Four Songs comprising Chopin’s complete works. international members and has presented festivals in Russia, China, and ALS NEWSLETTER (Der Tag, Reiterlied, Abschied, and Der Bettler); Schumann: Dichterliebe Edward Rath Brazil. In Italy, Societá Liszt, our local chapter of ALS, has created an School of Music exciting marathon sponsored by Santa Cecelia in Rome, presenting the large Hobson has served as a juror for many University of Illinois and unmatched corpus of Liszt’s works for piano (see page 10). FRIDAY AFTERNOON competitions, including the U.S. 1114 W. Nevada Street Urbana, IL 61801 National Chopin Competition and the [email protected] The importance of Liszt goes beyond the creation of individual works of 14.00 LECTURE/DEMONSTRATION: William Aide (piano) beauty, a trait shared by many important composers. Liszt represents a Schumann International Competition philosophy of beauty and of humanity that is to be treasured today and in “Regarding Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen” in Germany, and he chaired the jury for BOARD OF DIRECTORS Paul Barnes the future. His view is timeless and will endure. It points to the human the June 2010 New York International Luiz de Moura Castro ennoblement that music provides, and it specifies the extent of the mission 15.00 CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT: Stephen Pierre (clarinet), Mark Skazinetsky Piano Competition. Alexandre Dossin that this ennoblement entails. Beauty indeed ennobles the human spirit. (violin I), Jayne Maddison (violin II), Chau Luk (viola), Jack Mendelssohn (cello) Gila Goldstein and this consequently carries the obligation of service to humanity. Liszt Jay A. Hershberger Wagner (attributed): Adagio for Clarinet and String Quartet and Brahms: Clarinet Quintet The recital series opens August 24 Geraldine Keeling lived this model, and his music embodies it.