The program primarily features art song and opera from the 19th and 20th centuries including a set of songs by the underappreciated 19th century composer, Peter Cornelius.
List of Noon Hour Concerts from September 25 to November 13, all at Noon
Instrumental Chamber Ensemble students come from all six faculties, and play in chamber groups of three to four players.
The trio of Annette Barbara Vogel (violin), Tom Landshoot (cello) and Mehdi Ghazi (piano) will perform Schoenfield's Cafe Music (hence the title) and Mendelssohn's Trio No. 1 in D minor.
Violinist Jung Tsai, accompanied by pianist Anna Ronai, will perform works by Eugene Ysaye, Karol Szymanovski, and George Gershwin.
Four different Instrumental Chamber Ensembles will play classical pieces, ranging from a Mozart piano quartet to a modern Jenni Brandon piece.
Flutist Wendy Wagler, pianist Beth Ann de Sousa, and Cathy Anderson will present a selection of classical works..
Mahler's Quartet in A minor
Faure's Quartet No. 1 in C minor
Presented by members of London's Magistera Soloists.
Soprano Rebecca McKay and pianist Jodie Van der Heide will present a selection of pieces by women composers. Some are well known such as Alma Mahler and other composers not so much, namely Katerina Gimon. However, all will be delightful pieces.
Using songs of Gilles Binchois and John Bedyngham, with their associated parody Masses — and new adaptations of poetry by Christine de Pizan — this program tells a late-medieval transition story, which is also a story of the progress of love, both sacred and profane.