Swarthmore Music Department: This Week

Midday Monday Concert Series: Momenta String Quartet
Music by Janacek, Feldman and Schuman.
September 10, 12:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001: Crumb and Tchaikovsky - Three Premieres
Syrinx - Debussy
Density 21.5 - Varese
Concert Piece for Flute and Strings - Tchaikovsky (area premiere)
Jeffrey Khaner, flute soloist
Otherworldly Resonances - Crumb (area premiere)
American Songbook V: Voices from a Forgotten World - Crumb (world premiere)
Saturday, September 15, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Simone Dinnerstein performs J.S. Bach's "Goldberg Variations"
Friday, September 28, 8pm.
Lang Concert Hall
The recital follows the August 28 release of Ms. Dinnerstein’s much-anticipated recording of the Goldberg Variations on Telarc International. Ms. Dinnerstein describes her approach to Bach’s music as a current interpretation of a timeless work. “Bach’s Goldberg Variations is a piece with a profound sense of structure and organization, and yet the listener never experiences these elements as constraints,” she said. “It is as expressive as it is diverse. Each variation explores a distinctive mood, a particular sound world, and a unique shade of character and emotion.”

Hildegard Chamber Players Barbara Govatos - violin, Michal Schmidt - cello, Charles Abramovic - piano. Music by Amy Beach, Sylvia Glickman, Shulamit Ran and Heidi Jacob.
Sunday, September 30, 3pm
Lang Concert Hall

October

Midday Monday Concert Series: Metal and Wood Band: Mimi Stillman - flute, Allen Krantz - guitar,
Burchard Tang - viola, Emilio Gravagno - double bass.
Dolce Suono Chamber Music Concert Series - Suburban Concert
Music of Handel, Dowland, Johnson, Schulhoff, Kreutzer and Piazzolla.
October 1, 12:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001: Exotic Birds, Kurt Weil and Gilbert Kalish (Cooper Series Event)
Violin Concerto - Weill, Igor Szwec - violin soloist
No Two Breaths - Mackey (area premiere)
Oiseaux exotiques - Messiaen, Gilbert Kalish - piano soloist
Sunday, October 7, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Jazz Symposium
Peter Gram Swing Lecture Series Presents: Mercedes Ellington
Duke Ellington's "Such Sweet Thunder - The Shakespearean Suite"
3-5pm - Student-led mini-lectures and mini-concerts.
5-6pm - Swarthmore College Jazz Ensemble and Mercedes Ellington present excerpts from "Such Sweet Thunder". As Ms. Ellington delivers her lecture on the relationships between jazz, dance and literature, the ensemble will play live examples of the music from the suite. Please join us for this unique and interactive event.
Saturday, October 27, 3-6pm
Lang Concert Hall

Complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas - Part 1
Marcantonio Barone - piano, Barbara Govatos - violin
Sunday, October 28, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

November

Gamelan Semara Santi will host Gamelan Çudamani of Pengosekan, Bali. A master class led by Çudamani musicians and dancers will be at 2pm in Lang Concert Hall, followed by a concert of classical and modern compositions at 8pm.
(Cooper Series Event).
Friday, November 2nd, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001: Imani Winds Joins Orch. 2001
La création du monde - Milhaud
Umoja - Coleman
Quintette en forme de choros - Villa-Lobos
Divertimento, K. 270 - Mozart
New Work - Coleman
Sunday, November 4, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Midday Monday Concert Series: Delaware Steel Drum Band
November 5, 12:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Swarthmore College Jazz Ensemble
Saturday, November 10, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas - Part 2
Marcantonio Barone - piano, Barbara Govatos - violin
Sunday, November 11, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Music 48
Wednesday, November 28, 4pm
Lang Concert Hall

Music 48
Thursday, November 29, 4pm
Lang Concert Hall

Swarthmore College Wind Ensemble
Friday, November 30, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

December

Pamela Frank Masterclass
Saturday, December 1, 3pm
Lang Concert Hall

Swarthmore College Chorus
Sunday, December 2, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Chamber Music Program
Tuesday, December 4, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Chamber Music Program
Friday, December 7, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Swarthmore College Orchestra
Saturday, December 8, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Gamelan Semara Santi
Sunday, December 9, 3pm
Lang Concert Hall.

Complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas - Part 3
Marcantonio Barone - piano, Barbara Govatos - violin
Sunday, December 9, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Midday Monday Concert Series Presents: Diane Monroe & Friends
September 11, 12:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001 Presents: “The String Orchestra”
Featuring works by Rochberg, Ligeti & Bernstein
Sunday, September 17, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Peter Gram Swing Lecture Series Presents: The Music of Olivier Messiaen
Friday, September 29
7:00pm lecture "Messiaen amid Nature" by Nigel Simeone - Lang Concert Hall
8:00pm concert featuring pianist, Peter Hill - Lang Concert Hall

October 2006

Midday Monday Concert Series Presents: Members of Philomel
Philadelphia's premiere original instruments ensemble
October 9, 12:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Recital - Keiko Sato & Ohad Bar-David
Friday, October 27, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

November 2006

Gil and Mary Roelofs Stott Program Concert Presents: Momenta Quartet
Featuring the world premiere of "Intelligent Design" by Daniel Koontz's,
as well as works by Mozart, Kurtag and Beethoven.
Friday, November 3, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Midday Monday Concert Series Presents: Slowind Woodwind Quintet
Slowind is made up of soloists of the Slovene Philharmonic, an orchestra with
a rich musical tradition since its beginnings more than 300 years ago in 1701, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
November 6, 12:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program Presents:
Chamber Music Masterclass with Pamela Frank
Friday, November 10 7pm
Lang Concert Hall

Wind Ensemble Concert
Featuring works by Bernstein, Persichetti, Lauridsen, McBeth and others.
Friday, November 17, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Jazz Ensemble Concert
Featuring music by Sonny Rollins, Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks,
Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Denis DiBlasio and Charles Strouse
Saturday, November 18, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Student Chamber Concert
Sunday, November 19, 2pm
Lang Concert Hall

December 2006

Fetter Chamber Concert
Friday, December 1, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Chorus Concert
Featuring Schönberg’s "Friede auf Erden" and Carissimi's "Jephte"
Saturday, December 2, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Chamber Wind Concert
Wednesday, December 6, 6:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Recital - Caleb Ward
Friday, December 8, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Recital - Gerrit Straughter
Saturday, December 9, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra Concert
Featuring Haydn Symphony No. 101 "The Clock", Brahms "Three Hungarian Dances"
and Britten "Five Folk Songs of the British Isles" with Tamara Ryan soprano soloist.
Sunday, December 10, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

January 2007

Orchestra 2001 Concert - Cooper Series Event
"From Mozart to a World Premiere"
Featuring works by Mozart, Rudin, Ligeti & Thomas
Saturday, January 27, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Concerto Competition
Monday, January 29, 9am
Lang Concert Hall

Claudia Stevens - Cooper Series Event
"Dreadful Sorry, Guys"
A monodrama with music and audience participation
performed by Claudia Stevens ― pianist ― actor ― vocalist
Claudia Stevens’ eerie vocalizations, interlocking monologues and fierce
piano playing combine and collide in a haunting, bittersweet and
sardonic work inspired by the murder of a gay friend by hate criminals.
Sunday, February 4, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Midday Monday Concert Season Presents:
SPARX flute & harp duo, with tenor Robert Grenfell
February 5, 12:30-1:20pm
Lang Concert Hall

A Window on the Work: "A Scandal in Bohemia"
Excerpts from a new opera (work in progress) by Swarthmore Faculty members Nathalie Anderson
and Thomas Whitman. The cast: John Andrew Fernandez as Sherlock Holmes; Laura Heimes as
Irene Adler; Julian Rodescu as The Reader/The King; and Henry Clapp '09 as Dr. Watson.
Saturday, February 17, 4pm
Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001 Concert - Cooper Series Event
"Personal Passions"
Featuring works by Ligeti, Prado, Kim & Menotti
Friday, February 23, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

*Gil and Mary Roelofs Stott Program Concert Presents:
The 9th Street Chamber Music Project
with the 2007 Stott Alumnus Artist, pianist Mackenzie Carlson
Featuring the world premiere of "Divertimento" by David Ludwig
Sunday, February 25, 8pm
Lang Concert Hal
*Postponed until Sunday, April 20, 2008 7:30 pm

March 2007

Swarthmore College High School Jazz Festival
Friday, March 2, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Midday Monday Concert Season Presents:
Wister String Quartet
March 5, 12:30-1:20pm
Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001 Concert
Featuring works by Ligeti, Nelson, Maneval & Schreker
Sunday, March 18, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Recital - Keiko Sato & Ohad Bar-David
Friday, March 23, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Recital - Gerrit Straughter
Saturday, March 24, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

April 2007

Midday Monday Concert Season Presents:
Chestnut Brass Company
April 9, 12:30-1:20pm
Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001 Concert
Featuring works by Ligeti, Clearfield, Knussen & Schwantner
Sunday, April 15, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Chamber Music Concert - Music 48
Friday, April 20, 4pm
Lang Concert Hall

Jazz Ensemble Concert
Saturday, April 21, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Chorus Concert
Sunday, April 22, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Chamber Music Concert - Music 48
Tuesday, April 24, 4pm
Lang Concert Hall

Chamber Wind Concert
Wednesday, April 25, 4:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Recital - Mark Loria
Friday, April 27, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Chamber Concert
Saturday, May 5, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Chamber Concert
Sunday, May 6, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Chester Children’s Chorus
Friday, May 11, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Fall 2005

September 2005

Monday 9/12 Members of the 9th Street Chamber Project
12.40pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Sunday 9/18 Orchestra 2001 - 'The Winds of Destiny'
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

October 2005

Monday 10/03 Members of Piffaro, the Renaissance Wind Band
12.40pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Sunday 10/30 Galina Sakhnovskaya, soprano and Marcantonio Barone, piano
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

November 2005

Friday 11/04 A Cappella'Toejam'
7.45pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 11/06 Recital - Mark Thatcher
8pm, Lang Concert Hall
Works by Graziani, Cavalli, Monteverdi, Purcell, Finzi, Ravel and Schubert.

Monday 11/07 Laura Heimes and Friends
12.40pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Wednesday 11/09 Violin Master Class with YuMi Hwang-Williams
4.30pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Cooper Foundation

Friday 11/11 Violin Master Class with Pamela Frank
7pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Sunday 11/13 Orchestra 2001 Concert
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall
YuMi Hwang-Williams joins Orchestra 2001 for Aaron Kernis's Lament and Prayer. Also on the program, two premieres by Philadelphia composer Jennifer Higdon, and Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho's haunting "Nymphea Reflection".
Sponsored by The Cooper Foundation

Friday 11/18 Wind Ensemble Concert
8pm, Lang Concert Hall
"National Emblem March" by E.E.Bagley; "Fascinating Ribbons" by Joan Tower;"Chant Funeraire" by Gabriel Faure; "Cajun Folk Songs 2" by Frank Ticheli; "Silhouettes" by John Cheetham; "Festive Overture" by Dmitri Shostakovitch.

Saturday 11/19 Jazz Ensemble Concert
8pm, Lang Concert Hall
This season's concert will feature both the jazz combos as well as the big band. Come and enjoy the music of Duke Wellington/Billy Strayhorn, Thelonius Monk, Oliver Nelson, Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays, Sonny Rollins and Charles Mingus.

Sunday 11/20 Fetter Chamber Music Concert
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

December 2005

Friday 12/02 Chorus Concert
8pm, Lang Concert Hall

Saturday 12/03 A Cappella Jamboree
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 12/04 Gamelan and Drum and Dance Ensemble Concert
3pm, Lang Performing Arts Centre
Music and Dance from Indonesia, Japan and Africa.

Sunday 12/04 Fetter Chamber Music Concert (2nd)
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Wednesday 12/07 Chamber Winds Ensemble Concert
4 pm, Lang Concert Hall

Thursday 12/08 Peter Gram Swing Lecture
4.30pm, Lang Concert Hall
Michael Beckerman, professor and Chair of Music, New York University:
"Dancing with Dvorak's Doves and Other Tales of the 'New World' Symphony"

Friday 12/09 Orchestra Concert
8 pm, Lang Concert Hall
Dvorak's Symphony no. 9, "From The New World"; Mozart's Symphony No. 41, "The Jupiter"

Spring 2006

February 2006

Monday 2/06 The Ron Kerber Quartet
12.40pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Saturday 2/11 Gil and Mary Roelofs Stott Program Concert
(Postponed due to severe weather. Concert will be rescheduled to Fall '06)
The concert will feature the world premiere of the string quartet Intelligent Design, commissioned by the 2005-2006 Gil and Mary Roelofs Stott Commissioning Program's Competition winner Dr. Daniel Koontz. The piece will be performed by New York-based ensemble The Momenta Quartet featuring the 2005-2006 Gil and Mary Roelofs Stott Alumna Artist, Joanne Lin '98 on cello. Also on the program: Joseph Haydn Op. 76 No. 5 in D major; György Kurtág Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánsky, Op. 28; and Witold Lutoslawski String Quartet (1965)

Sunday 2/19 Oriental Music Ensemble
3.30pm, Lang Concert Hall
Classical and contemporary Near Eastern music including a world premiere by famed Lebanese composer Marcel Khalife combining Arab and Western instruments. This concert is sponsored by the W. J. Cooper Foundation of Swarthmore College, and it has been greatly enhanced by a partnership between Intercultural Journeys and Orchestra 2001 acting as co-hosts.

March 2006

Monday 3/13 The Philadelphia Trio
12.40pm, Lang Concert Hall
The Philadelphia Trio was formed in 1971 and performs extensively in the Delaware Valley, with additional concert and workshop appearances throught the United States.
The Midday Monday Concert Series is sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Sunday 3/19 Orchestra 2001 Concert - Rhapsody Romaniana
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall
The Romanian tradition lives with Orchestra 2001!
Romania's most famous composer, George Enescu (composer of the beloved Romanian Rhapsody) is showcased in the area premiere of his Chamber Symphony. Continuing the tradition, we'll hear the world premiere of Liviu Marinescu's Ostinato, Bela Bartok's Romanian Fold Dances and Brian Kershner's Pastorale and Scherzino. You've got a friend in transylvania with Jon Deak's Lucy and the Count.
Featuring: Lenuta Ciulei, violin; Ovidiu Marinescu, cello; and Jon Deak, double bass.

Monday 4/03 Trio Arundel
12.40pm, Lang Concert Hall
Trio Arundel was formed in 1992 and has performed widely on college campuses, performing arts series and national conferences both in the United States and abroad.
The Midday Monday Concert Series is sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Friday 4/07 Chorus Concert
8pm, Lang Concert Hall
Brahms - A German Requiem

Saturday 4/08 Wind Ensemble Concert
8pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 4/09 Festival of Indonesian Arts
Afternoon, In and around the Lang Music Building
The centerpiece of the festival will be the 3pm performance of "Arjuna Tapa", a Balinese Shadow Play (Wayang Kulit). For this, Dalang (Shadow Puppet Master) I Nyoman Suadin will be accompanied by Swarthmore's Gamelan Semara Santi and musicians from gamelan Mitra Kusuma of Washington DC. The Department will also host an exhibition of Batik paintings by acclaimed local artist Laura F. Cohn in the lobby of the Lang Music Building for the entire weekend.

Sunday 4/09 Gamelan Semara Santi Spring Concert
3pm, Lang Concert Hall
"Arjuna Tapa", a Balinese Shadow Paly (Wayang Kulit).
Dalang (Shadow puppet Master) I Nyoman Suadin will be accompanied by Swarthmore's Gamelan Semara Santi and musicians from Gamelan Mitra Kusuma of Washington DC. The program will also include "Panyembrama", a traditional greeting dance from Bali. Families with children are welcome!

Sunday 4/09 String Quartet Concert
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall
Program: Three Shostakovitch quartets:
No. 2 in A major, Op. 68 (1944)
No. 7 in F Sharp minor, Op. 108 (1960)
No. 15 in E Flat minor, Op. 144 (1974)
Featuring: Miranda Weinberg and Elizabeth Bogal-Allbritten, violins; Twan Claiborne, viola; Harrison Russin, cello

Saturday 4/22 Orchestra Concert
8pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 4/23 Orchestra 2001 - One Day New Music Festival
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Monday 4/24 Matthew Woodbury '06 Senior Recital
7pm, Lang Concert Hall

Wednesday 4/26 Chamber Winds Ensemble Concert
4.30pm, lang Concert Hall

Friday 4/28 Fetter Chamber Music Concert
8pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Saturday 4/29 Fetter Chamber Music Concert (2)
8pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Sunday 4/30 Scott Long '06 and Tammy Ryan '06 Senior Recital
3pm, Lang Concert Hall

Spring 2005

January 2005

Friday 1/21 Tempesta di Mare
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Friday 1/28 Network for New Music
8-10.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 1/30 Dawn Upshaw meets Orchestra 2001
3-5pm, Lang Concert Hall

February 2005

Saturday 2/05 Faculty Dance Concert
8-10pm, Lang Performing Arts Center

Friday 2/11 Susan Marshall and Company (Cooper event)
8-10pm, Lang Performing Arts Center

Saturday 2/12 Adam Grabois ’83 cello recital
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Friday 2/25 Tsunami Relief Benefit Concert
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

March 2005

Friday 3/18 Tempesta di Mare
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Saturday 3/19 Sixteen Feet Concert
7-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 3/20 Orchestra 2001
Mozart’s “Zaide” with new overture by Peter Schikele
7.30-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Friday 3/25 Shea Scruggs ’05 recital
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Monday 3/28 David Kim master class
7-9pm, Lang Concert Hall

Thursday 3/31 Peter Gram Swing lecture
Simon Morrison of Princeton University
4.30pm. Lang Concert Hall

April 2005

Friday 4/01 Swarthmore College Wind Ensemble
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Friday 4/01 Freres Guisse Concert
Senegalese Traditional Acoustic Band
8-10pm, Lang Performing Arts Center

Saturday 4/02 Swarthmore College Jazz Ensemble Concert
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 4/03 Tamagawa University Taiko Ensemble
7-10pm, Lang Performing Arts Center

Friday 4/08 Mark Thatcher ’06 recital
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Saturday 4/09 Senior vocal recital
3-5pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 4/10 Orchestra 2001
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 4/10 Window on the Work, Sita Frederick '97
4pm, Troy Dance Studio

Friday 4/15 Tamara Ryan ’06 recital
8-9.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Saturday 4/16 Swarthmore College Orchestra Concert
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 4/17 Gamelan and Taiko Concert
3-6pm, Scott Outdoor Amphitheatre
(rain location: Lang Concert Hall)

Friday 4/22 Spring Student Dance Concert
4.30-6.30pm, Lang Performing Arts Center

Friday 4/22 Emery Ku ’05 recital
7.30-9.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Saturday 4/23 Spring Student Dance Concert
8-10.30pm, Lang Performing Arts Center

Wednesday 4/27 Music 12 Concert
4.30-6pm, Lang Concert Hall

Thursday 4/28 Fetter Chamber Music Concert
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Friday 4/29 Chamber Wind Ensemble Concert
4.30-6pm, Lang Concert Hall

Friday 4/29 Swarthmore College Chorus Concert
8-10.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Saturday 4/30 Fetter Chamber Music Concert
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

May 2005

Friday 5/6 K. Davenport - recital
7.30-8.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Saturday 5/14 Chester Children’s Chorus Spring Concert
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

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