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Georgetown Festival of the Arts 2011 |
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Brahms in Georgetown
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| Schedule as of May 9, 2011 Please note that all events, artists and lecturers are subject to change |
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Pre-Festival Events |
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| Tuesday Evenings, February 1 - March 8 | |||||||||
| 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. | |||||||||
| Senior University course: Brahms and the Twilight of Romanticism | |||||||||
| Southwestern University | |||||||||
| Ellsworth Peterson, Lecturer | |||||||||
| Saturday afternoon, February 19 | |||||||||
| 3:00 p.m. | |||||||||
| DVD Presentations (No charge for this event) | |||||||||
| McKinney Center | |||||||||
| First United Methodist Church | |||||||||
| DVD Presentation: A Concise Biograrphy of Brahms and An Introduction to Brahms' Music |
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| Discussion by Ellsworth Peterson | |||||||||
| Saturday afternoon, March 12 | |||||||||
| 3:00 p.m. | |||||||||
| DVD Presentation (No charge for this event) | |||||||||
| McKinney Center | |||||||||
| First United Methodist Church | |||||||||
| DVD Presentation:
The Brahms Violin Concerto Introduction and performance by Gil Shahan with Claudio Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| Discussion by Ellsworth Peterson | |||||||||
| Monday, April 11 | |||||||||
| 7:00 p.m. | |||||||||
| Brahms' Music for Chorus and piano | |||||||||
| Alma Thomas Theatre | |||||||||
| Southwestern University | |||||||||
| Brahms' Liebeslieder Walzer (Love-Song Walzes), Op. 52 for chorus and piano four hands, on verses from "Polydora" by Daumer |
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| Brahms' Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy Songs), Op. 103 for chorus and piano, on texts from the Hungarian by Hugo Conrat |
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The San Gabriel Chorale |
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| Bruce Cain, conductor | |||||||||
| Doris Hossalla and Eva Fariss, piano | |||||||||
| Saturday, April 16 (During the Red Poppy Festival) | |||||||||
| 12:30 - 2:30p.m. | |||||||||
| Surprise musical presentation (No charge for this event) | |||||||||
| Grace Heritage Center | |||||||||
| 811 South Main Street (a block south of the Square) | |||||||||
| 3:00 p.m. | |||||||||
| DVD Presentation (No charge for this event) | |||||||||
| McKinney Center | |||||||||
| First United Methodist Church | |||||||||
| DVD: Brahms' Fourth Symphony Introduction and performance by André Previn with the Royal Philhamonic Orchestra |
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| Discussion by Ellsworth Peterson | |||||||||
| Saturday, May 7 | |||||||||
| 2:30 p.m. | |||||||||
| Chamber Music for String Quartet and Piano | |||||||||
| Round Rock Presbyterian Church 4010 Sam Bass Road Round Rock, Tx 78681 |
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| For full details see theRound Rock Symphony Web site | |||||||||
| Mozart Piano Quartet in E-flat Major
Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor Brahms Piano Quartet in F minor |
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The Aeolus String Quartet |
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| Toby Blumenthal, piano | |||||||||
| Sunday, May 15 | |||||||||
| 2:00 p.m. |
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A Recital of Music by Johannes Brahms (No charge for this event)
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The Hewlett Room
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Georgetown Public Library
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Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118
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Two Songs Wie Melodien zieht es Vergebliches Ständchen Sonata in F Minor, Op. 120 No. 1, for clarinet and piano |
Timothy Nolt, piano |
Teri Johnson, soprano
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Anna Carney, clarinet
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Discussion by Ellsworth Peterson |
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Saturday, May 21
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7:00 p.m.
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From Vienna to Paris
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C. D. Fulkes Auditorium |
300 East Anderson Ave. Round Rock, Tx 78664 |
7:00 Pre-concert lecture; 7:30 concert |
For full details see theRound Rock Symphony Web site
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Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
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Mozart Clarinet Concerto Brahms Symphony No. 4 |
The Round Rock Symphony Orchestra |
Silas Nathaniel Huff, conductor
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Sarunas Jankauskas, clarinet
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Festival 2011: Brahms in Georgetown
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Thursday, June 2
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2:00 p.m.
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Brahms Symposium I
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Palace Theatre
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Ellsworth Peterson
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Brahms in Georgetown: An Introduction to the Festival
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Interviews
with Participants
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Jan Swafford
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Brahms and the Great Tradition
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6:30 p.m.
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Reception for Donors to
meet the artists
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President's House,
Southwestern University
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8:00 p.m.
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A Concert of Brahms' Chamber Music
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Lois Perkins Chapel
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Southwestern
University
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String Quintet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 88
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String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111
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String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18
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The Miró Quartet
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The Shanghai Quartet
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Friday, June 3
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9:30 a.m.
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Brahms Symposium II
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Caldwell-Carvey
Foyer
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Sarofim School
of Fine Arts
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Southwestern
University
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William Lawrence McGinney
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'You Can't Make this Up': |
Song of Love and the Great Composer According to Hollywood |
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Susan Youens
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A little bit medieval, a lot Romantic: |
Brahms's Romances from Ludwig Tieck's Magelone, Op. 33 |
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2:00 p.m.
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City Lights Theatre
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A showing of Song of Love |
(A 1947 Hollywood film on the life of the Schumanns and Brahms, starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid and Robert Walker) This event is free to the public. |
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8:00 p.m.
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A Brahms Chamber and Lieder Recital
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First United
Methodist Church
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Hai Zheng, cello
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Toby Blumenthal, piano
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Sonata in E Minor, Op. 38
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Weston Hurt, baritone
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Virginia Dupuy, narrator
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Dale Dietert, piano
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Song Cycle: The Love Story of the Fair Magelone
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and Count Peter from Provence, Op. 33
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Saturday,
June 4
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9:30 a.m.
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Brahms Symposium III
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Hewlett Room
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Georgetown
Public Library
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Kirsten Peterson
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Style hongrois, German folksong and Austrian Ländler:
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Brahms' use of ethnic materials in his music |
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Ellsworth Peterson
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Kaleidoscopic harmonies in Brahms' late piano pieces
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3:30 p.m.
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A Recital of Brahms' Late Music
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First United Methodist
Church
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Eri Lee Lam, violin
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Vincent Lam, piano
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Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108
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Vincert Lam, piano
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Vier Klavierstücke, Op. 119
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Anna Carney, clarinet
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Timothy Nolt, piano
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Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120, no. 1
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Virginia Dupuy,
mezzo-soprano
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Dale Dietert, piano
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Vier Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121
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Ellsworth Peterson, organ
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O Welt, ich muß dich lassen, Op. 122, No. 11
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8:00 p.m.
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Brahms in the Park (No charge for this event)
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Gazebo, San Gabriel Park
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Georgetown High School Band, Chorus and Orchestra
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Jason Schayot, Joey Lowrance and Mary Powers, conductors
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Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F-sharp Minor (Band)
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Allegro giocoso from Symphony No. 4, Op. 98 (String Orchestra)
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Motet, Op. 30 (Chorus and String Orchestra)
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Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 (Orchestra)
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Temple Symphony
Orchestra
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Thomas Fairlie, conductor
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Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16
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The
concert will be followed by a display of fireworks.
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Sunday, June 5
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Services of
Worship
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Various Churches in Georgetown
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Music by Brahms
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3:15 p.m.
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Pre-Concert Lecture
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Caldwell-Carvey Foyer
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Southwestern
University
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Ellsworth Peterson
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A Requiem for the Living
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4:00 p.m.
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Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
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Alma Thomas
Theatre
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Southwestern
University
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Mela Dailey, soprano
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Weston Hurt, baritone
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Festival Chorus and Orchestra, comprising
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San Gabriel Chorale and Chorus Austin
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Kenneth Sheppard, conductor
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| CONTACT US |
| Georgetown Festival of the Arts P.O. Box 846 Georgetown, TX 78627 Tel 512.639.0433 |
