Summary of Dissertation Recitals Three Programs of Clarinet Music

Abstract

Three recitals of solo and chamber music were performed in lieu of a written dissertation. The repertoire for each recital centered on different genres and styles of music. The first featured works by composers who were somehow affiliated with the Royal College of Music in London, either as faculty, students, or collaborators. The second recital featured Italian song-like works for the clarinet, ranging from traditional 19th-century opera to the modernism of Berio. The final recital featured works by Eastern European composers.

Friday, November 30, 2018, 8:00pm, Walgreen Drama Center, Stamps Auditorium, University of Michigan. Assisted by: Dearbhla Collins, piano; Amber Carpenter, harp. Program: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Six Studies in English Folksong; Arnold Bax, Sonata for clarinet and piano; William Lloyd Webber, “Frensham Pond (Aquarelle)” from Country Impressions, Air and Variations; Joseph Horovitz, Sonatina for clarinet and piano; Malcolm Arnold, Sonatina for clarinet and piano, op. 29.

Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 8:00pm, Walgreen Drama Center, Stamps Auditorium, University of Michigan. Assisted by: Joshua Marzan, piano. Program: Luigi Bassi, Divertimento sopra motivi dell’opera “Il Trovatore”; Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Sonata, op. 128; Luciano Berio, Lied; Michele Mangani, Verdiana “Fantasia su temi da opere di Giuseppe Verdi”.

Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 8:00pm, Walgreen Drama Center, Stamps Auditorium, University of Michigan. Assisted by: Joshua Marzan, piano; Heewon Uhm, violin; John Etsell, piano. Program: Leó Weiner, Peregi verbunk, op. 40; Witold Lutosławski, Dance Preludes; Bohuslav Martinů, Sonatina for clarinet and piano; Miloslav Ištvan, Sonata for clarinet and piano; Béla Bartók, Contrasts, Sz. 111.