SEPTEMBER 2008 EVENTS

Robert Levin and Ya-Fei Chuang Residency

The University at Buffalo Music Department has invited husband and wife pianists Robert Levin and Ya-Fei Chuang to be in residence for a week full of activities September 6–11, 2008.

Presented with support from UB's Robert and Carol Morris Center for 21st Century Music

Saturday, September 6 at 8pm

Robert Levin and Ya-Fei Chuang, pianists

Slee/Visiting Artist Series
Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Advance: $12/$9/$5
Day of: $20/$15/$8

PROGRAM:

Claude Debussy: En Blanc et Noir (2 pianos)
Franz Schubert: Lebensstürme and Grand Rondeau (4 hands)
Witold Lutoslawski: Paganini Variations
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Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

The Slee/Visiting Artist Series is made possible, in part, by the generosity of the late Frederick and Alice Slee.

Sunday, September 7 at 2pm

Piano master class with Ya-Fei Chuang

Baird Recital Hall
Free and open for public observation

Tuesday, September 9 at 8pm

The Slee Sinfonietta

Jesse Levine, conductor
Robert Levin, piano
Jessica Osborne, harpsichord
Elizabeth Weigle, soprano
Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Advance: $12/$9/$5
Day of: $20/$15/$8

PROGRAM:

David Felder: Canzone XXXI
Morton Feldman: Rabbi Akiba
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Henryk Górecki: Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488

Wednesday, September 10 at 3:30pm

Composer reading session with Robert Levin

Baird Recital Hall
Free and open for public observation

Thursday, September 11 at 4pm

Music Lecture with Robert Levin, "Improvisation and Embellishment in Mozart"

Baird Recital Hall
Free

Thursday, September 18 at 8pm

4th Annual Faculty Showcase Concert

Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
$5; Free to UB students with valid ID

Saturday, September 20 at 3pm

Jonathan Golove, cello
Stephen Manes, piano

Faculty Recital
Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
$5; Free to UB students with valid ID

A pre-Gender Week ("Out of the Cube") event featuring a program of Mexican music, including works by Mario Lavista.

Wednesday, September 24 at 8pm

Stephen Manes, piano

Emeritus Faculty Recital
Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
$5; Free to UB students with valid ID

PROGRAM: "Fantasy World"

Mozart: Fantasie in C minor, K. 475
Schumann: "Kreisleriana," Fantasien, Op. 16
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Nowak: Fantasia for Piano (1954)
Schubert: Fantasie in C Major, D. 760 ("Wanderer")