USC Thornton Faculty Free "Opus 125" Concert November 15, 2009

USC THORNTON FACULTY MEMBERS PAY HOMAGE TO SCHOOL’S 125th ANNIVERSARY WITH FREE “OPUS 125” CONCERT FEATURING MUSIC BASED ON THE THEME OF 125

Sunday, November 15, 2009, 4:00 P.M., at USC’s Alfred Newman Recital Hall

Featured Artists Include, Pianist Normal Kreiger, Kevin Fitz-Gerald, Bernadine Blaha, Early Music Expert Adam Gilbert, Classical Guitarist James Smith, Violinist Peter Marsh, Jazz Pianist Alan Pasqua and Many Others
More than a dozen of USC Thornton School of Music’s internationally acclaimed faculty members from the keyboard, strings, jazz, guitar and other departments will pay homage to the renowned school’s 125th Anniversary with “Opus 125,” a free concert featuring music based on the theme of 125 on Saturday, November 15, 2009, at 4:00 P.M., at USC’s Alfred Newman Recital Hall.

Stewart Gordon, Professor of Keyboard Studies, is helping to produce the concert and has – specifically for the program –spearheaded the research about musical literature that relates to the number 125.

Among numerous highlights, Adam Gilbert, chair of the early music department, has created an arrangement of a portion of J. S. Bach’s Cantata BWV 125 for singers.

Violinist Peter Marsh of the string faculty heads a faculty group that will perform one of two string quartets in Op. 125 composed by Franz Schubert.

The most famous Op. 125 in music history is the Beethoven 9th Symphony. It will be represented in a piano arrangement written by Franz Liszt in1852, part of which will be performed by piano faculty members Kevin Fitz-Gerald and Bernadine Blaha.

Also from the piano faculty, Norman Krieger will perform the Chopin Scherzo in C-sharp minor. Originally labeled Op. 39, the musicologist Maurice Brown, who catalogued Chopin's works and whose system Chopin scholars most frequently use, gave it the catalogue number 125, explaining why it is often identified as B.125.

James Smith, chair of the classical guitar department, leads some of his esteemed colleagues in a set of variations for guitar on Irish folk tunes, Op. 125 written by little known guitar composer Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829).

In addition, jazz pianist Alan Pasqua, chair of the jazz studies department, leads a faculty combo that will improvise a jazz set based on the chord progression I, II, V.

Admission to Opus 125 is free. USC’s Alfred Newman Recital Hall is located at 3616 Trousdale Parkway Los Angeles, CA 90089 (on the USC campus in downtown LA). Ample parking is available. For information, call (213) 740-2584 or visit www.usc.edu/music.
WHAT:
“Opus 125” featuring USC Thornton Faculty members

WHEN:
Sunday, November 15, 2009, 4:00 P.M.

PROGRAM:
music based on the theme of 125

Anonymous (Arr. Adam Gilbert): Psalm 125, Sung to a Letany

Rachelle Fox, soprano

Adam Gilbert, recorder

Rotem Gilbert, recorder

Scott Shubeck, chitaronne

Jason Yoshida, theorbo
 


FRANZ SCHUBERT: Quartet in Eb (Opus Posthumous 125, No. 1)
Peter Marsh, violin

Armen Der Kevorkian, violin

John Stulz, viola

Alexander Suleiman, cello
 


FRYDERYK CHOPIN: Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor (B. 125) 

Giorgi Latsabidze, piano
 

LUDWING VAN BEETHOVEN:Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Op. 125)
Transcribed for two pianos by Franz Liszt (S.657)
II.
Scherzo: Molto Vivace

Bernadene Blaha and Kevin Fitz-Gerald, duo-pianists
 


MAURO GIULIANI: Six Irish National Airs, with Variations for Guitar or Lyre Solo (Op. 125) 

Eveleen’s Bower 

The Last Rose of Summer
Miss Baily
Robin Adair

My Lodging Is on the Cold Ground

Gary Owen

Brian Head, James Smith and Scott Tennant, guitar soloists
 


BUD POWELL: Bud’s Bubble

JEROME KERN: All The Things You Are

Alan Pasqua, piano

Darek Oles, bass

Peter Erskine, drums
WHERE:
Alfred Newman Recital Hall
3616 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, CA 90089
(located on the USC campus in downtown LA; ample parking is available)

TICKET PRICE:
FREE

INFO:
(213) 740-2584
www.usc.edu/music

Official Website: http://www.usc.edu/music