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The Carlisle Musial Arts Club presents:

The Carlisle Musical Arts Club is a 501(c)3 tax exempt nonprofit organization.

Promoting, performing and enjoying quality music since 1925.

William Hume Piano Recital

Sunday, September 15, 2013 at 3 pm

Rubendall Recital Hall Weiss Center For The Arts

Dickinson College

~ Program ~

Prelude & Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Sonata Op. 10, No. 2 I. Allegro

II. Allegretto III. Presto

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Etude Op. 25, No. 11 Frederick Chopin (1810-1849)

Etude No. 2 Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994)

Intermission

Nocturne Op. 9, No. 1 Frederick Chopin (1810-1849)

Variations Sérieuses Op. 54 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Variations Op. 41 Nikolai Kapustin (1937- )



The Carlisle Musical Arts Club is a 501(c)3 tax exempt nonprofit organization. Promoting, performing and enjoying quality music since 1925.

Meet the Artist . . . As a winner in the American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition in New York and the Old Dominion University Classical Period Piano Competition in Virginia, 17 year old William Hume has already established himself as a recitalist and concerto soloist. He is a recipient of the Virginia Lions Club Bland Music Scholarship, the Williamsburg Music Club Outstanding Performer Award, and as a freshman received the National School Orchestra Award, given annually to only one student per high school. William has performed at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, in programs in the US and Italy, and has appeared on the National Public Radio Program “From the Top.”

William’s orchestral performances have included Mozart, Bach and Grieg Concerti with the Tidewater Intergenerational Orchestra of Williamsburg, The Liberty Academy of the Arts Orchestra of Hampton, and the Northern Neck Orchestra of Kilmarnock, Virginia. In November he will perform the Beethoven Choral Fantasy with the Williamsburg Choral Guild and Orchestra. William recently returned to Carlisle after two years in Virginia where he was a student at York High School. Now a senior in Carlisle High School, he is a member of the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, and the French National Honor Society. As an athlete, William earned a varsity letter in cross country running and played basketball in several youth leagues. He also enjoys writing, golfing and boating, and has served as pianist at area nursing homes, the Salvation Army, and for military functions. William is currently a student of Dr. Jennifer Blyth at Dickinson College. His previous teachers include Dr. Anna Kijanowska of The College of William and Mary and Mrs. Carol Turner-Compton of Carlisle. For the past six years William has attended summer programs, to include the Bowdoin International Music Festival, the Southeastern Piano Festival, and the Inter-harmony International Music Festival. He has participated in master classes with Matti Raekallio, Sergei Babayan, Paul Badura-Skoda, John O’Conor, and Marian Hahn, and has received coaching by Carol Aicher, Susan Starr, Elinor Freer, Ya-Ting Chang, Boris Slutsky, and Marina Lomazov. A Young Concert Artist in The Wednesday Club since 2008, William was also the pianist for the Harrisburg Symphony Youth Orchestra and his school’s symphonic and jazz bands and pit orchestras. His other musical interests include composition and cello. After graduating from high school he plans to attend a conservatory to study piano performance.

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Program Notes . . .

Prelude & Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Bach composed 48 preludes and fugues that form the Well-Tempered Clavier. These works are staples of the pianist’s repertoire and test voicing, counterpoint (how independent lines come together to create beautiful melodies), and layering. This prelude and fugue is one of the most enjoyable and lighthearted of the 48.

Sonata Op. 10, No. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) This sonata, composed in 1796, is the sixth piano sonata Beethoven wrote. It was one of his personal favorites and is quite enthusiastic in character. In the first movement, Beethoven employs different keys to add humor, especially in the false recapitulation where the theme returns in D Major instead of F Major – the key of the sonata. The second movement is more solemn and reflective and contrasts with the third movement, which is exciting and makes a strong statement.

Etude Op. 25, No. 11 Frederick Chopin (1810-1849) Chopin wrote this etude in 1836 as a study for right hand dexterity and left hand legato. While the piece is quite technically challenging for the right hand, both hands must work together to create a smooth line. Editors have nicknamed the piece “Winter Wind.” The opening line is the “calm” right before the storm, which blows through violently and zips away at the very end of the piece, leaving destruction in its path.

Etude No. 2 Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994) Lutoslawski was a highly esteemed Polish contemporary composer and conductor. He composed numerous piano pieces and orchestral pieces – including four symphonies. Lutoslawski actually composed this etude over a period of time from 1940-1941 while Warsaw was under Nazi control. The piece’s chromatic texture and tense character are reflective of this tragic time. This year, 2013, marks the one-hundredth year since Lutoslawski’s birth. Consider the following quote, as Lutoslawski explains his honest approach to composition:

“I have a strong desire to communicate something, through my music, to the people. I am not working to get many "fans" for myself; I do not want to convince, I want to find. I would like to find people who in the depths of their souls feel the same way as I do. That can only be achieved through the greatest artistic sincerity in every detail of music, from the minutest technical aspects to the most secret depths. I know that this standpoint deprives me of many potential listeners, but those who remain, mean an immeasurable treasure for me. [...] I regard creative activity as a kind of soul-fishing, and the "catch" is the best medicine for loneliness, that most human of sufferings.” - Witold Lutoslawski

For more information, visit: http://www.polishculture-nyc.org




Nocturne Op. 9, No. 1 Frederick Chopin (1810-1849) This is the first nocturne of the Opus 9 set and has a mysterious yet tranquil character. It emerges from nothing, and the theme progresses in B minor with heavy ornamentation. The middle section is peaceful with a feeling of warmth and slight happiness. This section tapers down and becomes distant and reflective, as the theme returns. The piece is like an ambiguous dream; you are unsure what to feel. Chopin closes the work with a reassuring B Major, instead of B minor – the key of the piece. This is one of my favorite moments in the piece.

Variations Sérieuses Op. 54 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Mendelssohn was a German musician during the early romantic period. In 1841, a Viennese publisher asked Mendelssohn and some other well-known composers to contribute pieces to a music anthology of which the proceeds would go towards erecting a monument honoring Beethoven. Mendelssohn could not think of turning down the opportunity, as Beethoven was one of his biggest influences. See if you can count how many variations there are on the main theme!

Variations Op. 41 Nikolai Kapustin (1937- ) I recently learned about Kapustin, a Ukrainian-Russian pianist and composer, and immediately loved his style of writing. He studied classical piano and trained at the Moscow Conservatory but began his studies of jazz around the age of 17. His compositions have an improvised feel while still maintaining classical structure. This set of variations displays a wide range of jazz styles, from blues to rag, and the different voices represent a number of instruments. It has been especially enjoyable to work on and to play because I keep uncovering these hidden instruments in each variation. The band keeps expanding!

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