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October 2017 Music Events
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JAKOB LINDBERG, LUTE & JAMES TAYLOR, TENOR
Glee Club Special Events: A Masterclass & Recital
Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017 at 3:00pm: Masterclass
Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 at 8:00pm: Recital
Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall
As part of special events presented by the Princeton University Glee Club
, guest artist
Jakob Lindberg
, lute, and Yale faculty
James Taylor
, tenor teach Princeton University students in a masterclass free and open to all. A free recital on Monday follows, with the pair performing lute songs by Caccini, Dowland, and more
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FREE and open to the public. No tickets required.
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CELEBRATING THE NEW LEWIS CENTER FOR THE ARTS COMPLEX
Thursday, Oct. 5 - Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017
To celebrate the opening of Princeton's new Lewis Center for the Arts complex, join us for an exciting multi-day Festival of the Arts highlighting the breadth and uniqueness of the arts at Princeton. The Festival will include concerts, plays, readings, dance performances, art exhibitions, screenings, multidisciplinary presentations, community workshops and site-specific events presented by the
Lewis Center for the Arts and the
Department of Music with professional, faculty, student, and alumni artists. Events will be open to the public and most will be free.
Open to the public. Some events ticketed
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Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017 at 6:00pm & 9:30pm
Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall (6:00pm)
Led by Artistic Director Bjarte Elke, the Norwegian Baroque ensemble Barokksolistene gracefully synthesize the vernacular music of their homeland with traditional repertoire, and here at Princeton they will treat us to a double-header: a 6pm in-the-round performance in Richardson of music from English theatre and the court in the time of Henry Purcell, followed by a 9:30PM "Alehouse Session" of songs and melodies from the pubs and taverns of 17th-century England. The "Alehouse Session" will take place in the newly opened Lewis Arts complex to celebrate its arrival on campus. Please join for both, and bring an appetite for beer!
Tickets $25 General | $10 Students. [BUY NOW]
The 6:00pm concert is SOLD OUT. Any available tickets will be released at the door. Limited tickets for the 9:30pm concert remain.
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WILLIAM CHAPMAN NYAHO
A Discussion with the renowned pianist and scholar
Monday, Oct. 09, 2017 at 1:30pm: Musicology Colloquium
Room 102, Woolworth Music Center
Monday, Oct. 09, 2017 at 7:30pm: Lecture-Recital
Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall
Subject of the musicology colloquium discussion: "In and Out of Africa: Advocating Art Music of Africa and Its Diaspora".
Nyaho will perform a
lecture-recital
in Taplin Auditorium at 7:30pm the same day, featuring music by composers of the African heritage.
FREE
and open to the public. No tickets required.
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Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 at 8:00pm*
Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall
*Pre-concert Talk by Professor Wendy Heller at 7:00pm, free to ticketholders.
Renowned for their interpretations of 18th-century classics on gut-stringed instruments, Quatuor Mosaïques have brought the rich, delicate timbre of gut strings to modern audiences on four continents and in countless prestigious chamber music festivals. Their performances of the early Haydn quartets earned them a Gramophone Award, and were heralded as "probing, visionary interpretations" by
The Washington Post.
This is the first period instrument quartet in Princeton University Concerts' history, and they promise to cast a spell with their core repertoire from the Galant era.
Program:
| WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART |
String Quartet No. 17 in B-flat Major, K. 458 "The Hunt"
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String Quartet No. 21 in D Minor, K. 421
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| FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN |
String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2, HOB III:32 |
Tickets $50, $40, $25 General | $10 Students [BUY NOW]
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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY SINFONIA
Friday, Oct. 13, 2017 at 8:00pm
Common Room, Rockefeller College
In its first performance of the year, the Princeton University Sinfonia, conducted by Ruth Ochs, ventures into the beautiful Rocky Common Room, treating the community to a free concert of orchestral gems.
FREE
and open to the public. No tickets required.
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GERALD CLAYTON TRIO & STUDENTS
Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017 at 8:00pm
Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall
Gerald Clayton has performed and recorded with numerous internationally renowned artists, and since 2013, has toured with saxophone legend Charles Lloyd. He is the Musical Director of the Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour, a project that has featured his trio along with Ravi Coltrane, Nicholas Payton, Terence Blanchard and Raul Midón. The son of beloved bass player and composer John Clayton, Gerald enjoyed a familial apprenticeship from an early age. He honors the legacy of his father and all his musical ancestors through a commitment to artistic exploration, innovation, and reinvention.
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THOMAS FRITZSCH, VIOLA DA GAMBA
A guest artist recital
Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017 at 8:00pm
Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall
Renowned viola da gamba specialist
Thomas Fritzsch presents an afternoon of 18th century masterpieces in a guest artist recital.
FREE and open to the public. No tickets required.
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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA
Friday, Oct. 20, 2017 & Saturday Oct. 21, 2017 at 7:30pm
Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall
The
Princeton University Orchestra
opens its 2017-18 season with a celebratory program featuring famous works by two symphonic titans: Ludwig van Beethoven and Gustav Mahler. Piano faculty
Geoffrey Burleson
, hailed by
The New York Times
for his "vibrant and compelling" performances, joins the orchestra in Beethoven's luminous fourth piano concerto before the evening culminates in Mahler's groundbreaking first symphony.
Program:
| WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART |
Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620
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| LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN |
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op.58
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| GUSTAV MAHLER |
Symphony No. 1 in D Major, "The Titan"
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Tickets: $15 General | $5 Students
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TABEA ZIMMERMANN, VIOLA & THOMAS HOPPE, PIANO
Presented by Princeton University Concerts
Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 at 8:00pm*: Concert
Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall
*Musical Preview by La Vie en Cello, Princeton student cellists, at 7pm. Free to ticketholders.
Tabea Zimmermann, regularly cited as the world's greatest living violist, treats us to a full evening of her majestic playing alongside pianist
Thomas Hoppe. In Zimmermann's hands, the instrument sings, filled with "graceful athleticism and a feathery left-hand touch." (
The New York Times) Hoppe and Zimmermann will perform the cornerstones of the viola sonata repertoire, rarely heard on the Richardson Auditorium stage.
The following day, Zimmermann ventures into the community, launching Princeton University Concerts' extensive supplemental "
Beyond the Music" programming (see events listed below).
Concert Pogram:
| PAUL HINDEMITH |
Viola Sonata Op. 25, No. 4
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| FRANZ SCHUBERT |
Viola Sonata in A Minor, D. 821 "Arpeggione"
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| SHULAMIT RAN |
Perfect Storm
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| ROBERT SCHUMANN |
Märchenbilder for Viola and Piano, Op. 113
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| JOHANNES BRAHMS |
Sonata for Viola and Piano in F Minor, Op. 120, No. 1
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Concert Tickets: $50, $40, $25 General | $10 Students
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A WORKSHOP WITH TABEA ZIMMERMANN, VIOLA
Presented by Princeton University Concerts: Performers as Teachers Series
Thursday, Oct. 27, 2017 at 10:00am
Lee Music Performance and Rehearsal Room, Lewis Arts complex
FREE
Following her recital on the Princeton University Concerts series the previous evening, celebrated violist
Tabea Zimmermann
launches Princeton University Concerts' extensive supplemental "
Beyond the Music
" programming by coaching supremely talented Princeton University student violists in an open workshop as part of the
Performers as Teachers
series.
This is a rare opportunity to go behind-the scenes, delve into the artist's understanding of music, and witness the development of a new generation of musicians.
FREE and open to the public. No tickets required.
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LIVE MUSIC MEDITATION WITH TABEA ZIMMERMANN, VIOLA
Princeton University Concerts: Mindfulness with Music
Thursday, Oct. 27, 2017 at 12:30pm
Lee Music Performance and Rehearsal Room, Lewis Arts complex
FREE
The event will be followed by a discussion with the artist over a light lunch.
FREE and open to the public. No tickets required.
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