The 2022-23 Music at Maryville series concludes Sunday afternoon, April 23, at 3:00 p.m. with a free performance by the Saint Louis’s premiere string quartet, the Arianna Quartet: John McGrosso and Julia Sakharova, violins; Joanna Mendoza, viola; and Kurt Baldwin, cello.
Peter Henderson, piano — Haydn meets Bach — Jan. 20, 2023 @ 7:30 p.m., Maryville University Auditorium — Free admission
“Haydn meets Bach” Program:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Hob. XV:46 (ca. 1767-70)
I. Allegro moderato II. Adagio III. Finale: Presto
Andante with Double Variations (Sonata “Un piccolo divertimento”) in F minor, Hob. XVII:6 (1793)
Brief Intermission
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812 (ca. 1722)
I. Allemande II. Courante III. Sarabande IV. Menuet I — Menuet II V. Gigue
Chaconne with Variations from Partita No. 2 for Unaccompanied Violin, BWV 1004 (ca. 1717-20) — Concert arrangement for the piano by Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924), 1893
The 2022-23 Music at Maryville series continues this Sunday afternoon, November 13, with a performance by a jazz combo led by Adam Maness, a prominent member of St. Louis’s music community who is active as a jazz composer, arranger, pianist, and educator.
Performing solo piano works by Haydn in a faculty recital on Friday, January 20, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., in the Maryville University Auditorium. Free admission.
Reading and blogging on this site about Haydn’s life and work.
When the Bösendorfer grand piano is stored, please:
Ensure that the piano is in its usual position close to the side of the altar platform, with its long (not curved) side nearest the platform.
Ensure that the piano’s keyboard lid is closed, and the keyboard lock on the left side is in place and locked (Maryville Public Safety—314-529-9500—has a copy of the keyboard-lock key).
Ensure that the piano’s undercarriage humidisitat is plugged into the nearest electrical outlet.
Ensure that the piano’s custom cover is on the instrument, and the sign asking people to refrain from placing things on the piano is in place on top of the custom cover. The piano’s dedicated bench can be placed under the keyboard in a way that will allow it to fit under the custom cover.
Please do not move this piano. Its usual position ensures that it will not be damaged by air blown upward from the registers along the chapel’s walls.
When using the Bösendorfer grand piano:
Remove the piano’s custom cover and keyboard lid-lock (Maryville Public Safety—314-529-9500—has a copy of the keyboard lid-lock’s key), then place them in a safe place.
When opening the piano’s lid, please first open the lid’s small section near the keyboard, then the main portion of the lid.
The lid will open partway, or fully. This is important!:
The hole in the lid nearest the edge is for the two shorter lid-support stick(s).
The hole in the lid farther in from the edge is for the full-length lid-support stick.
Once the lid is supported in its desired inclination, please ensure that the stick is perpendicular to the lid. If the lid and its supporting stick are mismatched, there’s a chance that the lid (which is heavy) may collapse, endangering people nearby.
Friday, March 3, 2023, 7:30 p.m. — Haydn Project concludes: Peter Henderson will perform the solo piano part of J. Haydn’s Keyboard Concerto No. 11, Hob. XVIII with the St. Louis Symphony conducted by Stephanie Childress —Powell Hall • Tickets available from the SLSO
Sunday, April 16, 2023, 3:00 p.m. — Music at Maryville Concert 4 of 5: Music by Maryville Faculty Composers — World premieres of the first Music at Maryville commissioned work by David Nalesnik, Peter Henderson‘s Five Poems of John Wickersham, and portions of Scott Lyle‘s Missa Pro Defunctis; also featuring performances of original songs by Maryville faculty members Gabriel Colbeck, Jonathan Fahnestock, Jesse Kavadlo, and John Marino — Maryville University Auditorium • Free admission; donations gratefully accepted
Sunday, November 13, 2022, 3:00 p.m. — Music at Maryville Concert 2 of 5: Adam Maness Combo plays Jazz Standards and Originals — Maryville University Auditorium • Free admission; donations gratefully accepted
