Beethoven: String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131 (1826)
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178 (completed 1853)
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 • 7:00 p.m. Maryville University Auditorium • Directions
Free Admission
The concert will not be live-streamed, and no recording will be available, so please consider enjoying this performance in person. Feel free to share this information with anyone you know who may be interested.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, op.131 (1826) — ca. 45 minutes
Intermission
Franz Liszt (1811-1886): Les cloches de Genève (The Bells of Geneva): Nocturne from Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage), Première année: Suisse (First Year: Switzerland), S.160 (1848-54) — ca. 7 minutes
Franz Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178 (ca. 1842-53) — ca. 30 minutes
Brief Program Note
Performed by artists from the St. Louis Symphony, this recital features two towering masterpieces from the nineteenth century: Ludwig van Beethoven’s epic String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 131, and Franz Liszt’s iconic Piano Sonata in B minor. According to Robert Schumann, Beethoven’s late quartets “stand…on the extreme boundary of all that has hitherto been attained by human art and imagination.” Renowned for his pianistic brilliance and embrace of literary drama in music of harmonic daring, Liszt showed incredible ingenuity in synthesizing his personal idiom with several formal influences — including Beethoven’s — in his staggering, single-movement Piano Sonata in B minor. We hope you’ll join us this evening to enjoy performances of two highly significant instrumental works.
Friday, March 1, 2024 • 7:00 p.m. Maryville University Auditorium • Directions
Free Admission
The concert will not be live-streamed, and no recording will be available, so please consider enjoying this performance in person. Feel free to share this information with anyone you know who may be interested.
Artist
Patrick Rafferty, Renaissance, Baroque, 19th-Century & Modern Acoustic Guitars
Musical Program
Performed on Renaissance Guitar:
Alonso Mudarra (1510-1580) — Romanesca: Guárdame las Vacas
unknown — Bransle
Pierre Certon (1550-1572) — J’ay le rebours
Guillaume Morlaye (1510-1558) — Conte clare
Performed on Baroque Guitar:
Francesco Corbetta (1615-1681) — Allemande-Gigue-Passacaille • Gigue a la manière anglaise • autre Chacone
Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710) — Jácaras • Canarios
Performed on 19th-Century Guitar:
Fernando Sor (1778-1839) — Les Adieux, op. 21
William Foden (1860-1947) — Variations on “My Old Kentucky Home”
Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) — Danza mora
Performed on Modern Guitar:
Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) — Junto al Generalife
Agustín Barrios (1885-1944) — Las Abejas
Brief Program Note
This recital celebrates the vibrant legacy of musical literature for the acoustic guitar in a panoramic program of music composed between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries. Patrick Rafferty will perform on four instruments of historically accurate design. We hope you’ll appreciate this rare opportunity to hear the subtle differences of tone color between historical acoustic guitars played by an acclaimed virtuoso.
The Mazzoni Duo: Jennifer Mazzoni, flute & Matthew Mazzoni, piano
The Mazzoni Duo: Jennifer Mazzoni, flute • Matthew Mazzoni, piano
Sunday, April 28, 2024 • 3:00 p.m. Maryville University Auditorium • Directions
Free Admission
The concert will not be live-streamed, and no recording will be available, so please consider enjoying this performance in person. Feel free to share this information with anyone you know who may be interested.
Artists
The Mazzoni Duo: Jennifer Mazzoni, flute • Matthew Mazzoni, piano
Musical Program
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Trio Sonata No.5 (after BWV 529)
Arvo Pärt (b. 1935): Fratres (1977, 1980, 2016)
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): Three Lieder (Songs) from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth’s Magic Horn)
Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840): La campanella (The Little Bell) from Violin Concerto No. 2, op. 7
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Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Prélude á l’après-midi d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924): Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano, op. 13
Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Winterreise (Winter Journey)
Sunday, February 4, 2024 • 3:00 p.m. Maryville University Auditorium • Directions
Free Admission
The concert will not be live-streamed, and no recording will be available, so please consider enjoying this performance in person. Feel free to share this information with anyone you know who may be interested.
Julius Schmid (1854-1935): “Schubertiade” (1897 oil painting)
Franz Schubert: Introduction and Variations on “Trockne Blumen” (“Withered Flowers”) for Flute and Piano, D. 802 (1824) — ca. 15 minutes
Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Winterreise (Winter Journey), Song Cycle for Voice and Piano, D. 911 (1827) — Texts: Wilhelm Müller (1794-1827) — ca. 70 minutes
Gute Nacht (Good Night)
Die Wetterfahne (The Weathervane)
Gefrorene Tränen (Frozen Tears)
Erstarrung (Numbness)
Der Lindenbaum (The Linden Tree)
Wasserflut (Flood Water)
Auf dem Flusse (On the River)
Rückblick (A Look Backward)
Irrlicht (Will o’ the Wisp)
Rast (Rest)
Frühlingstraum (Dream of Spring)
Einsamkeit (Solitude)
Die Post (The Mail)
Der greise Kopf (The Old Man’s Head)
Die Krähe (The Crow)
Letzte Hoffnung (Last Hope)
Im Dorfe (In the Village)
Der stürmische Morgen (The Stormy Morning)
Täuschung (Illusion)
Der Wegweiser (The Signpost)
Das Wirtshaus (The Inn)
Mut (Courage)
Die Nebensonnen (The False Suns)
Der Leiermann (The Hurdy-Gurdy Man)
Brief Program Note
This concert will celebrate the art of Franz Schubert (1797-1828). While Schubert did not tend toward overt virtuosity in his instrumental works, his variations for flute and piano on his own, previously composed song Trockne Blumen (Withered Flowers) are a brilliant showcase for the skills of the instrumentalists. The concert will conclude with Schubert’s final completed art song cycle, Winterreise (Winter Journey). A song cycle is the classical music equivalent of a concept album, in which each song is integral to a larger idea. The generally bitter songs of Winterreise explore a common Romantic theme: a young person’s despair upon being rejected by a lover. It is widely accepted that, by the end of the journey, the protagonist has descended into madness. As is typical in Schubert’s songs, the piano’s texture is varied to match visual or other cues in each song’s text, creating an astoundingly varied tapestry. Schubert’s Winterreise is considered one of the pinnacles of the art song tradition.
Friday, April 21, 11:00 a.m. — Student Recital 5 of 5
Friday, April 21, 7:00 p.m. — Spring Concert: Notorious (Maryville’s Student A Cappella Group)
Saturday, April 22, 7:00 p.m. — Senior Recital: Ashley McFarland
Sunday, April 23, 3:00 p.m. — Music at Maryville 2022-23 Concert 5 of 5: Arianna String Quartet — Featuring works by Joseph Haydn, Frederick Tillis, and Felix Mendelssohn
A versatile pianist, Peter Henderson is active as a performer in orchestral, chamber, and solo settings. Henderson is currently Associate Professor of Music and Artist-in-Residence at Maryville University, where he has served on the faculty since 2005. Since 2015, Henderson has been the Principal Keyboardist of the Sun Valley Music Festival Orchestra. In September 2023, he began his tenure as Principal Keyboardist of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO).
During January and February 2016, Henderson was the piano soloist in the SLSO’s California tour performances of Olivier Messiaen’s Des Canyons aux étoiles… (From the Canyons to the Stars…). Critics described him as a “powerhouse soloist” (San Francisco Chronicle) and praised his Messiaen playing for its “intense focus and thrilling vibrancy” (San Jose Mercury News). His most recent solo appearances with the SLSO, in March 2023, featured performances of Joseph Haydn’s Keyboard Concerto No. 11.
In addition to his regular ensemble performances with the SLSO, Henderson often delivers pre-concert lectures, introducing classical concert programs from Powell Hall’s stage.
Henderson’s discography includes collaborations with violinist David Halen, flutist Mark Sparks, bass trombonist Gerry Pagano, violist Jonathan Vinocour, and soprano Marlissa Hudson. His most recent solo album is A Celebration of African Composers for Piano (AMP AGCD 2706, released 2017).
Henderson also occasionally composes music and works as a recording producer. Rückblick (Looking Back), his song without words for trombone and piano, appears on Gerry Pagano’s album Solitude, released 2018. Printed and electronic editions of Rückblick were issued by Ascenda Music Publishing in January 2024.
Henderson holds a Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, where his main piano instructor was Dr. Karen Shaw; he had previously studied with Dr. Jay Mauchley at the University of Idaho, Moscow. Henderson and his wife Kristin Ahlstrom, the SLSO’s Associate Principal Second Violinist, live in St. Louis with their lively, sweet beagle/terrier-mix, Zinni.
Brief bio (220 words)
A versatile pianist, Peter Henderson is active as a performer in orchestral, chamber, and solo settings. Henderson is currently Associate Professor of Music and Artist-in-Residence at Maryville University, and Principal Keyboardist of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) and the Sun Valley Music Festival Orchestra.
Henderson was the piano soloist in the SLSO’s February 2016 California tour performances of Olivier Messiaen’s Des Canyons aux étoiles… (From the Canyons to the Stars…); his Messiaen playing was lauded for its “intense focus and thrilling vibrancy” (San Jose Mercury News).
In addition to his regular ensemble performances with the SLSO, Henderson often delivers pre-concert lectures, introducing classical concert programs from Powell Hall’s stage.
Henderson’s discography includes collaborations with violinist David Halen, flutist Mark Sparks, and soprano Marlissa Hudson. His most recent solo album is A Celebration of African Composers for Piano (AMP AGCD 2706, released 2017).
Henderson also occasionally composes music. Rückblick (Looking Back), his song without words for trombone and piano, appears on Gerry Pagano’s album Solitude, released 2018. Printed and electronic editions of Rückblick were issued by Ascenda Music Publishing in January 2024.
Henderson holds a Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University, Bloomington. He and his wife Kristin Ahlstrom, the SLSO’s Associate Principal Second Violinist, live in St. Louis with their lively, sweet beagle/terrier-mix, Zinni.
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.
