Performing Arts Series: Reginald Mobley

2020/ 2021 performing arts series

Reginald Mobley featuring

Solideo Quartet Thursday, April 8 | 7:30 p.m.

A. F. Siebert Chapel

program There is no intermission.

Reginald Mobley

Fumi Nishikiori-Nakayama, piano

My Lord What a Morning

J. Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954)

Music for a While

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Here the Deities Approve from Welcome All the Pleasures

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

From Il Trionfo del Tempo e Disinganno

Piu non cura

Crede luom

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

O Lord Whose Mercies Numberless George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) from Saul - Handel Solideo Quartet Fumi Nishikiori-Nakayama, harpsichord Yet Can I Hear that Dulcet Lay George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) from Choice of Hercules Solideo Quartet Fumi Nishikiori-Nakayama, harpsichord Stabat Mater Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

1.

Stabat Mater

2.

Cuius animam gementem

3.

O quam tristis

4.

Quis est homo

5.

Quis non posset contristari

6.

Pro peccatis suae gentis

7.

Eja Mater, fons amoris

8.

Fac ut ardeat cor meum 9. Amen Solideo Quartet Fumi Nishikiori-Nakayama, harpsichord

program Solideo Quartet String Quartet in D major, Op. 20, No. 4 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)

I. Allegro di molto.

II. Un poco Adagio affettuoso.

III. Allegretto alla zingarese.

IV. Presto scherzando.

Reginald Mobley

Fumi Nishikiori-Nakayama, piano

Du bist die Ruh

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

An Sylvia

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Go Down Moses

J. Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954)

3 Songs of Florence Price (1887-1953) arr. for voice and strings by Alex Fortes

1.

Out of the South Blew a Wind 2. Resignation

3.

Song to the Dark Virgin Solideo Quartet Were You There Moses Hogan (1957-2003) arr. for voice and strings by Alex Fortes Solideo Quartet So in Love

Cole Porter (1891-1964)

biographies Reginald Mobley Particularly noted for his “shimmering voice, a voice which also allows lucid and pure levels” (BachTrack), countertenor Reginald Mobley is highly sought after for baroque, classical and modern repertoire.

Reginald leads a very prolific career in the United States, where he resides. In March 2020, he became the first ever programming consultant for the Handel and Haydn Society following several years of leading H+H in his community engaging Every Voice concerts. He is a regular guest with Cantata Collective, Musica Angelica, Agave Baroque, Charlotte Bach Akademie, Seraphic Fire, Quodlibet, Pacific Music Works, Bach Collegium San Diego, San Francisco Early Music Society, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.... Recent engagements have included concerts and recordings with organisations such as Opera Lafayette, Miller Theatre (Columbia University), Blue Heron in Boston, Chatham baroque in Pittsburgh, Washington Bach Consort. Most of the recordings are available online.

In Europe, his career is expanding; in the UK, he has toured with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists for the last five years, and continues to do so, and has performed with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Academy of Ancient Music and was due to make his debut with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in June 2022. He was also invited to perform with the OH! (Orkiestra Historycsna) in Poland and the Vienna Academy in Austria (Musikverein), gave a recital (with a Spiritual programme) at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, toured with the Freiburger Barockorchester under Kristian Bezuidenhout, Balthasar Neumann Chor & Ensemble and the Bach Society in Stuttgart.

In the autumn 2021, he will perform the role of Ottone in L’incoronazione di Poppea with the Budapest Festival Orchestra for a series of concerts in Europe, and has been invited to sing Messiah with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in December 2021. Reginald is expecting to be touring Australia in April 2022 together with Bach Akademie Australia.

His recordings have been received with critical acclaim, including several Grammy nominations, most recently for his work on A Lad’s Love with Brian Giebler on BRIDGE 9542 label, which has been nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. He has also been featured on several albums with the Monteverdi Choir and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, including a recording of Bach’s St Matthew Passion and Magnificat. His own projects include Peace In Our Time on Vgo Recordings label with

biographies frequent collaborators, Agave Baroque. He also looks forward to the release of American Originals with Agave Baroque, which celebrates the music of composers of colour. www.reginaldmobley.com Solideo Quartet Hailing from the four borders of the United States, the Solideo Quartet is a promising string quartet eager to explore music that has withstood time past and present. Just as each member comes from a different part of the nation, the quartet seeks to share that chamber music can bring people from diverse communities together into unity. The Solideo Quartet is the Graduate Quartet in Residence with admired mentors and internationally-acclaimed Jupiter Quartet. Members of Solideo have been soloists with the Granada Symphony, Rocky Ridge Young Artist Orchestra, and the Concord Chamber Orchestra, in addition to performances with members of the Santa Barbara and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras. Recently established in 2019, the Solideo Quartet has worked closely with Charles Castleman, David Ehrlich, Tom Landschoot, and Csaba Erdélyi. They have received masterclasses with artists from the Pacifica, Vermeer, and Concord Quartets. This spring, they have been selected as finalists in both the Coltman Chamber Competition and in the chamber division of the American Prize. Looking ahead in 2021, Solideo will offer its Midwestern debut with countertenor Reggie Mobley at the Carthage College Fine Arts Series. In August they will appear as the Emerging String Quartet in Residence for Community Engagement at the Music in the Vineyards Festival in Napa Valley. As their first year of residency begins in fall 2021, the Solideo Quartet looks forward to delving deeper into both new and traditional string quartet repertoire and supporting the works of contemporary composers by bringing music to diverse communities.

Fumi Nishikiori-Nakayama, piano and harpsichord Fumi Nishikiori-Nakayama earned her Bachelor of Music in Piano and Harpsichord degree from the Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University, and Master of Music in Piano and Early Music/Harpsichord from Indiana University, where she was the recipient of numerous awards including the prestigious Rudolph Ganz Memorial Award, and Willi Apel Scholarship. She has studied piano with Ludmila Lazar, Shigeo Neriki, harpsichord with David Schrader, Elisabeth Wright, fortepiano with Elizabeth Wright and Kenneth Drake, chamber music with Rostislav Dubinsky, early chamber music with Stanley Ritchie, and conducting with Thomas Baldner and Imre Pallo.

biographies As a conductor, she has conducted Indiana University Symphony Orchestra, IU Ad-hoc Orchestra, IU Opera Workshops. Her love for vocal music and theater lead her to remain as one of the opera coaches for Indiana University Opera Theater for 6 years.

Currently Ms. Nishikiori is an adjunct faculty member of the Carthage Music Department and teaches for the Carthage Arts Academy. She is a Juilliard School Dalcroze Institute certified instructor of Dalcroze Eurhythmics and often gives demonstrations and lectures to music teachers and students in the Midwest. She frequently performs as a member of Cecilia Trio, and also collaborates with greater Milwaukee and Chicago area artists.

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A. F. Siebert Chapel • Tickets required Student Recital: Hanson-Cook Thursday, April 15 • 8 p.m.

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A. F. Siebert Chapel • Tickets required The Carthage Philharmonic Saturday, April 17 • 7:30 p.m.

A. F. Siebert Chapel • Tickets required Honors Recital Sunday, April 18 • 2 p.m. (Awards start at 1:30 p.m.)

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