fa culty a rtis t s eri es
Wendy Sharp violin
Joel Wizansky piano
morse recital hall October 21, 2012 • Sunday at 4 pm Music by Franck, Schnittke, Dvorák, ˇ John Corigliano, and Chris Rogerson ’11mm.
Robert Blocker, Dean
w end y s h a rp, v iol i n joel w iza ns ky, p ia no October 21, 2012 • Sprague Memorial Hall • Faculty Artist Series Alfred Schnittke 1934–1998
Suite in the Old Style Pastorale Ballet Minuet Fugue Pantomime
Chris Rogerson b. 1988
once (2011) I. learning the world II. massing clouds III. relearning IV. fireflies
intermission
Antonín Dvorák ˇ 1841–1904
Songs My Mother Taught Me arr. Fritz Kreisler
John Corigliano b. 1938
Lullaby for Natalie (2011)
César Franck 1822–1890
Sonata in A major I. Allegretto moderato II. Allegro III. Recitativo-Fantasia IV. Allegretto poco mosso
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About the Artist
wendy sharp violin
Award-winning violinist Wendy Sharp performs frequently as a recitalist and a chamber musician. In demand as a teacher and chamber music coach, she is on the faculties of the Yale School of Music and California Summer Music, and maintains a private studio. For nearly a decade, Ms. Sharp was the first violinist and a founding member of the highly acclaimed Franciscan String Quartet. As a member of the quartet she toured the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and was honored with many awards including first prize in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Press and City of Evian prizes at the Evian International String Quartet Competition. A native of the San Francisco Bay area, she attended Yale University, graduating summa cum laude with distinction in music, and received her Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Ms. Sharp has served on the faculties of the Mannes College of Music, Dartmouth College, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Choate Rosemary Hall, and has participated in the Aspen, Tanglewood, Chamber Music West, Norfolk, BrittenPears, and Music Academy of the West festivals. Ms. Sharp is currently the director of chamber music at the Yale School of Music, where she has also served on the violin faculty since 1997. Ms. Sharp and her husband have two children, both undergraduates at Yale.
About the Artist
joel wizansky piano
Joel Wizansky is acclaimed by audiences and musicians alike for his combination of fiery intensity and probing musicianship. The Washington Post wrote of his “emotional and rich performance, sparkling runs, beautiful phrasing, and dramatic interpretation.� After his debut with the San Francisco Symphony at age 17, he went on to win numerous awards, including first prize in the Helen Hart International Piano Competition and the Yale Gordon Competition, and fifth prize in the Marguerite Long International Competition. He has performed frequently in recital and with orchestras in the United States, Europe, Taiwan, and Korea and has been heard in broadcast performances in New York, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Chicago. His first solo compact disc, A Brahms Recital, was released in 2001 on the MRC label. A noted chamber musician and collaborator, he has performed in duo recitals at Carnegie Hall, the National Concert Hall in Taipei, and many other venues. He has served on the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory and is currently a staff pianist at the Yale School of Music.
Notes on the Program
chris rogerson once I began writing once in the summer of 2011 at the MacDowell Colony. One feature of MacDowell is a library, which includes the work of the other current artists-inresidence for you to peruse. It was there that I came across Meghan O’Rourke’s wonderful memoir, The Long Goodbye.
“When we are learning the world, we know things we cannot say how we know.”
The Long Goodbye depicts the author’s grief following the loss of her mother. When I first read the Prologue I was immediately struck by the beauty and elegance of her writing and knew I wanted to compose a piece based on it.
“When we are relearning the world in the aftermath of a loss, we feel things we had almost forgotten, old things, beneath the seat of reason.”
The Prologue describes her childhood summers with her mother, with only one mention of her loss later in life. I found this extremely poignant, and decided to split my work into four movements, each based on an image or idea from the Prologue. The following quotes correspond to each of the work’s four movements, and were provided courtesy of the author:
“At noon we swam in the chill of the river and at dusk we walked through the fields across Route 7 to pick ears of corn under the massing gray clouds.”
“As the fireflies began to rise one summer evening, my mother called to us. Look, she said. See them? Run and get a jar and a can opener. And my brother and I ran in for jars and our mother poked holes in the lids and sent us across the lawn to catch the firefies. The air was the temperature of our skin.” – Chris Rogerson, November 2011
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