Peter Frankl, piano

Presenting

P ETER FRA N KL horowitz piano series

december 12, 2012 Morse Recital Hall 路 Wednesday at 8 pm 路 Music by Schubert and Debussy

Robert Blocker, Dean

p eter f ra nkl , p ia n o December 12, 2012 • Sprague Memorial Hall

Franz Schubert 1797–1828

Sonata No. 9 in B major, D. 575 I. Allegro ma non troppo II. Andante III. Scherzo: Allegretto IV. Allegro giusto

Sonata in A minor, “Arpeggione,” D. 821 for viola and piano I. Allegro moderato II. Adagio III. Allegretto Ettore Causa, viola

intermission

horow itz p ia no s eries Boris Berman, Artistic Director

Claude Debussy 1862–1918

Images I Reflets dans l’eau Hommage à Rameau Mouvement

Images II Cloches à travers les feuilles Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut Poissons d’or

Estampes Pagodes La soirée dans Grenade Jardins sous la pluie

As a courtesy to the performers and audience, turn off cell phones and pagers. Please do not leave the hall during selections. Photography or recording of any kind is prohibited.

About the Artists

In the United States, Peter Frankl has been a regular guest artist at festivals including Aspen, Chautauqua, Marlboro, Norfolk, Ravinia, Santa Fe, and Yellow Barn. For many years the Frankl-Pauk-Kirshbaum Trio traveled the world. His many chamber music partners have included Kyung Wha Chung, Peter Csaba, Ralph Kirshbaum, and the Tokyo, Takács, Guarneri, Bartók, Fine Arts, and Lindsay quartets. He has given master classes all over the world, including the Royal Academy and Royal College in London, the Liszt Academy in Budapest, Van Cliburn Institute in Texas, and in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Seoul.

Pianist Peter Frankl made his London debut in 1962 and his New York debut with the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell in 1967. Since that time he has performed with many of the world’s finest orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Concertgebouw, Israel Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, all the London orchestras, and the major American orchestras. He has collaborated with such eminent conductors as Abbado, Boulez, Davis, Haitink, Maazel, Masur, Muti, Salonen, and Solti, and his world tours have taken him to Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. He has appeared over twenty times at London’s BBC Promenade Concerts and has been a regular participant at the Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Aldeburgh, Verbier, Kumho, and Casals Festivals.

Among his recordings are the complete works for piano by Schumann and Debussy, Bartók and Chopin solo albums, a Hungarian anthology, concertos and four-hand works by Mozart, the two Brahms piano concertos, the Brahms violin and clarinet sonatas, the Brahms trios, Bartók pieces for violin and piano, and the piano quintets by Brahms, Schumann, Dvorák, Martinu, and both Dohnányi’s.

In recognition of his artistic achievements, Mr. Frankl was awarded the Officer’s Cross by the Hungarian Republic and on his seventieth birthday he was given one of the highest civilian awards in Hungary for his lifetime artistic achievement in the world of music. He is an honorary professor of the Liszt Academy and has been on the Yale School of Music faculty since 1987.

About the Artists

A devoted chamber musician, Mr. Causa was a member of the Aria Quartet from 2004 to 2009 and currently plays in the Poseidon Quartet. He has frequently been invited to prestigious chamber music festivals, where he has performed with internationally renowned musicians such as the Tokyo String Quartet, Pascal Rogé, Boris Berman, Thomas Adès, Natalie Clein, Ana Chumachenco, Alberto and Antonio Lysy, Thomas Demenga, Anthony Marwood, Ulf Wallin, William Bennett, and others.

Italian-born violist Ettore Causa was awarded both the P. Schidlof Prize and the J. Barbirolli Prize for the most beautiful sound at the prestigious Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition in England in 2000. He has since made solo and recital appearances in many of the major venues around the world, including Victoria Hall (Geneva), Zurich Tonhalle, Madrid National Auditorium, Barcelona Auditorium, Salle Cortot (Paris), Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires), Tokyo Symphony Hall, Osaka Symphony Hall, and MSM Auditorium (New York).

In addition, he has performed at numerous international festivals such as the Menuhin Festival (Gstaad), Festival de Estoril (Portugal), Salzburg Festival, Festival del Pontino (Italy), Tivoli Festival (Copenhagen), Festival of Perth (Australia), Prussia Cove (England), Savonlinna (Finland), Norfolk (Connecticut), and Lanaudière (Canada).

Mr. Causa studied at the International Menuhin Music Academy with Alberto Lysy, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, and Johannes Eskar, and later at the Manhattan School of Music with Michael Tree. Upon completing his studies, he was appointed first solo viola of the Carl Nielsen Philharmonic in Odense (Denmark) as well as Leader of the Copenhagen Chamber Soloists. His first recording, featuring transcriptions of romantic music for viola and piano, was released in 2006 on the Claves record label.

It garnered overwhelming success and was crowned with the 5 Diapasons. His newest recording of the Brahms viola sonatas has been highly praised by critics worldwide.

Mr. Causa taught both viola and chamber music for many years at the International Menuhin Music Academy, and joined the the Yale School of Music faculty in September 2009. He performs on a viola made for him

by Frédéric Chaudière in 2003.

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Guitar Chamber Music

Tokyo String Quartet

december 13 Morse Recital Hall | Thu | 8 pm Student Ensembles Benjamin Verdery, director. Music by Giuliani, Takemitsu, Villa-Lobos, and more.

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january 22 Morse Recital Hall | Tue | 8 pm Oneppo Chamber Music Series Music by Haydn, Bartók & Mendelssohn.

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Doug Fisk, composition december 20 Morse Recital Hall | Thu | 8 pm Doctor of Musical Arts Recital Free Admission

january 23 Morse Recital Hall | Wed | 8 pm Faculty Artist Series Ani Kavafian, violin; Ettore Causa, viola; Ole Akahoshi, cello; and Peter Frankl, piano.

Free Admission

Wendy Sharp & Friends january 20 Morse Recital Hall | Sun | 4 pm Faculty Artist Series Music by Mozart and Honegger. With Marka Gustavsson, violin; Mimi Hwang, cello; and Melvin Chen, piano.

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