Neidich and Levin

Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments presents

Charles Neidich clarinet

R o b e rt L e v i n piano

in

Music

of

Schumann

and

15 Hillhouse Avenue New Haven 2 December 2012, 3:00 P.M. 3 December 2012, 8:00 P.M.

Brahms

Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments presents

C h a r l e s N e i d i c h , clarinet R o b e rt L e v i n , piano in

Music of Schumann and Brahms Robert Schumann Soiréestücke, op. 73 (1810-1856) (original version of the Fantasiestücke) Zart und mit Ausdruck Lebhaft, leicht Rasch und mit Feuer Johannes Brahms Sonata, op. 120 No. 1 in F minor (1833-1897) Allegro appassionata Andante un poco adagio Allegretto grazioso Vivace INTERVAL

Clara Schumann Romances, op. 21 (1819-1896) Andante molto Allegretto (Mit zartem Vortrage) Leidenschaftlich schnell Johannes Brahms Sonata, op. 120 No. 2 in E-flat major Allegro amabile Allegro appassionato Andante con moto - Allegro

Grand piano by Johann Baptist Streicher, Vienna, 1869

About the Performers Hailed by the New Yorker as “ a master of his instrument and beyond a clarinetist,” Charles Neidich regularly appears as soloist and as collaborator in chamber music with leading ensembles including the Saint Louis Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, and Deutsches Philharmonic, along with the Juilliard, Guarneri, Brentano, and American String Quartets, and many others. Known as a leading exponent of period instrument performance practice, he has performed his restoration of the Mozart Concerto throughout the world both on modern and period instruments.

One of America’s leading keyboard artists, Robert Levin is equally at home at the harpsichord, the fortepiano, and the modern piano as a recitalist, concerto performer, and chamber musician. He is also recognized as an authoritative scholar on the Classical and Baroque periods. Robert Levin is best known as a Mozart pianist and scholar. He has written cadenzas to many of the master’s concertos (including the piano, violin, and horn concertos); he has published embellishments of Mozart solo parts; and he has written several reconstructions and completions of Mozart works. His completion of Mozart’s Requiem won wide critical acclaim after its premiere by Helmuth Rilling at the European Music Festival in Stuttgart in August 1991. He has published many scholarly studies, with a special concentration on performance practice.

The performers will each give a lecture demonstration immediately following Sunday’s concert: Robert Levin - “Improvising Mozart,” on the style and techniques of Classical era improvisation, given at the Collection’s Könnicke piano, ca.1795.

(Second Floor Gallery) Charles Neidich - “Old is New, New is Old,” on historical clarinets, focusing on the ways in which early instrument performance often illuminates the radical nature of older works, making them more understandable within their historical context. (First Floor, East Gallery) Two simultaneous masterclasses will also be given on Monday, December 3 from 4:00-6:00 pm at the Yale School of Music in the following locations:

Robert Levin - Leigh Hall, Room 408 (Parker Recital Hall) Charles Neidich - Leigh Hall, Room 402

This concert is made possible by the generous support of the following: The Virginia and Leonard Marx Foundation Endowment The Associate Members of the Collection Remaining concerts on this season’s series

January 27 - Quicksilver Baroque Ensemble 3:00 pm Robert Mealy & Julie Andrijeski, co-directors

March 5 - Tafelmusik 8:00 pm Sprague Hall, Yale School of Music

April 7 - Les DĂŠlices 3:00 pm Debra Nagy, baroque oboe Scott Metcalfe, baroque violin Julie Andrijeski, baroque violin Emily Walhout, viola da gamba Michael Sponseller, harpsichord Special Free Performances

November 30 - Yale Baroque Ensemble 8:00 pm Sprague Hall, Yale School of Music works by Merula, Corelli, Purcell, Handel, and Vivaldi

February 27 - Yale Baroque Ensemble 8:00 pm Sprague Hall, Yale School of Music

April 4 - Yale Baroque Ensemble 5:30 pm Edson Scheid, baroque violin Soojin Chung, baroque cello

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