Performances, Films, and Exhibits

The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in tribute to Miss Ruth Trout in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  Students and Faculty performed Johannes Brahms' "Hungarian Dance in g minor, no. 1 for Four Hands", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Fantasie in c minor, KV 475", Georges Enescu's "Cantabile et Presto", Ludwig van Beethoven's "Piano Concerto no. 3 in c minor, op. 37", and César Franck's "Sonata for Violin and Piano".

The Music Department presented a faculty recital by classical guitarist James Hontz at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  Hontz performed Manuel M. Ponce's "Sonatina Meridional", Augustín Barrios Mangiore's "La Catedral", Leo Brouwer's "Sonata", Heitor Villa-Lobos' "Five Preludes for Guitar", and Astor Piazzolla's "Milonga del Angel" and "Muerte del Angel".

The Music Department presented "On Love and Other Difficulties," a concert by the Helding/Blyth Duo, at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.

The Music Department presented a senior recital by cellist Catherine Best, accompanied by pianist Michal Schmidt and cellist Nancy Baun, at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  Best performed Antonio Vivaldi's "Sonata in a minor", Johann Sebastian Bach's "Suite No. 3 in C Major", Johannes Brahms' "Sonata No. 1 in e minor, op. 38", Edouard Lalo's "Concerto in d minor", and Gian Carlo Menotti's "Suite for Two Cellos and Piano".

The Boston Camerata, assisted by the Dickinson Collegium, performed at Carlisle Theatre at 8:00pm.

The Music Department presented a guest recital by violinist Giora Schmidt, accompanied by pianist Michal Schmidt, at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  Schmidt performed Giuseppe Tartini's "Devil's Trill Sonata" (arr. Kreisler), Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata in c minor, op. 30, no. 2", Fritz Kreisler's "Liebeslied" and "Tambourine Chinois", and Maurice Ravel's "Tzigane".

The College Choir presented the eleventh annual "At the Corner of Dickinson and Broadway" at 8:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.

The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  Students and faculty performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Fantasie D-Moll"; Antonio Vivaldi's "Sonata in a minor for Cello and Piano"; Percy Grainger's "Sprig o' Thyme"; Benjamin Britten's "At the mid hour of night"; Jake Heggie's "Danny Boy"; and "Perfectly Marvelous", "It Couldn't Please Me More", "I Don't Care Much", and "Cabaret" from Cabaret.

The College presented a Candlelight Service at 8:00pm, featuring performances by the Collegium, the College Choir, and the Brass Ensemble.

The Music Department presented the Collegium Musicum's 2000 Christmas concert at 7:00pm on Sat., Dec. 2 and at 4:00pm on Sun., Dec. 3 in Memorial Hall.  The ensemble performed Ludovico da Viadana's "Exultate justi", Charles' Ives' "A Christmas Carol", Morten Lauridsen's "O magnum mysterium", Giovanni Rovetta's "Messa a 5.6.7 con Due Violini", Jacob Handl's "Resonet in laudibus", Heinrich Schütz's "Ein Kind ist uns geboren", Gustav Holst's "In the Bleak Midwinter" (arr.

The Music Department presented "Let It Snow!", the Brass Ensemble's 2000 Christmas concert, at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The ensemble performed a selection of traditional Christmas carols from around the world.

The Music Department presented "Tuning David's Lyre," a concert by the College Choir, at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The choir performed "The Star-Spangled Banner", the Dickinson alma mater, Philipp Nicolai's "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (arr. Johann Sebastian Bach) and "Wake, Awake, For Night is Flying", Pierre Regnault's "Doulce memoire en plaisir consomée", William Billings' "I Am Come into My Garden" and "I Am the Rose of Sharon", Rischar's arrangement of the folk song "Fricassée", Sting's "Fragile" (arr.

The Music Department presented "The Sounds of War," a concert by the College-Community Orchestra, at 8:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.  The orchestra performed Ludwig van Beethoven's "Triple Concerto, Op. 56", Giuseppe Verdi's "Overture to La Battaglia di Legnano", John Corigliano's "Elegy", and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture, Op. 49".

The Music Department presented the Symphonic Band's Fall 2000 Concert at 2:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The band performed Ernst Luthold's "March 'Onward'", Frank Erickson's "Toccata for Band", Percy Grainger's "Irish Tune from County Derry", Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Folk Song Suite", Alfred Reed's "A Festival Prelude", Harvey Schmidt's "The Fantasticks" (arr. Alfred Reed), and Edwin Franko Goldman's "On the Mall".

The Music Department, the Theatre Department, and the Clarke Center presented "In Memoriam."  The program featured excerpts from Jerome Kilty's play Dear Liar, a performance of The Orbit of the Soul by mezzo-soprano Lynn Helding and pianist Jennifer Blyth, and Frederic Rzewski's De Profundis.

The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  Students and faculty performed Johann Sebastian Bach's "Sonata in E-flat Major, BWV 1031" amd "Concerto in E Major", Frédéric Chopin''s "Three Mazurkas" and "Ballade No. 2", Robert Schumann's "Dichterliebe", E. Desportes' "Trois Petits Contes", and Georg Philipp Telemann's "Concerto in G Major".

The Music Department presented a Family Weekend concert, featuring the Collegium, the College-Community Orchestra, the College Choir, the Brass Ensemble, and the Symphonic Band, at 11:00am in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.  The ensembles perfromed Lodovico da Viadana's "Exsultati justi", Morten Lauridsen's "O magnum mysterium", Phillip Nicolai's "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (arr. J.S. Bach), William Billings' "I Am Come into My Garden", the Silesian folk melody "Beautiful Savior" (arr. F.

The Music Department presented a faculty chamber music recital featuring violinist/violist Jonathan Graber, cellist Michal Schmidt, and pianist Jennifer Blyth at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The program included Johann Sebastian Bach's "Adagio from Organ Toccata in C Major" (trans. A. Siloti), Ludwig van Beethoven's "With Two Eyeglasses Obligato", Vincent Persichetti's "Parable No. 14", Douglas Ovens' "Largo", Manuel de Falla's "Suite Populaire Espagnole", and Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Sonata in G Major, Op. 19, for Cello and Piano".

The Music Department presented "Stripping the Emperor: The Africanist Presence in American Performance," a program by actor-dancer Brenda Dixon Gottschild, at 12:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The program featured a lecture and a performance by Gottschild.

The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in Rubendall Recital Hall.  Students and faculty performed Maurice Ravel's "Jeux d'eau", an arrangement of works by Fritz Kreisler titled "Ein Fritz-Kreislerfest", Sting's "Fragile", François Poulenc's "Elegie", Robert Schumann's "Carnival - Préambule", and Ludwig van Beethoven's "Piano Trio in D, Op. 70, No. 1".

The Music Department presented a performance by the Trio of New York City at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The trio performed Ludwig van Beethoven's "Trio in B-flat Major for Clarinet, Bassoon, and Piano, Op. 2", François Poulenc's "Trio for Clarinet, Bassoon, and Piano", Robert Wellington Pound's "When We Three Meet", Henri Dutilleux's "Sarabande et Cortege for Bassoon and Piano", Joseph Horovitz's "Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano", and Mikhail Flinka's "Trio Pathetique in d minor for Clarinet, Bassoon, and Piano".

The Music Department presented a Christopher Roberts Concert by mezzo-soprano Lynn Helding and pianist Jennifer Blyth at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The duo performed George Frideric Handel's "Presti omai"; Christoph von Gluck's "Ombra mai fu" and "Che faró senza Euridice"; Henry Purcell's "Nymphs and Shepherds", "Music for Awhile", "Ah, Belinda, I am prest", and "When I am Laid in Earth"; Ned Rorem's "Absalom"; William Schuman's "Orpheus with his Lute"; and Elizabeth Vercoe's Irreveries from Sappho.

The Music Department presented a faculty chamber music recital featuring violinist Jonathan Graber, cellist Michal Schmidt, and pianist Jennifer Blyth at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The program included Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata in G, Op. 30, No. 3", Charles E. Ives' "Largo", pieces from Kurt Weill's "The Three Penny Opera" (arr. S. Frenkel), Robert Wellington Pound's "Music for Strings", and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Piano Quarter in E-flat, K. 478".

The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  Faculty performed selections from Kurt Weill's "Three Penny Opera" (arr. Stefan Frenkel), Franz Strauss' "Nocturno", Manuel M. Ponce's "Sonatina meridional", the traditional folk song "He's Gone Away" (arr. Jake Heggie), Marc Blitzstein's "I Wish It So", Paul JeanJean's "Arabesques", G. Popp's "La Chasse Galop Brillant, Op. 250, No. 1", John Dowland's "Sweet, Stay Awhile", Frédéric Chopin's "Etude, Op. 25, No. 7", and David Popper's "Hungarian Rhapsodie, Op. 68".

The Music Department presented "Chamber Music for Winds and Strings" at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The program included Rebecca Clarke's "Duo for viola and clarinet", Rezso Kokai's "Quartettino", and Alfredo Casella's "Serenata".