Concert Program
Faculty Recital Series
VIENNA CONNECTION
Schubert Kurtag-Schubert Webern-Schubert
Mathias Tacke, Violin & William Koehler, Piano
Friday, October 4th, 2024, 7pm
NIU School of Music Recital Hall
Not directly related to espionage or spy-games, this musical program nevertheless wants to reveal hidden and not so hidden musical connections. The main points of references are three very different sonatinas (small sonatas), composed in the span of just two months by the 19-year-old Franz Schubert in Vienna in 1816. Almost a century later, another young and Native Viennese composer, Anton Webern, wrote his expressive and highly condensed Four Pieces for Violin and Piano. Yet another half century later, in 1979, György Kurtag, greatly inspired by Schubert and Webern, composed his Three Pezzi for Violin and Piano. These two sets of musical aphorisms (Kurtag and Webern) build dramatic segue ways, magically connecting Schubert with Schubert.
*Lower left photo of Kurtag at piano originally appeared https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/arts/music/gyorgy-kurtag-opera.html.
Concert Program
Program
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Sonatina in D-major for Violin and Piano D 384 |
Franz Schubert, 1797 – 1828 |
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Tre Pezzi for Violin and Piano Op. 14e |
György Kurtag. *1926 |
| Sonatina in A-minor for Violin and Piano D 305 1. Allegro moderato 2. Andante 3. Menuetto: Allegro 4. Allegro |
Franz Schubert |
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Four Pieces for Violin and Piano Op. 7 |
Anton Webern, 1883 – 1945 |
| Sonatina in G-minor for Violin and Piano D 408 1. Allegro giusto 2. Andante 3. Menuetto: Allegro vivace 4. Allegro moderato |
Franz Schubert |
William Koehler Bio
William Koehler, a native of Houston, is Professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois University, where he taught piano from 1985 to 2014. He studied with Moreland Roller, Adele Marcus, and William Race, and his awards include first prizes in the 1984 San Antonio International Keyboard Competition and the 1989 New Orleans International Piano Competition. Koehler received his D.M.A. degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1986.
An active performer of chamber music, he appears on Cedille, Canti Classics, and Centaur releases, and has performed with the Vermeer, Prague, Pro Arte, Arianna, and Avalon string quartets. A recipient of an Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award from NIU in 2001, Koehler is a past president of the Waubonsee Valley chapter of the Illinois State Music Teachers Association.
Mathias Tacke Bio
Mathias Tacke, professor of violin and chamber music, is originally from Bremen, Germany. He was the second violinist of the acclaimed Vermeer Quartet from 1992 until 2007. His musical affiliations in Chicago have included Camerata Chicago, Fulcrum Point New Music Project, Chicago Philharmonic, Chicago Chamber Musicians, Chicago Ensemble and Bach Week Festival.
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