Faculty Artist Series: Celebration of American Composer Samuel Barber
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
The University of Houston presents A Celebration of American Composer Samuel Barber, with Moores School of Music faculty performing some of his most beloved scores, including the romantic Dover Beach for voice and string quartet, the delightful Souvenirs for piano four-hands, the nostalgic Knoxville: Summer of 1915, and the String Quartet, with its famous Adagio for Strings. Introduced by UH musicologist Howard Pollack, author of Samuel Barber: His Life and Legacy.
PROGRAM:
Dover Beach, Op. 3 for Medium Voice and String Quartet (to the poem by Matthew Arnold) (1931)
Timothy Jones, baritone
Mann-Wen Lo, violin
Kirsten Yon, violin
Amber Archibald-Sešek, viola
Eunghee Cho, cello
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, Op. 6 (1932)
Eunghee Cho, cello
Timothy Hester, piano
Souvenirs, Suite for Piano Four-Hands, Op. 28 (1952)
Timothy Hester & Todd Van Kekerix, pianists
Intermission
Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 28 (1948)
Cynthia Clayton, soprano
Timothy Hester, piano
Canzone for Flute and Piano, Op. 38a (1961)
Aralee Dorough, flute
Timothy Hester, piano
String Quartet in B-flat Minor, Op. 11 (1936)
Kirsten Yon, violin
Mann-Wen Lo, violin
Amber Archibald-Sešek, viola
Eunghee Cho, cello
- Location
- Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center
- Cost
- Tickets are sold through the Hobby Center’s box office!
- Contact
- msmprog@central.uh.edu