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Date

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 7:00PM

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Presented by Moores School of Music, University of Houston

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.

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

Summer Music for Wind Quintet, Op. 31 (1956)

Aralee Dorough, flute
Jonathan Fischer, oboe
Sasha Potiomkin, clarinet
Elise Wagner, bassoon
Robert Johnson, French horn

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