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Gregory Fulkerson and Robert Spano to Perform All-Brahms Concert, Sunday, October 10, 8:00 P.M., in Finney Chapel
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THE PROGRAM: Johannes Brahms: The Sonatas for Piano and Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 (1878-1880) • Vivace ma non troppo INTERVAL Sonata in A major, Op. 100 (1886-1887) • Allegro amabile Sonata in D minor, Op. 108 (1886-1889) • Allegro |
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Gregory
Fulkerson, professor of
violin, calls Sunday's concert with Robert
Spano, associate professor of
conducting, and music director of the Brooklyn
Philharmonic, an "intense
musical collaboration." The performance, which features the
Sonatas for Piano and Violin by Johannes Brahms, is slated
for 8 p.m. in Finney Chapel. It is free and open to the
public.
"Performing the three Brahms Sonatas for Piano and Violin in one evening with Robert Spano is the high point of my season," explains Gregory Fulkerson. "We began preparation in August in Brooklyn, New York, with a week of intense investigation and rehearsals. We rehearsed three hours a day. The process continued in Oberlin when Bob returned to rehearse the singers for the Fall opera production of Manon. This kind of intense musical collaboration between instrumental artist and conductor is very rare, and I treasure this opportunity to come face to face with Brahms at a level of depth one often only dreams of. Performing with Robert Spano is a complete joy."
Robert
Spano adds, "It's wonderful to explore all three sonatas
together because they're all different yet equal. They show
so many facets of Brahms' musical personality. To perform
them with Greg is particularly exciting because his approach
is so probing, thoughtful and insightful. He has a way of
sifting material so that you get to an axiom about the music
that works, that enlightens."
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