Early Twentieth-Century Austrian and German Music Featured in Oberlin Conservatory Chamber Concert Nov. 3 By Charity Johnson ('99)
			The music of Alban Berg, Arnold Schönberg and Kurt Weill will be among the works featured in a program highlighting early twentieth-century Austrian and German music Friday, Nov. 3, at 8:30 p.m. in Kulas Recital Hall. The chamber concert, which is free and open to the public, showcases Oberlin Conservatory faculty Professor of Accompanying Philip Highfill, Associate Professor of Singing Lorraine Manz, Professor of Viola Peter Slowik, Assistant Professor of Pianoforte Haewon Song, and Professor of Pianoforte Peter Takács. Also on the program are Conservatory artist diploma soprano Zara Barrett '01, of Chelmer, Australia, pianist David Hughes (BM '02), of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Singaporean violinist Lee-Chin Siow (AD '95). The program for the concert includes Berg's Vier Lieder, Op. 2; Schönberg's Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 11; Anton Webern's Vier Stücke, Op. 7; Paul Hindemith's Trauermusik and several of Weill's cabaret songs. The concert is presented in conjunction with Oberlin College's ninth annual Harold Jantz Memorial Lecture. Marc A. Weiner, professor of Germanic Studies at Indiana University, will deliver a free public address titled "Why Does Hollywood Like Opera? German Cultural History and Modern American Practice." The lecture takes place prior to the concert, at 4 p.m., in Room 106 of the King Building. The Jantz endowed lectureship, established in 1988, honors Harold Jantz, '29 and supports lectures and symposia in the fields of German literature, German and American literary relations, art and art history.
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