Lost in Plain Sight: Gaspar Cassadó’s Iberian Legacy

Lost in Plain Sight: Gaspar Cassadó’s Iberian Legacy

Featuring chamber players from the Appalachian Chamber Music Festival. An exploration of the work of Spanish Catalan cellist and composer Gaspar Cassadó (1897-1966). As part of a research project to recover his legacy while examining what could be identified or understood as a “Spanish sound” in 20^th century classical music, the recital presents a combination of lecture and performance, where the audience is invited to learn about the life and work of Cassadó in conversation with the work of other composers.

Co-sponsored by the Dean of the Conservatory, Hispanic Studies, and the First-Year Seminar Program.

Guest Artists & Speaker:

Domenic Salerni, Rachelle Hunt, violin

Danielle Wiebe Burke, viola

Katie Tertell, cello

Dr. H Rosi Song, speaker

Program:

Gaspar Cassadó String Quartet No. 2 in G Major

Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F Major

Gaspar Cassadó String Quartet No. 1 in F Minor

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Conservatory visitors are asked to enter the complex through either Bibbins Hall’s east entrance (off College Place, across from the Oberlin College Bookstore) or the Conservatory Lounge’s west entrance (off S. Professor St., adjacent to the Conservatory Pond). All other entrances will be closed to the public