SCHUBERTIADE 225 A Chamber Concert Celebrating Franz Schubert's 225th Birthday Anniversary - NAU | Continuing Education

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    SCHUBERTIADE 225
      A Chamber Concert Celebrating
Franz Schubert’s 225th Birthday Anniversary

             Monday, March 7, 2022
            7:30 pm, Kitt Recital Hall

Program

Fantasie in F Minor for Piano Four-Hands, D. 940, Op. 103                       Franz Schubert
     Allegro molto moderato – Largo –                                             (1797-1828)
     Allegro vivace – Tempo I

                  Rita Borden & Silvan Negruțiu, piano four-hands

Fantasie in C Major for Violin and Piano, D. 934, Op. posth. 159
     Andante molto – Allegretto – Andantino –
     Tempo I – Allegro vivace – Allegretto – Presto

                                  Steven Moeckel, violin
                                  Silvan Negruțiu, piano

                                       ~Intermission~

Die Forelle, D. 550, Op. 32

                                Christine Graham, soprano
                                 Silvan Negruțiu, piano

Quintet in A Major for Piano and Strings, D. 667, Op. posth. 114, “Trout”
    I. Allegro vivace
    II. Andante
    III. Scherzo. Presto
    IV. Andantino – Allegretto
    V. Allegro giusto

                                 Steven Moeckel, violin
                               Jacquelyn Schwandt, viola
                                 Mary Ann Ramos, cello
                              Christopher Finet, double bass
                                 Silvan Negruțiu, piano

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Text and Translation

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Die Forelle                               The Trout
Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart       Translation: Emily Ezust
(1739-1791)

In einem Bächlein helle,                  In a bright little brook
Da schoß in froher Eil                    there shot in merry haste
Die launische Forelle                     a capricious trout:
Vorüber, wie ein Pfeil:                   past it shot like an arrow.
Ich stand an dem Gestade,                 I stood upon the shore
Und sah’ in süsser Ruh                    and watched in sweet peace
Des muntern Fischleins Bade               the cheery little fish’s bath
Im klaren Bächlein zu.                    in the clear little brook.

Ein Fischer mit der Ruthe                 A fisher with his rod
Wol an dem Ufer stand,                    stood at the water-side,
Und sah’s mit kaltem Blute                and watched with cold blood
Wie sich das Fischlein wand.              as the fish swam about.
So lang dem Wasser Helle,                 So long as the clearness of the water
So dacht’ ich, nicht gebricht,            remained intact, I thought,
So fängt er die Forelle                   he would not be able to capture the trout
Mit seiner Angel nicht.                   with his fishing rod.

Doch endlich ward dem Diebe               But finally the thief grew weary
Die Zeit zu lang; er macht                of waiting. He stirred up
Das Bächlein tückisch trübe:              the brook and made it muddy,
Und eh’ ich es gedacht,                   and before I realized it,
So zuckte seine Ruthe;                    his fishing rod was twitching:
Das Fischlein zappelt dran;               the fish was squirming there,
Und ich, mit regem Blute,                 and with raging blood I
Sah die Betrogne an.                      gazed at the deceived [fish].

Artist Profiles
Pianist RITA BORDEN has distinguished herself as a versatile collaborative pianist
performing orchestral, vocal, and chamber music concerts throughout the country.
She appeared on the Chamber Music Sedona series with the Colorado and Pacifica
quartets and has performed with the San Diego Symphony, Pacific Symphony and
Flagstaff Symphony Orchestras. Ms. Borden recently retired from Northern Arizona
University after twenty-six years on the School of Music faculty. During that time
she taught piano, accompanying and chamber music and was an active performer on
campus as well as serving as the coordinator of the Faculty Chamber Music Series. Ms.
Borden has over forty years of experience in all areas of the collaborative piano field,
including a ten year post as staff accompanist at California State University-Fullerton.
She earned a Master of Music in Accompanying from the University of Southern
California where she studied with Gwendolyn Koldofsky, Brooks Smith and Malcolm
Hamilton.

Double bassist CHRISTOPHER FINET is Associate Professor of Practice in Bass
and Jazz Studies at NAU’s Kitt School of Music. He is active as a performer and
educator throughout Arizona and nationally in a variety of musical settings including
orchestra, chamber music, solo, jazz, theater, and commercial music. Chris is the
principal bassist of the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra and has held positions with
orchestras such as Chamber Orchestra of New York, Philharmonic Orchestra of the
Americas, and others. As a jazz bassist he is in demand to perform with the region’s
top jazz artists and is often called to perform with national touring artists such as Dave
Douglas, David Liebman, Flora Purim, Jane Monheit, Houston Person, Lewis Nash,
and many others. Chris has appeared as a featured soloist with the Flagstaff Symphony
Orchestra, North Valley Symphony, and the NAU Symphony. He is a graduate of
NAU (BM), and The Manhattan School of Music (MM).

A native of Tucson, Arizona, soprano CHRISTINE GRAHAM sang in Germany
for the better part of two decades -- her first performance being Mozart’s Mass in C
Minor and her most recent being Ariel in Henry Purcell’s The Tempest. In between,
she gained a reputation as an interpreter of music from the 20th and 21st centuries,
including lead roles in Peter Eötvös’ Love and Other Demons, Helmut Lachenmann’s
Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (Little Match Girl), and Stravinsky’s The
Rake’s Progress. She also performs standard coloratura repertoire, such as Zerbinetta in
Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, Mozart’s Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute,
and Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto. She holds a Master of Music in Vocal Performance
from the University of Washington in Seattle, and a Bachelor of Music from Northern
Arizona University, where she returned to join the faculty in 2016, collaborating often
with her colleagues in numerous recitals.

Violinist STEVEN MOECKEL has appeared as concerto soloist with orchestras
throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia, as chamber musician and recitalist
with Leon Fleisher and Menahem Pressler at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, and in
concerts with William Wolfram. He performed at the Sewanee, Sunriver, and
Colorado College Music Festivals. Moeckel has toured Europe and the Americas with
his longtime partner pianist Paula Fan, and performed the complete cycle of the ten
Beethoven Sonatas three times to critical acclaim. Together they have recorded three
albums. His most recent album with Indiana University pianist, Joanna Goldstein,
celebrates the works of women composers during the time of Suffrage. A laureate of
the Sibelius International Violin Competition, Steven Moeckel is Associate Professor
of Violin at Northern Arizona University, and Concertmaster of the Santa Fe Opera
and the Phoenix Symphony. He performs on a violin crafted c. 1840 by the celebrated
French maker, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume.

Pianist SILVAN NEGRUŢIU has performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington
D.C., Ireland’s National Concert Hall, the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, Xi’an
Concert Hall in China, Showa Recital Hall in Tokyo, and as soloist with orchestras
such as Alicante Philharmonic, Dublin Symphony, George Enescu Philharmonic,
and the Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra. He has won top prizes in many
international piano competitions, including the Rome, Feis Ceoil, Seiler, Konzerteum,
and Salerno. His recent albums released by Centaur Records, “Bagatelles” (2021)
and “Carl Roskott: Works for Violin” (2018) in collaboration with violinist Akemi
Takayama, have garnered rave reviews and a Silver Medal from Global Music Awards.
He holds degrees from Shenandoah Conservatory (D.M.A.), the Royal Irish Academy
of Music and Dublin City University (M.M.), and the Romanian National University
of Music (B.M.). Silvan Negruțiu serves as Director of Piano Studies and Associate
Professor of Piano at Northern Arizona University.

Cellist MARY ANN RAMOS has been on faculty at Northern Arizona University
since the Fall of 2010. She has performed extensively throughout North America,
including an invited solo performance at the State Department, hosted by Joe Biden
and Hillary Clinton, in honor of the President of Mexico’s visit to Washington D.C.
Dr. Ramos holds prizes in various competitions, including the Mexican National
Cello Competition, and the Music Teachers National Association. Dr. Ramos has
been involved with the Sphinx Organization for over 20 years, as a semi-finalist of
the Sphinx Competition Junior & Senior Divisions, and as a continuing member of
the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, performing in such venues as Carnegie Hall & the
Kennedy Center. Since 2011, she has been on faculty at the Sphinx Performance
Academy, a full scholarship intensive summer music program with a focus on cultural
diversity, for young musicians age 11-17. Dr. Ramos completed her Bachelor’s degree
at New England Conservatory as a student of Laurence Lesser, her Master’s degree
at Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Richard Aaron, and her Doctorate at
University of Michigan as a student of Anthony Elliott.

Violist JACQUELYN SCHWANDT enjoys a varied career as a teacher, chamber
musician, orchestral musician and recitalist. She currently serves as Associate Professor
of Viola and String Area Coordinator at Northern Arizona University, Principal Viola
with the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, and is on the string faculty of the NAU
Academy for Music and Dance. She has taught at music camps and master classes
both domestically and abroad, has been a featured soloist with several orchestras
including the Flagstaff Symphony, the Newport Symphony in Oregon, and the Musica
Sacra Chamber Orchestra in Denver, Colorado, where the Denver Post praised her
“smooth, warm tone.” She has served as violist with symphony orchestras across the
US and Europe, participated in several orchestral and chamber music festivals and
has completed recital tours to Taiwan and Spain. Dr. Schwandt holds degrees from
the University of Oregon (DMA), Wichita State University (MM), and Southern
Methodist University (BM).