performance of this piece was in 1916 by Charles Draper (clarinet) and
Oscar Street (piano), to whom the piece was dedicated. It is highly
romantic and composed in three movements of contrasting styles. The
second movement is subtitled "Caoine," [keen] which is an Irish funeral
song characterized by wailing in lamentation of the dead.
STETSON UNIVERSITY
School of Music
Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto, based on a novel by Victor Hugo, tells
the story of a hunchback named Rigoletto and his beloved daughter
Gilda. Rigoletto loves his daughter more than anything else in the world
but must come to accept that she is in love with a man and he must
share her. Throughout the opera, Rigoletto learns harsh lessons in
humility, witnessing his own daughter's death at the end. Luigi Bassi,
an Italian composer and clarinetist, wrote his Fantasia da Concerto based
on contrasting themes and arias from Verdi's opera. The piece is
virtuosic in nature for both the pianist and the clarinetist, as it was quite
popular at the time to write pieces highlighting the performers' abilities
and the popular arias of the opera. As one might expect, the piece
captures both the beauty of Verdi's writing and the technical prowess of
the performer.
SENIOR RECITAL
Andy Hunt, clarinet
Studio of Lynn Musco
In collaboration with
Tammy Miller, piano
Saturday, November 23, 201 3 | 3:00 p.m,
Lee Chapel, Elizabeth Hall
STETSON
UNIVERSITY
School of Music
421 N. Woodland Blvd. Unit 8399 | DeLand, FL 32723
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