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All events are free unless otherwise noted
Saturday, October 16 (Prelude Events)
9:00AM — 5:00PM
American Musicological Society — Capital Chapter, Fall 2010 Meeting
Location: Leah M. Smith Lecture Hall
7:00PM
Film Presentation: Schumann's Ghost Writers
An examination into the alter-egos of the composer, including the complete screening of The Schumann Encounter (starring Sir Roger Norrington and Simon Callow)
Presented by John C. Tibbetts (University of Kansas)
Location: Leah M. Smith Lecture Hall
Monday, October 18 (Prelude Event)
8:00PM
Prelude: An Evening of Schumann Works
UM students perform a selection of Schumann's vocal, piano and chamber works.
Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Tuesday, October 19: Official Start of the Festivities
9:00AM
Paper Session: Schumann's Songs and Piano Works
Chair: Charles Timbrell (Howard University)
Papers presented by musicology graduate students and invited guests.
Location: Leah M. Smith Lecture Hall
12:30PM
All-Schumann Noon Recital
UM students perform a selection of Schumann's vocal, piano, and chamber works
Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall
2:30PM
Panel Discussion: Schumann and His Poets
Chair: Peter Beicken (University of Maryland)
Panelists include François Loup, Eric Zakim, and Delores Ziegler
Location: Leah M. Smith Lecture Hall
7:00PM
Pre-Concert Lecture: How to Listen to Schumann's Music
Presented by UM Professor of Composition Lawrence Moss
Location: Leah M. Smith Lecture Hall
8:00PM
Celebrating the Chamber Music of Robert Schumann
A showcase of Schumann's instrumental chamber works by UM faculty artists Larissa Dedova, Mikhail Volchok, Katherine Murdock, Paul Cigan and friends and members of the Left Bank Quartet
Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall
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Wednesday, October 20
9:00AM
Papers on Schumann Topics, Session I
Monica Soto-Gil, mezzo-soprano
Rebecca Smith, harp
Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall
1:00PM
Panel Discussion: Schumann and the Piano Concerto
Chair: Claudia Macdonald (Oberlin College)
Panelists: Leon Plantinga, Nancy Reich, Charles Timbrell
Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall
2:00PM
Panel Discussion: Clara as Promoter of Robert's Music
Chair: Nancy Reich (Independent Scholar)
Panelists: Claudia Macdonald, Bonny H. Miller, Charles Timbrell
Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall
3:30PM
Masterclass: Schumann's Songs
Led by Professors Rita Sloan (UM Piano Division) and Delores Ziegler (UM Voice Division)
Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall
5:30PM
Open Rehearsal: The Guarneri String Quartet & Friends Bradford Gowen (UM Piano Division) joins members of the legendary and now-retired Guarneri String Quartet in a rehearsal of Schumann�s Piano Quintet, Op. 44.
Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall
8:00PM
Charles Rosen & Christoph Genz: Dichterliebe & Fantasy, op. 17
Noted pianist-scholar Charles Rosen performs Schumann�s Intermezzo from the Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Viennese Carnival Pranks), the original version of the Fantasie in C major, and is joined by acclaimed German tenor Christoph Genz in the second half of the program for a performance of Schumann�s best-known song cycle, Dichterliebe, also in its seldom-heard original version
Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall
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Thursday, October 21
9:00AM
Papers on Schumann Topics, Session II
Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall
11:00AM
Talk by Pianist-Scholar Charles Rosen
Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall
12:45PM
All-Schumann Noon Recital
UM students perform a selection of Schumann's vocal, piano, and chamber works
Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall
3:00PM
Panel Discussion: Schumann's Piano Music
Chair: Charles Timbrell (Howard University)
Panelists: Claudia Macdonald, Donald Manildi, Leon Plantinga
Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall
4:00PM
Panel Discussion: Schumann as Critic
Chair: Leon Plantinga (Yale University)
Panelists: Jon Finson, Claudia Macdonald, Charles Timbrell
Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall
7:00PM
Pre-Concert Talk: Robert, Clara, Johannes — A Mutual Admiration Society
Presented by Suzanne Beicken (University of Maryland)
Location: Leah M. Smith Lecture Hall
8:00PM
UM Faculty Concert: For Love of Clara
The story of Robert and Clara Schumann and their friendship with Johannes Brahms told through letters, diaries and their music. Featuring Rita Sloan (piano), James Stern (violin), and Delores Ziegler (mezzo-soprano).
Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Friday, October 22
10:00AM
Panel Discussion: Schumann's Das Paradies und die Peri and other Choral and Orchestral Works
Chair: Jon W. Finson (UNC—Chapel Hill)
Panelists: Guest Conductor Paul Goodwin and UM faculty artists Edward Maclary and James Ross
Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall
1:00PM and 2:00PM - two chances to attend!
Presentation: Clara, her pupils, and other 'golden age' Schumann interpreters — Rarities from the International Piano Archives at Maryland
Presented by IPAM Curator, Donald Manildi
Location: Piano Room (outside Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library)
3:00PM
Presentation: Träumerei — Robert Schumann Meets Dr. Goebbels
Presented by John C. Tibbetts (University of Kansas). Tibbetts discusses clips from the forgotten, once controversial German film Träumerei (UFA studios, 1944), a biopic —never shown in the U.S. —dramatizing the story of Robert and Clara, which Goebbels pronounced a "work of art that brings nothing but pride to our war film productions. . . "
Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall
7:00PM
Pre-Concert Lecture: The Textual History and Personal Significance of the Peri
Presented by Jon W. Finson (UNC—Chapel Hill)
Location: Leah M. Smith Lecture Hall
8:00PM
UM Symphony Orchestra and UM Concert Choir: Paradise and the Peri
Closing words by School of Music Director, Robert Gibson followed by an evening gala concert of Schumann's Das Paradies und die Peri, featuring guest conductor Paul Goodwin, soprano Linda Mabbs, the UM Symphony Orchestra, University Concert Choir, and other soloists.
Location: Dekelboum Concert Hall
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