Westminster Organ Concert
Series
Westminster Presbyterian Church
190 Rugby Road
Charlottesville, Virginia
Friday, February 8, 2002 at 8:00 P. M.
James Kluesner & Nick Harvey, trumpet
Dwight Purvis, french horn
Robert Graham, trombone
Bruce Penner, percussion
Linda Hanson, organ
Program
| Gaudeamus! (1973) | Richard Proulx (b. 1937) |
| Sonata Pian e Forte | Giovanni Gabrielli (1557-1612) |
Sinfonia con trombaAllegro |
Giuseppe Torelli (c. 1651-1709) |
| Canzon Pian e Forte a 8 | Giovanni Battista Grillo (?-1622) |
| Andante from the Reformation Symphony | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) |
| My Spirit be Joyful | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. E. Power Biggs |
| Antiphon (1989) | David Conte (b. 1955) |
Intermission
| Fanfare | Jeremiah Clarke (1673-1707) |
| Canzon Seconda (1606) | Antonio Troilo (dates unknown) |
| Allegro from Sonatina (1984) | Bryan Kelly (b.1934) |
| Canzon Primi Toni | Giovanni Gabrielli |
| Alleluia! | Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591) |
| Aria James Kluesner, trumpet |
Jean Rivier (1896-1987) |
| Fantasia 1. 2. Almand 3. Ayre |
John Hingeston (c.1610-1683) |
| El Son en Cuba No Muere (2002) | Bruce Penner |
| Overture from Water Music | George F. Handel |
The Artists
Nicholas Harvey (trumpet) is a music
industry major at James Madison University. After graduating, he plans on
working in music production. |
Robert Graham (trombone) graduated
with high honors from Indiana University and has served on the faculty at
Pittsburg (Kansas) State University, Louisiana State University, and the
University of Virginia. He has performed with several American orchestras.
|
Dwight Purvis (French horn) received
music degrees from the Universityof Kansas and The Florida State University.
He performs with the Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra, the
Albemarle Ensemble, and the Virginia Brass Quintet, and he conducts the U. Va.
Wind Ensemble and Brass Ensemble. |
James Kluesner (trumpet) is
Professor of Trumpet and Instrumental Area Coordinator at the James Madison
University School of Music. He has degrees from the University of Iowa and
Northwestern University and is a recipient of the Carl Harder Distinguished
Teacher Award. He is currently a member of the Madison Brass Quintet and the
Skyline Brass Ensemble. Mr. Kluesner formerly taught at institutions in
Minnesota and Germany. |
Bruce Penner (percussion) received
college degrees in music as a performer, educator and composer in Kansas and
Buffalo, N. Y., then came to Charlottesville, where he has studied music of
West African, Caribbean and South Asian cultures. |
Linda Hanson (organ) is Minister of
Music at Westminster Presbyterian Church and Music Director of the Organ Concert Series.
She holds music degrees from Boston University and is a Colleague of the
American Guild of Organists and past dean of the Charlottesville/Albemarle
chapter. |
The concert is free and open to the public. Ample parking is available behind the church, and the sanctuary is wheelchair-accessible. For more information, please contact Linda Hanson at (434) 963-4690. |