BREVARD MUSIC CENTER | OVERTURE
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 7:30 PM
SPONSOR Donna Lohr
PORTER CENTER AT BREVARD COLLEGE BILL PREUCIL AND FRIENDS FAURÉ (1845-1924)
Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13 Allegro molto Andante Allegro vivo Allegro quasi presto William Preucil, violin Kayoko Miyazawa*, piano
INTERMISSION
BRAHMS (1833-1897)
*BMC student + guest performer
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 Allegro non troppo Andante, un poco adagio Scherzo. Allegro Finale. Poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo Presto, non tropppo William Preucil, violin Jason Posnock, violin Scott Rawls, viola Jonathan Spitz, cello Bruce Murray+, piano
– BMC Alumnus
Guest Performer Bruce Murray is no stranger to Brevard audiences. Currently Professor of Music and Chair of the Department of Music at Miami University, Dr. Murray served as Dean and Artistic Administrator of the Brevard Music Center from 2003 to 2012. He is an active recitalist, known especially for his performances of Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, and new music. He has performed Bach’s Goldberg Variations some fifty times on three continents. Murray’s repertoire of concertos includes more than forty works for piano and orchestra. The list of conductors with whom he has performed includes Keith Lockhart, Matthias Bamert, Shinik Hahm, David Effron, Louis Lane, Anshel Brusilow, and Paul Polivnick. Murray has played chamber music and recitals with many important musicians of our time, including Frederica von Stade, Roberto Diaz, Elmar Oliveira, Ransom Wilson, Michael Thompson, Carol Wincenc, Andres Cardenes, Marianne Gedigian, Gail Williams, Øystein Baadsvik, Andres Diaz, Jeffrey Nelsen, the Audubon Quartet, and Miles Hoffman. Murray and violinist William Preucil presented recital series at the Brevard Music Center that included all of the violin/piano sonatas of Beethven and Brahms. During his twenty-year tenure with the renowned Cadek Trio, Murray performed virtually the entire repertoire of music for piano, violin, and cello. Bruce Murray is a Steinway Artist.
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