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Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Fort Worth, Texas • 123

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0 A Sunday March 31 1996 I Star-Telegrcnn I Section Page 5 1 410004K 4V Nittiei' 11 07 110' i i 04 VI 1144 de 11!) y'''''') Jr I i 1 I 0 imillh J4 6 0 4 I Hr4isi '''S ''141' t'llib 11111011441 '''-'-'4 -Zi ''8' i 2: 1 :4 44r" el i 4 The Tnkvn ctrino rhtArtet Foil Worth Star-Telegram No The Tokyo String Quartet ks A I 00mnmotomM 4" 4 alom0001 it 018110kil tm it --wc--- ''--Lb "61111 db- '''f' i 'r 1 --41 "1' 'IN N's i :2 4 '40 'yr 16-'-' I ist :1: i :1 'k 1 Si 4 'N i' 't l'' Z'1 'i 1' ''1' )'7301 i'''''VA' i 1 1 C' i f't 1 Fort Worth SW-Telegram fife CLASSICAL MUSIC Concentration is Schiff takes it one composer at a time EVENTS Clibum concert series features rising s'Wr in its stellar lineup Wayne Lee'Cay II- 46016-1(11 41111 I FORT WORTH STAR-TELE The Van CBI 1996-97 concert RAM Foundation's Uson will feature four medalists from past Van Cliburn International Piano Competitions as well as one of the hottest young stars on the operatic scene Bryn Terfel a 30-year-old Welsh bass-baritone will perform Oct 22 on the Cliburn's series of vocal recitals which draw some of the most renowned singers in the world Ter- fel made his Metropolitan Opera debut to front-page reviews in The New York Times in 1994 Kathleen Battle long established as one of today's great operatic voices will perform March 10 Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham will perform Jan 21 On the instrumental side pianist Martha Argerich will perform Oct 3 Last year the volcanic pianist was forced to cancel an appearance on the Cliburn series after an injury This year she will appear with renowned cellist Misha Maisky The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir under the leadership of Ton Koopman specializes in repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries The ensemble will perform Bach's monumental Minor Mass on Nov 12 part of the ensemble's North American debut tour Former Cliburn Competition medalists Andre-Michel Schub and Santiago Rodriguez (1981 gold and silver medalists respectively) will open the season with a duo piano recital Sept 17 The program will feature local percussionists Deborah Mashburn and Brad Wagner in Wayne 'G av Bryn Terfel a rare performance of Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion Radu Lupti gold medalist of the 1966 Cliburn Competition will perform Feb 11 Alexander Toradze silver medalist of the 1977 competition will perform April 8 The Tokyo String Quartet which will play with competitors in the Upcoming 10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition will be in recital Dec 3 Season-ticket holders will receive priority notice of tickets to the upcoming Cliburn Competition to be held May 23-June 8 1997 in Fort Worth as well as priority seating in the Nancy Lee and Perry Bass Performance Hall in downtown Fort Worth scheduled to open in 1998 Season tickets are available to the complete series of nine concerts the four vocal concerts or various combinations of the two 9 4 a 4 4 4 I 1 3 11 tl 3 0' 0 0 key Schumann will be Beethoven "The depth is similar in Beethoven and Schumann" he explains "I played lots of Beethoven as a student but was never happy You need to live you need maturity I lacked the depth of tone when I was younger" He will probably eventually perform the complete 32 sonatas of Beethoven "maybe when I'm 50" he says "Beethoven is a very tough nut to crack" There are many composers he is not interested in playing "Some might call it snobbishness" he says "Life is too short for second-rate composers I have no time for Rachmaninoff It's good but not great Even if I live very long I have to concentrate" What's beyond Beethoven? "Chopin is the greatest" Schiff says "I played much Chopin when I was younger But it's played too often and very very badly I seldom hear Chopin well-played and I wasn't happy with my own playing of Chopin I'm waiting to reach that phase" Pianist Andras Schiff Today: 2 pm at Ed Landreth Auditorium University Drive at West Cantey Street Texas Christian University Fort Worth Tickets: at the door Also: There is a free pre-concert "Cliburn Conversation" featuring author-pianist David Dubai at 1 pm at the Moudy Building Lecture Hall Room 141N across the street from Landreth Auditorium 1 Andras Schiff Pianist Andras By WAYNE LEE GAY FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM ianist Andras Schiff 42 likes to concentrate on one composer at a time First the Hungarian-born Schiff was known for his interpretations of JS Bach Later he explored Moiart Bartok Haydn and most recently Schubert I Now he's deep into Schumann and will present an all-Schumann recital today on the Cliburn Foundation series at Ed Landreth Auditoriorn In a recent interview he exi)lained his compulsion to focus on 'single composer "It's a thirst for deeper knowlIP 7 edge" he says "If I just play one Schubert sonata for instance I just brush the surface I learn a lot of music by a certain composer I get Ao know the works other than piano woks I read a lot I'm always thirsty to know the composer deep er and better" 1 Schumann who flourished at the 'frorit edge of German romanticism 511 the 1830s 1840s and 1850s before dying in an insane asylum is for the next logical step after Though the two never kiltfw each other and Schumann still in his teens when Schubert Schubert became one of Scliumann's most admired models "Of all the composers Schu- I mann had the liveliest imagination an sense of fantasy" Schiff says "A performer of Schumann's music mt also have that You must have vision of colors and characters You haie to use your imagination He wai the most literary of all the compors and his music is really poetry 1 IITSo CLCHI I 1 Andras Schiff I Conce 1-xt A la a LIOD 3 q1141Z' tall' :0 it113 4-1 LI 4 rzt 1 tS1 4 1:1114 (Grac ND 4) :1 1 translated to the keyboard" Schumann was als9 deeply aware of his own dual personality which he characterized in his writings and music as Eusebius and Florestan the former lyrical and harmonic the latter active and sometimes angry "The dual personality is in every human being" Schiff says "But few are so conscious of it as was Schumann It's in every piece he wrote" In his Fort Worth recital Schiff will present a mix of well-known and lesser-known works "Some of his works are universally loved others are not" Schiff says "I don't know why So I like to make a case for some lesser-known Schumann" The Blumenstuck for instance is rarely performed And the version he will use of the more well-known Davidsbundlertanze of the League of is a rarely performed early edition that Schiff discovered in a library in Vienna complete with penciled-in markings of Schumann and Brahms "It differs drastically from the second edition" Schiff says "There are many fewer repeats In the second edition everything is played twice That robs the music of the constant element of surprise which is one of Schumann's greatest elements Schumann reworked many of his works and I don't know why Sometimes it's better to go with the first version more fresh and revolutionary" Schiff already knows that his next area of concentration after Fort Worth Star-Telegram file Prices are Tickets are available through Central Ticket Office 335-9000 or (800) All concerts area 8 011114 Ed Landreth A udito0umatTf xas Christian University unI4-ssi otherwise noted: Sept 17: Andre-MichcliSehub and Santiago Rodriguez dunpiano recital L) rtirtlinA Oct 3: Martha ArgerichifplAno and Misha Maisky cello Ja Oct 22: Bryn Terfel baritone and Malcolm Martineau piano Nov12: Ton Koopman with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir At Broadway Baptist Church Fort Worth Dec 3: Tokyo String Quartet Jan 21 1997: Susan Graham mezzo-soprano Feb11: Radu Lupu pianist March 10: Kathleen Battle so- prano At Morton Meyerson' Symphony Center Dallas April 8: Alexander Toradze piano CONVENTION CENTER TO BUVITICKETS TARRANT COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER BOX OFFICE (no senate Charge) All ft-cPZ-ioL outlets including Foley's Blockbuster Music and Torn Thumb Irervice chow of $1 60 per MAO INFO PHONE CHARGE (214) 647-5700 (metro) (214) 373-8000 fmvice charge PI $190 per RAM $7 60 maximum per 00 service charge per ticket on oil Rinks Seat mden) AU VATS lirsrmirn PRICE matiors TAX $850 $1250 $1650 Special RINKSIDE SEATS Available Call Box Office For Deialls Immo ALSO APPEARING: itim APR 9 10 ra reunion arena ER rnoN charge) ing ic and per ticket) GE nnthnum on all Es TAX SO liable 1 a 6 777: 0 IS 5 IF i 0 well ()) RID( NI ICE I 1 rt 1 sat ei tag fro INV ALL ifLif 1 NEW! 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