Saturday, September 11, 2010

Harp Performance!

Sunday, 2pm - September 12, 2010 - Smith Recital Hall

Free and open to the public

Guest Artists - UI School of Music
Atlantic Harp Duo
Elizabeth Jaxon and Marta Power Luce, harps

"A Narrated Concert on the Life of Chopin"
Featuring three transcriptions of music by Chopin, as well as music by composers who were personally significant to Chopin.

  • Frédéric ChopinPolonaise in G-sharp minor, Op. posthumous
  • Johann Nepomuk HummelTerzo Rondoletto
  • Karl OberthürMarch-Fantasy on themes from “Amadis”
  • François Adrien BoïeldieuSecond Duo in B-flat major
  • Frédéric ChopinPrelude “Raindrop,” Op. 28, No. 15
  • George Frederic HandelAllemande
  • Johann Sebastian BachPrelude and Fugue in C major
  • John ThomasSouvenir du Nord
  • Frédéric ChopinPrelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 45

The Atlantic Harp Duo consists of Marta Power Luce and Elizabeth Jaxon (UI alumna), both natives of the Great Lakes Region of the US. Based in Paris, France since 2006, they have been invited to perform the closing concert at the International Harp Festival in Katowice, Poland later this month (www.atlanticharpduo.com).

Smith Recital Hall
805 S. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL

www.music.illinois.edu

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