Faculty Recital Features New Works, Instrumental and Vocal Classics

From Connie Lester, Redfern: The Department of Music faculty will present a spring recital featuring a variety of vocal and instrumental works on Friday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Recital Hall.

Bach’s Wir eilen mit schwachen from Cantata Number 78, Selections from Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi, Sound the Trumpet by Henry Purcell, and Pie Jesu by Andrew Lloyd Webber will be performed, featuring Diane Cushing (soprano) and Pamela Stevens (mezzo soprano), accompanied by Maura Glennon. Scott White will play Felix Mendelssohn’s Organ Sonata Number 1. A newer work by Keene State Professor Emeritus William Pardus, Four Songs of the Coast, will feature Diane Cushing (soprano) and George Loring (piano). This will be the New Hampshire premiere of this work.

Pierre Sancan’s Sonatine, featuring Maura Glennon (piano) and Robin Matathias (flute), also will be performed. Josè Lezcano will perform Wainscott Pond by Toru Takemitsu, Num Pagode em Planaltina by Marco Pereira, and Sevilla by Isaac Albeniz. For tickets, please call the box office, 8-2168.