Musicians of Ma’alwyck will present “Moonstruck," a program of 20th century works by composers Arnold Schoenberg, Hilary Tann and Richard Strauss, Saturday, March 1 at 8 p.m. in the Fred L. Emerson Foundation Auditorium in the Taylor Music Center.
Scored for soprano and chamber ensemble, “Moonstruck” includes Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire,” Tann's “Nothing Forgotten” and Strauss' “Four Last Songs.” Tann is the John Howard Payne Professor of Music at Union.
Musicians of Ma’alwyck was formed in 1999 by Director Ann-Marie Barker Schwartz. The group commissioned a chamber ensemble arrangement by transcriber and Bruckner scholar William Carragan; the first-ever performances will be directed by Lanfranco Marcelletti.
Performers include Gene Marie Callahan Kern, soprano; Todd Sisley, piano; Norman Thibodeau, flute; Pavel Vinnitsky, clarinet; Matthew Johnson, viola; Petia Kassarova, violoncello; and Schwartz, violin.
Tickets are $20 for general admission and free with a Union ID. To reserve tickets, contact (518) 388-6785.
The concerts are made possible in part through funding from COMMUNITY ART$GRANTS, a program supported through the State and Local Partnership Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, and The Arts Center of the Capital Region.
In residence at the Schuyler Mansion and Schenectady County Community College, Musicians of Ma’alwyck performs regularly with concert series in upstate New York and presents programs specializing in the music of the 18th and 19th centuries.
For more information, visit: http://www.musiciansofmaalwyck.org.