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Ross Harbaugh of the popular Bergonzi String Quartet, winner of the prestigious Naumberg Award and renowned jazz and classical pianist, Paul Posnak blend their extraordinary talents to open the season. Harbaugh, formerly of Harvard University has performed in many of the worlds’s major venues. Harbaugh and Posnak are both distinguished professors at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami, Coral Gables. Posnak’s international career as a concert pianist began as a child prodigy with a full scholarship to The Juilliard School at the age of eight. Posnak’s reconstructions, transcriptions and improvisations of the famous George Gershwin and ‘Fats’ Waller taken from the old recordings and radio broadcasts have established him as a world authority.
Ross Harbaugh’s distinguished teachers include Janos Starker, Leonard Rose and Peter Howard in the United States. He undertook study with the distinguished Juilliard Quartet and while at the Paris Conservatory he studied with Andre Navarra. As cellist of the renowned Bergonzi String Quartet the ensemble has become one of South Florida’s most important cultural assets playing worldwide.
Paul Posnak has worked with world renowned musicians and is highly acclaimed as collaborative artist and has performed with many of the world’s leading chamber ensembles including the Emerson, Fine Arts, Amernet, Portland and Bergonzi String Quartet.
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata in F major for Cello and Piano, Op. 5 No. 1
Adagio Sostenuto; Allegro
Allegro Vivace
Frederic Chopin
Pollonaise Brilliante for Cello and Piano, Op. 3
Introduction: Lento
Alla Polacca: Allegro con spirito
Intermission
Camille Saint-Saens
Le Cygne (The Swan)
Ernesto Lecuona
Andalucia (from the suite, Andalucia)
Heitor Villa-Lobos
O Canto Do Cysne Negro
Johannes Brahms
Sonata in F Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 99
Allegro Vivace
Adagio Affetuoso
Allegro passionato
Allegro molto
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Tickets: $35 General, $30 Senior, $10 Students (with ID)
Ross Harbaugh, cello - Paul Posnak, piano - Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 7:30 pm
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Tickets available for online purchase until 9 am concert day. Tickets purchased on-line within 6 days of the concert will be available at the "Will Call" desk one hour before concert on performance day. Tickets can be purchased at the box office on concert day with cash, check, mastercard or visa. Seats are Non-Reserved.
Please note: a handling fee of $2.00 will be added to your total at check out. Tickets must be purchased more than 7 days prior to concert in order to be mailed to you, otherwise they will be available at the 'will call' one hour before concert.
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*Student ticket orders will be processed ONLY after a valid student ID is faxed to Sunday Afternoons of Music 305/271-0926. Students must be full time and not older than 22 years of age. Tickets purchased on-line within 6 days of the concert will be available at the Gusman Hall 'Will Call' desk which opens on performance day one hour before the show. Tickets can be purchased at the box office on concert day with cash, check, mastercard or visa. |
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(Artists and Dates Subject to Change Without Notice) |
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ADULT SERIES
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Ross Harbaugh, cello
Paul Posnak, piano
Saturday, September 10, 2011
7:30 pm
Ray Chen, violin
Julio Elizalde, piano
Saturday, December 10, 2011
7:30 pm
Elizabeth Caballero, soprano
Elaine Rinaldi, piano
Sunday, December 18, 2011
7:30 pm
David Finckel, cello
Wu Han, piano
Saturday, January 7, 2012
7:30 pm
Miro String Quartet
Sunday, February 12, 2012
4:00 pm
Simon Trpceski, piano
Saturday, February 25, 2012
7:30 pm
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Sunday, March 25, 2012
4:00 pm
Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, violin
Julio Elizalde, piano
Saturday, May 19, 2012
7:30 pm |
SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS
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