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INTERPRETING LISZT
Post-Classical Ensemble, renowned by its innovative programming, jointly with the Department of Performing Arts of Georgetown University, present a two-day festival on Franz Liszt, February 12 and 13, featuring two ticketed concerts and two free daytime conferences.   "Interpreting Liszt" will showcase new perspectives on the Romantic artistic personality, highlighted by the Ensemble's exploration of Liszt's religious and macabre music - "Angels and Demons" (Feb. 13), and a multi-media presentation of Liszt's relationship to masterpieces of literature, painting, and sculpture - "Liszt and Italy" (Feb. 12).  The conferences will take place at Georgetown's McNeir Hall( New North Bldg.); the two concerts will be held at Gaston Hall (3rd Floor, Healey Bldg.).  Mykola Suk, piano; Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor.

Tickets: $25, $5 for students.  For more  information visit; www.post-classicalensemble.org or http://performingarts.georgetown.edu or call (202) 687-ARTS (2787).

INTERPRETING LISZT - CONCERTS (TICKETS: $25, STUDENTS: $5)
Friday, Feb. 12, 7:30 pm: Liszt and Italy, an illustrated piano concert including poetry by Petrarch and Dante, visual art by Raphael and Michelangelo, Mykola Suk’s exalted interpretation of Liszt’s Dante Sonata, Fountains of Villa d'Este, and Kumaran Arul’s Lisztian improvisation on St. Francis Walking on the Water.

• To hear Mykola Suk play the Liszt Sonata in live performance, visit: http://www.post-classicalensemble.org/audio/Liszt.mp3

Saturday, Feb. 13, 7:30 pm: Angels and Devils
(Illustrated pre-concert talk on Totentanz by Anna Celenza at 6:30 pm)
Mykola Suk, piano Georgetown University Chamber Singers, Frederick Binkholder, director
Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor

Liszt: Hymne de l’enfant a son reveil and Inno a Maria Vergine
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor
Liszt: Pastorale from Christus
Liszt: Totentanz for piano and orchestra

INTERPRETING LISZT CONFERENCE (Free Admission)
Feb. 12, 1:15 pm to 5 pm: Stanford University pianists George Barth and Kumaran Arul explore historic recordings of Liszt by Moriz Rosenthal, Eugen D'Albert, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and others -- and Arul improvises on the two Liszt Legends.

Feb. 13, 10 am to 4:30 pm: Film, historic recordings, and more music in live performance, with Anna Celenza, Joseph Horowitz, Thomas Mastroianni, Mykola Suk, George Barth, and Kumaran Arul.

• Parking: Street parking is available or patrons may park (for a fee on Friday) in the Leavey Center (entrance on Reservoir Road) or SWQ parking facilities (enter via Canal Road). 
• On-campus parking is free all day Saturday.

For additional information: http://performingarts.georgetown.edu, 202-687-3838
“an astonishing blend of muscular power, poetry and utter control – one of the more formidable talents to have appeared in this country in years”– American Record Guide about Mikola Suk.

This program is funded in part by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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