Saturday, January 27, 2007


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Guest Artist Series: Mozart's Birthday

Guest artist James Marchand will perform two Mozart piano sonatas, and scholar Robert Spaethling will read from his new translation of Mozart’s letters, to celebrate Mozart’s 251st birthday on Saturday, January 27 at 8 PM in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. $8 general, $3 students/seniors. Tickets: : 826-3928.
Sonatas and Letters on Mozart’s Birthday at HSU

Sure, people make a fuss on your 250th birthday, but where is everybody on your 251st? Well, the HSU Department of Music will be throwing a party for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on his 251st birthday, January 27, featuring pianist James Marchand performing two Mozart piano sonatas, and literary scholar Robert Spaethling, reading from Mozart’s letters.

This Faculty Guest Artist series event begins at 8 PM on Saturday, January 27 in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata.

James Marchand performs in the Bay Area. An HSU graduate, he returns to campus after 30 years. He will play Mozart’s Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331 and the Piano Sonata in C minor, K. 457.

A professor emeritus of German at the University of Massachusetts, Robert Spaethling will read his from his new translations of Mozart’s letters in his book, Mozart’s Letters, Mozart’s Life.

Admission is $8 general, $3 students and seniors. Tickets are available from the HSU Ticket Office: 826-3928.

James Marchand (seated) and Robert Spaethlng. Posted by Picasa
The Program


Introduction of James Marchand by Robert Spaethling

Introductory Remarks to Mozart’s Piano Sonata in A major by Robert Spaethling

James Marchand performs Mozart’s Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331

Robert Spaethling talks about Mozart as a correspondent and reads excerpts from his letters.

Intermission

Introductory Remarks to Mozart’s Piano Sonata in C minor by Robert Spaethling

James Marchand performas Mozart’s Piano Sonata in C minor, K. 457 .



James Marchand teaches piano in Novato, CA and gives public performances in the Bay Area.

Robert Spaethling taught German language, literature, and culture at Harvard University, Williams College, UCSD, and UMass/Boston, where he also served as Dean of Graduate School, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and Provost of the University. He is now Professor Emeritus and lives with his wife Ellen in Larkspur, CA.