Phantasm
Two Romantic Masterworks Timothy Hester, piano
Saturday, January 21, 2023 Dudley Recital Hall 7:30 pm
PROGRAM
Currently in his 32nd year at UH, Native Houstonian Timothy Hester is Professor of Piano at the Moores School of Music where he serves as Chair of the Keyboard Studies Division and Director of Keyboard Collaborative Arts. Professor Hester has worked with internationally-known vocalists, instrumentalists and has appeared in solo and collaborative performances worldwide in venues in Britain, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Mexico, China, Colombia, Canada, Japan, Greece, Singapore and Taiwan. In the United States, he has performed on the NYC Bargemusic Series, the Ojai Festival in California, the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, the Park City International Chamber Music Festival in Utah, the Texas Music Festival, and the OK Mozart Festival in Oklahoma as well as performing with Da Camera and Musiqa, both Houston-based chamber music ensembles. He has also taught Opera Studies at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and served on the faculty of the Houston Grand Opera Studio. Mr. Hester graduated from The Juilliard School as a student of the renowned pedagogue Adele Marcus. He was previously a pupil of the late Professor Emeritus of the University of Houston, Albert Hirsh.
Fantasie in C Major, Opus 17 (1835/1836) Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen Mäßig; Durchaus energisch Langsam getragen; Durchweg leise zu halten
The composer prefaced this work with the following quote from Friedrich Schlegel: “Resounding through all the notes
In the earth’s colorful dream There sounds a faint long-drawn note For the one who listens in secret.”
Intermission
Sonata in F minor, Opus 5 (1853) Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Allegro maestoso
Andante: Andante espressivo
The composer prefaced this second movement with a quote from poet C. O. Sternau: “Through evening's shade, the pale moon gleams While rapt in love's ecstatic dreams
Two hearts are fondly beating.”
Scherzo: Allegro energico Intermezzo (Rückblick): Andante molto Finale: Allegro moderato ma rubato