The Fulbright College department of music will feature guest artists, The Cleveland Duo and James Umble in concert on Wednesday evening, Sept. 17 at 8:00 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. The ensemble will perform a work by University of Arkansas composer Robert Mueller, as well as works by Handel, Higdon, Ravel, and Bartok. The Cleveland Duo and James Umble, classical saxophonist, have performed together to the major acclaim of audiences and critics alike since the 1993-94 season. Combining the talents of the charismatic husband-wife team known as The Cleveland Duo, Stephen Warner on violin and Carolyn Gadiel Warner on piano, who are members of the Cleveland Orchestra, and James Umble, internationally-known saxophonist, the ensemble has been heard throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico in major chamber music venues, festival sites, universities and conservatories of music, temples, in special informative presentations for school children, and over the airwaves of both National Public Radio and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
The Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall is located in the Fine Arts Building on the UA campus. Free parking is available in the parking deck, which can be accessed from Stadium Drive and is located directly to the west of the Fine Arts building. The admission is free and the public is cordially invited to attend. For more information please call the department of music at (479) 575-4701.
Program
THE CLEVELAND DUO & JAMES UMBLE
Stephen Warner, violin
Carolyn Gadiel Warner, piano
James Umble, soprano and alto saxophone
Trio Sonata in g minor G.F. HANDEL
Andante (1685-1759)
Allegro
Largo
Allegro energico
Arr. For violin, soprano saxophone and piano
Roumanian Dances, for Violin, Soprano Saxophone Bela BARTOK
and Piano - transcription by C. Warner (1881-1945)
“The Fields on the Edge of Forever” Robert MUELLER
for Violin, Piano and Alto Saxophone (b. 1956)
(written for the artists, 2002)
“Dash” for Violin, Soprano Saxophone and Piano Jennifer HIGDON
(b. 1962)
Trio for Violin, Alto Saxophone and Piano Nikola RESANOVIC
1. Rock, through a Stained Glass Window (b. 1955)
2. Stone Cold Sentiment
3. The Lost Chord
(written for the artists, 2005)
Le Tombeau de Couperin for Violin, Piano and Maurice RAVEL
Soprano Saxophone (1875-1937)
Prelude
Menuet
Rigaudon
(transcribed for the artists by C. G. Warner, special permission, Durand Publishers, Paris)
Cantilene et Danse, for Violin, Piano Marc EYCHENNE
and Alto Saxophone (b. 1933)
