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10/15/01

VOICE, FORTEPIANO RECITAL AND WORKSHOP OFFERED AT SLU

CANTON - A recital of music by Schubert for voice and fortepiano will 
be presented at St. Lawrence University by Gretchen Bence Young Artist 
Andrea Folan, soprano, and Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano, on Sunday, 
October 21, at 4 p.m. in Gilbert Recital Hall, Griffiths Arts Center. 
The event is open to the public, free of charge.
	The program will be an afternoon of Schubert songs and smaller 
piano works performed with an early music twist. Instead of using the 
nine-foot modern Steinway Grand, Bezuidenhout will play a reproduction 
of a fortepiano, an early piano that Schubert would have played, and 
which produces softer and - some might argue - more  subtle, elegant 
and colorful sounds than its louder descendents.
	Bezuidenhout and Folan will also give a lecture/demonstration 
on the fortepiano and song accompaniment, on Saturday, October 20, at 
11 a.m. in Gilbert Recital Hall. The workshop will explore how these 
songs take on a different character when played on the earlier 
instrument. Participants can try their hand at the instrument and 
learn how they might be able to imitate fortepiano effects on the modern 
piano. Pre-registration is not required.
	Folan performs as a solo recitalist and chamber musician; in 
oratorio and opera performances; and with original instrument orchestras 
and contemporary ensembles. She is emerging as a leading specialist in 
the German Lied repertoire, and has appeared regularly both in the U.S. 
and abroad. In addition to her work with fortepiano, she has 
interpreted works from Hildegard von Bingen's chants to English lute 
songs and Landini to Handel. She performs with many Bach Festivals 
and with period ensembles and orchestras such as The Publick Musick, 
the Folger Consort, Apollo's Fire and the Genesee Baroque Players, 
and has appeared in concert at colleges throughout the northeastern 
United States.
	Bezuidenhout also performs on harpsichord and modern piano 
and has performed in the U.S., Europe and his native South Africa as 
a recitalist and chamber musician. Earlier this year, he was awarded 
First Prize and the Audience Prize in the 38th Festival of Flanders 
International Fortepiano Competition, a double honor, this being 
only the third time the prize has been awarded in the history of the 
competition. Bezuidenhout graduated from the Eastman School of 
Music, and while a student there, formed Le Nuove Musiche, an 
ensemble dedicated to the performance of classical literature in 
an historically informed manner. He also released this year his 
debut CD for the New York label Fleur de Son, entitled Sturm und Drang, 
featuring music by Mozart.
	The Young Artists Series was established by contributions 
from the family and friends of Gretchen Bence, a 1950 graduate of 
St. Lawrence and a professional opera singer, following her receipt 
of an honorary degree from St. Lawrence in 1985.
	For more information, please contact the music department 
at St. Lawrence, at 315-229-5192.

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