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2/10/03

SLU HOSTS CONCERT OF MUSIC FROM VENICE

CANTON - The music of Venice, before and after Vivaldi, will 
form the basis of a concert by violinist Ingrid Matthews and 
harpsichordist and pianist Byron Schenkman at St. Lawrence 
University on Friday, February 21, at 8 p.m. in the Gilbert 
Recital Hall, Griffiths Arts Center. 
	The program will include works by Fontana, Frescobaldi, 
Corelli and Sarti; of special interest are works by two women 
composers, Anna Bon and Isabella Leonarda.
	On Sunday, February 23, at 4 p.m. in Gilbert Recital Hall, 
Schenkman will perform a solo recital of virtuoso works for 
harpsichord. The program will include works composed by 
Scarlatti, Bach and Handel. 
	Both events are open to the public, free of charge.
	Matthews is the music director of Seattle Baroque, and one of 
today's most respected exponents of her instrument. She won first 
prize in the Erwin Bodky International Competition for Early Music 
in 1989, and performed extensively with numerous leading 
period-instrument ensembles before founding Seattle Baroque in 
1994, with Schenkman. In addition, she serves as concertmaster 
for the New York Collegium, and has held the same position for 
the prestigious Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra. Matthews 
has served on the faculties of the University of Toronto, the 
University of Washington, Indiana University and the University 
of Southern California in Los Angeles.
	Schenkman is artistic director of Seattle Baroque and 
performs internationally as a recitalist, concerto soloist and 
in concerts with Matthews. His intense and commanding live 
performances have inspired comparison with musicians as diverse 
as Vladimir Horowitz and Jimi Hendrix, and he was described in 
the Boston Globe as "a superb and imaginative instrumentalist." 
Recent CD releases include Bach Harpsichord Concertos with 
Seattle Baroque, and solo sonatas from the "Essercizi," by 
Domenico Scarlatti.
	For more information, contact the music department, 
at 315-229-5192.

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