The University of Pennsylvania's Music Department and the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, and the Otto E. Albrecht Music Library are proud to present our fourth jointly sponsored music series Music in the Pavilion. Taking place in the beautiful sixth-floor Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion in Van Pelt Library, the series showcases an array of professional and international musicians, not only performing gems from standard concert repertoires but also premiering works found only in the wealth of materials—print and manuscript—held in the Kislak Center's collections, which will be concurrently exhibited in the adjacent Henry Charles Lea Library. Enriching the experience of each concert, attendees will have the opportunity to hear brief lectures by eminent scholars and graduate students that will contextualize the music historically, socially, and culturally.
CONCERT SCHEDULE
All concerts are on Fridays and are free of charge. Refreshments begin at 6pm, pre-concert talk at 6:15pm, and concert (no intermission) at 7pm. Registration is requested. Registration for the last two concerts will open in December.
September 27, 2019 Night Music Chamber Ensemble
A subtle aroma of Romanticism: Music by Felix Mendelssohn and Louise Farrenc
Program pdf
November 8, 2019 "The Varied Carols I Hear”: Penn sings Whitman
Jim Primosch, George Crumb, and others, setting Walt Whitman's poems for voice and piano
Program pdf
January 17, 2020 Jasper String Quartet & Friends
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Erich Korngold and Karl Weigl
Program pdf
April 10, 2020 Arcana New Music Ensemble
Ensemble Persepolis: Contemporary Music from Iran
Cancelled in accordance with University COVID-19 guidelines
Music Department
- Mauro Calcagno, Assoc. Professor of Music
- Mary Channen Caldwell, Asst. Professor of Music
- William Noel, Associate Vice Provost for Special Collections & External Strategic Partnerships and
Director of the Kislak Center & the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies - Richard Griscom, Associate University Librarian for Departmental Libraries
- Liza Vick, Head, Otto E. Albrecht Music Library and Eugene Ormandy Music and Media Center
2018-2019 CONCERT Season SCHEDULE
September 28, 2018 Musicians from Marlboro
Classical and Romantic Chamber Music
Lecture by Christopher Serkin on Marlboro History
November 9, 2018 Mezzosoprano Meg Bragle
An Evening with Alma Mahler
*No pre-concert talk*
February 15, 2019 Cello Soundings: Tom Kraines & Friends
Contemporary Music from Europe and the U.S.
6:15 Pre-concert talk by Erik Broess
April 5, 2019 Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players
A Tale of Two Italian Cities: Baroque Music from Venice and Naples
