David Heuser

UTSA New Music Series showcases '70s works

(Feb. 24, 2004)--The UTSA Department of Music presents three large-scale, emotionally charged and moving works from the 1970s in the final concert of the 2003-2004 UTSA New Music Series at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 in the Arts Building Recital Hall on the 1604 Campus.

The concert features music by Dimitri Shostakovich, Stephen Albert and Olly Wilson performed by UTSA faculty members Diana Allan, soprano; Allyson Dawkins, viola; and Michael Burgess, tenor.

The program includes Shostakovich's final composition, "Sonata for Viola and Piano;" Stephen Albert's "To Wake the Dead," an extended song cycle setting parts of James Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake;" and Olly Wilson's "Sometimes," a sonic exploration of the spiritual "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child."

View the complete program listing.

The concert will be preceded by a talk at 6:30 p.m. on Albert's "To Wake the Dead" and Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake," moderated by Catherine Kasper, UTSA associate professor of English, and David Heuser, UTSA associate professor of music.

The talk and concert are free and open to all.

For more information, contact David Heuser at 210-458-5321.

--Tim Brownlee