UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State flute professor Naomi Seidman, joined by faculty pianist Christopher Guzman, will present a recital at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, in Esber Recital Hall. The performance will feature a four-movement work for solo flute written by Vanraj Bhatia, one of India’s most eminent composers. Bhatia, whose compositional background includes classical Indian ragas as well as study at London’s Royal Academy of Music and the Paris Conservatoire, utilizes elements of Indian flute folk music played by young boys in the night markets of Delhi. Free Admission.
The performers will repeat parts of the recital in a tour of Texas universities Oct. 23 to 28, including appearances at Baylor University and University of Texas-Austin.
Program
"Night Music for Solo Flute" (2001) -- Vanraj Bhatia
-- "Night Music 1"
-- "Song from Jammu"
-- "Dance"
-- "Night Music 2"
"TRKs" -- Ian Clarke
"Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues" (from North American Ballades) -- Frederic Rzewski
from "Goyescas" -- Enrique Granados
-- "Quejas, o la maja y el ruiseñor"
-- "Los Requiebros"
Canzone (Elegy) for flute and piano, Op. 38a (arranged from the second movement of the Piano Concerto) -- Samuel Barber
"Variations on 'Time and Time Again'" (2000) -- Sebastian Currier
Sonata for Flute and Piano (1927) -- Erwin Schulhoff
-- Allegro moderato
-- Scherzo. Allegro giocoso
-- Aria. Andante
-- Rondo-Finale. Allegro molto gajo