Friday, February 4th 2011 7:00pm

Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts

Guest Artist: Gabriela Diaz

Diaz will present a recital of works for solo violin written since 1970. Works include the sonic explorations of Salvatore Sciarrino's Six Caprices, selections from Gyorgy Kurtag's charming and vibrant Signs, Games and Messages, a journey through the violinist's inner lyricism in John Harbison's Four Songs of Solitude, Pierre Boulez's masterpiece, Anthemes, Iannis Xenakis' striking voyage, Mikka, and the virtuosic whimsy of Music for Strings, by Dickinson's own Robert Pound.

Saturday, February 5th 2011 7:00pm

Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts

German Song Recital

Sean Parr (tenor), visiting assistant professor of music, and collaborative pianist Eun Ae Baik-Kim will perform Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe, as well as songs by Richard Strauss and Franz Schubert, including Schubert’s famous setting of Goethe’s Erlkönig.

Sunday, February 6th 2011 3:00pm

Historic Fetter House in Landisburg, PA

Pianist George Bowerman, Dickinson College Student, performs works from the Classical, Romantic, Modern, and Contemporary repertoire. His program begins with Franz Joseph Haydn’s Sonata in E major, Hob. XVI: 31, a work that captures the wit and elegance of the classical era. The sonata is followed by music of the Modern composers Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972) and Raoul Pleskow (1931-). These pieces explore the idea of musical space, a critical element in modern and contemporary music. The second half of the program celebrates the bicentennial of the Hungarian piano virtuoso Franz Liszt, featuring three selections from his second Year of Pilgrimage (Italy): Sposalizio, Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, and the ‘Dante Sonata’.

This free performance is sponsored by the Perry County Council of the Arts. For more information: perrycountyarts.org, Sunday Arts Hour section.