Missouri Classical Music News and Notes

This coming Sunday afternoon, we're presenting the first in a new series of concerts I've arranged this year at UMKC called Piano on the Edge. While the piano recital may be one of the longest-lived genres in the concert world, it s still possible to hear some wonderfully exciting music in this format, and that s exactly the idea behind the series.

Our first concert will feature UMKC alumnus Robert Satterlee, who will perform in White Recital Hall at 2:30PM, Sunday, September 26th, 2004. The concert is free. He will perform a program of music centered on the world of Oscar Wilde, beginning with works written during Wilde s lifetime by such composers as Cyril Scott, Debussy, and Stravinsky. In the second half he will perform a fascinating work for speaking pianist by the contemporary American composer Frederic Rzewski, De Profundis, based on a text by Wilde. Satterlee has developed a reputation as an accomplished and versatile solo recitalist and chamber musician. He plays regularly throughout the United States, delighting audiences with his incisive and imaginative performances. He has appeared on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts in Chicago, San Francisco s Old First Concert Series, the Schubert Club in St. Paul, Minnesota, the Music Teachers National Association national conventions, and the Quad Cities Mozart Festival. He recently performed in Stockholm, Sweden, and has been heard in radio broadcasts nationwide, most notably on Minnesota Public Radio.

I hope you find this concert as intriguing as I do. I hope to see you on September 26 at White Hall.