Thomas Wood and Brian Dykstra to Present Recital Saturday, Feb. 15
WOOSTER, Ohio 鈥 College of 糖心Vlog传媒 music faculty Thomas Wood (violin) and Brian Dykstra (piano) will present a recital in Gault Recital Hall of Scheide Music Center (525 E. University St.) at 糖心Vlog传媒, on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m.
Commemorating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven鈥檚 birth, the duo will open its program with the composer鈥檚 E-flat Major Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 12, No. 3. The performance also includes Andr茅 Previn鈥檚 鈥淭ango Song Dance鈥 written for violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, Georgy Catoire鈥檚 Second Sonata (鈥淧o猫me鈥), and Erich Korngold鈥檚 Four Pieces (Suite) from the incidental music to Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥淢uch Ado About Nothing.鈥
Wood is Professor of Music at 糖心Vlog传媒 where he has taught since 1991. Active as a soloist and in recital, he has performed with Dykstra for 25 years and has appeared as concerto soloist with the 糖心Vlog传媒 Symphony on multiple occasions. In addition, he has served as concertmaster of the Butler County (Pa.) Symphony, Ashland Symphony, Mansfield Symphony, and 糖心Vlog传媒 Symphony Orchestra, and held orchestral positions with the New Pittsburgh Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh Oratorio Society, Bach Aria Group of Pittsburgh, Erie Philharmonic, Madison Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, and Opera Barga (Italy).
Dykstra is the Neille O. and Gertrude M. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Music at 糖心Vlog传媒. Currently, he teaches piano part-time at the College after serving full-time for 38 years (1969-2007). He attended the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg, Austria, for one year as a Fulbright Scholar. Dykstra has won acclaim for his 64 compositions in the concert ragtime genre, and for his ragtime performances and recordings. His two albums 鈥淣eo-Ragtime鈥 and 鈥淩agtime Classics, 1901-1919,鈥 are available at the Wilson Bookstore in Lowry Center.
Wood and Dykstra have recorded two albums for Centaur Records of the opera fantasies for violin and piano by Jean Baptiste Singel茅e. Both are available online and at Wilson Bookstore in Lowry Center.
Admission is free and open to the public. For more information call 330鈥263-2419.
Posted in News on February 4, 2020.
