Raoul PleskowThe School of Music and the Center for University Studies present Music
of Raoul Pleskow. The composer will be in attendance at this concert featuring works composed in honor of
Dr. Samuel Hsu. There will be a reception honoring Raoul Pleskow to
follow.
Program:
Piece for Four Instruments (2012) (fl, cl, bsn, pf)
Maestro Hsu: (solo pf)
His Pavane (2005)
His Fantasy (2010)
His Elegy (2011)
Albumbltter fr Marshall (2008)
Von meinen Winter bewut (feeling my age)
Performers:
Kimberly Reighly, flute
Arne Running, clarinet
Chuck Holdeman, bassoon
Marshall Taylor, saxophone
Ephraim Schfli, piano
Raoul Pleskow, composer, was born in 1931 in Vienna,
Austria. He immigrated to the United States in 1939 and became a
naturalized citizen in 1945. From 1950 to 1952 he attended the Julliard
School of Music in New york City. In 1956 he, graduated from Queens
College, where he studied composition with Karol Rathaus, earning a
Bachelor of Music (BM). In 1958 he earned a Masters degree in Music (MM)
at Columbia University. His principal teachers in composition were
Karol Rathaus, Otto Luening, and Stefan Wolpe.