DIAN BAKER AND ECKART SELLHEIM PIANO FOUR HANDS MUSIC FOR CHILDREN YOUNG AND OLD FACULTY ARTIST CONCERT SERIES KATZIN CONCERT HALL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2007 • 7:30 PM MU S IC erberger College of the Arts ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Program Dolly, Suite Op. 56 (1893-96) Berceuse Lullaby Mi-A-Ou Jardin de Dolly Dolly's Garden Kitty-Valse Tendresse Tenderness Pas espagnol Spanish Step Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) Sonata in D Major (1943) Lebhaft Ruhig fliessend Massig bewegt - Lebhaft Harald Genzmer (b. 1909) Three Pieces (1983) Lullaby Waltz Scherzo Arletta O'Hearn Pupazetti: 5 Pezzi Facile Five Easy Pieces (1916) Marcetta Berceuse Serenata Notturnino Polca Alfredo Casella (1883-1947) **There will be a 10-minute intermission** Sonata in D Major, Op. 5 (1796-97) Allegro molto Rondo: Moderato Sonatina (1950) Allegro Andante Vivace Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006) Jeux d'enfants Childrens' Games, Op. 22 (1872) George Bizet L'Escarpolette The Swing (1838-1875) La Toupie The Spinning Top La Poupee The Doll Les Chevaux de Bois Wooden Horses Le Volant The Shuttlecock Trompette et Tambour Trumpet and Tambour Les Bulles de Savon The Soap Bubbles Les quatre Coins Four Corners Colin-Maillard Blindman's Bluff Saute-Mouton Leapfrog Petit Mari, petite Femme Little Husband, Little Wife Le Bal The Ball Dian Baker: As an artistic ambassador for the U. S. and under the auspices of the U.S. State Department, Ms. Baker has performed with cellist Roger Drinkall in Central and South America, the Caribbean, the Middle and the Far East, Europe and through the U. She has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefcll Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, Arts International, the Florida and Utah Arts Councils, and the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies and Research. She has recorded for Pyramid, Klavier, Sanctus, Tantara, and Wilson Audiophile, and her recording of the d'Indy Trio was selected by Fanfare Magazine as one of the top ten recordings of 1998. Ms. Baker was a staff pianist for the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. In 2000, she accepted an invitation to pursue post-graduate studies at the Zurich Conservatory in Switzerland. She received the 1994 Outstanding Woman of the Year award from Brigham Young University where she directed the collaborative piano area as a senior lecturer for 10 years. Ms. Baker has been the principal pianist for the Phoenix Boys Choir since 2002 and she is currently on the music faculty at Mesa Community College. Eckart Sellheim received has musical training in Germany and Switzerland; Adolf Drescher and Jacob Gimpel were among his teachers. He was appointed to the faculties of the two major conservatories in Cologne, Germany and continued his academic career as Associate Professor of Piano and Chamber Music at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Since 1989, he has been a professor and director of collaborative piano (former piano accompanying) at ASU. He is also a frequent guest lecturer of fortepiano and performance practice at various music academies in Germany, most notably at the Musikhochschule in Trossingen, and taught numerous master classes and workshops in the U.S. and in several European countries. Mr. Sellheim maintains an active performance schedule having made concert tours in the U.S., Central America, the Caribbean, Africa, and throughout Europe, including Russia. He has rediscovered and performed in concert and on CD, a host of unknown piano concertos by classical and romantic composers including Field, Boccherini, and others and he has played the world premiere of Debussy's early piano trio. His longtime collaboration with his late brother, cellist Friedrich-Jurgen Sellheim, is manifested in an award winning set of recordings on the CBS/Sony label. He appears regularly on radio programs in the U.S. and abroad and has made more than 20 recordings on piano and fortepiano as a soloist and collaborative pianist. Eckart Sellheim and his wife Dian Baker formed a piano duo in 1998 and concertize in the U.S. and Europe. They have performed the complete works for piano duet by Schubert, Brahms, Mozart, Debussy, and others. Their repertoire includes many contemporary works for piano for-hands, especially by American composers. EVENTS INFORMATION 480.965.TUNE (480.965.8863) herbergercollege.asu.edukalendar 0 2007 ASU Herberger College of the Arts 0607