DIAN BAKER AND
ECKART SELLHEIM
PIANO FOUR HANDS
MENDELSSOHN- BARTHOLDY
DEBUSSY
TCHAIKOV S KY

FACULTY ARTIST CONCERT SERIES
KATZIN CONCERT HALL
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2008 • 7:30 PM

MUSIC
-,+terbergerCollege
of the Arts
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Program
Ouverture zu den Hebriden
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
(Fingalshohle) Hebrides Overture
(1809-1847)
(Fingal's Cave), Opus 26, arranged for piano four hands
by the composer (1830-32)
Allegro moderato

La Mer/The Sea, Three symphonic sketches Claude Debussy
arranged for piano four hands (1862-1918)
by the composer (1905)
I.

De l'aube a midi sur la mer
From dawn to Midday on the Sea

II.

Jeux de vagues
Play of the Waves

III.

Dialogue du vent et de la mer
Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea

**There will be a 10-minute intermission**

Symphonie No. 6 "Pathetique", Opus 74,
arranged for piano four hands
by the composer (1893)

Peter Tchaikovsky
(1840-1893)

Adagio—Allegro non troppo un poco rubato
Allegro con grazia
Allegro molto vivace
Finale. Adagio lamentoso – Andante

***************
Out of respect for the performers and those audience members around you, please
turn all beepers, cell phones and watches to their silent mode. Thank you.

As an artistic ambassador for the U. S. and under the auspices of the U.S. State
Department, Dian 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.S. She has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts,
the Rockefeller 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 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.
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 FriedrichJurgen 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.

./`•

Performance Events Staff Supervisor
Paul W. Estes
Event Mangers:
Kyle Anderson, Iftekhar Anwar, Laura Boone, Edwin Brown
Brady Cullum, Mirel DeLaTorre, Anthony Garcia, Lech Humphrey
Kevan Nymcyer, Megan Smith, Aaron VanderYachet

EVENTS INFORMATION 480.965.TUNE (480.965.8863)
herbergercollege.asu.edu/calendar

02007 ASU Herberger College of the Arts 0607