2001 Maryland Handel Festival & Conference 4-6 May --------------------------------------------------------------- For more information, visit http://www.intr.net/bleissa/mhf/ All conference sessions and performances will take place in the new Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland at College Park. Jointly supported by the University of Maryland and The American Handel Society. Conference Session I ------------------------------- Moderator: Martha Ronish *ELLEN HARRIS, Homage to Howard: A Newly-Discovered Stock Account in Handel's Portfolio *GRAYDON BEEKS, "O Sing unto the Lord a New Song": Performances of Handel's Cannons Anthems in the Eighteenth Century *TERENCE BEST, Radamisto II: The Making of a Libretto *THOMAS MCGEARY, The Politics of Handel's Operas Friday, May 4, 9:00 AM Room 2200, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center **THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON CONFERENCE SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELLED** Concert I: ------------ THEODORA Theodora: Linda Mabbs (soprano) Irene: Lorie Gratis (mezzo-soprano) Didymus: Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor) Septimius: Charles Reid (tenor) Valens: Phillip Collister (baritone) University of Maryland Chorus (Edward Maclary, director) Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra (Kenneth Slowik, director) Paul Traver (conductor) Friday, May 4, 7:30 PM Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Tickets: $30.00 / 25.00 / 20.00 / 15.00 Conference Session II -------------------------------- Moderator: Lowell Lindgren *ELLEN ROSAND, In Handel's Time *ROBERT KETTERER, Prolegomena to the Study of Handel's Scipione *DAVID VICKERS, Identifying Handel's Partenope *RUTH SMITH, Thomas Morell and his Letter about Handel *EVA ZOELLNER, Handel's Oratorio Series Under the Management of John Christopher Smith, John Stanley, and Thomas Linley, 1760-1784 Saturday, May 5, 9:00 AM Room 2200, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center American Handel Society Membership Meeting Saturday, May 5, 2:00 PM Room 2200, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Howard Serwer Lecture* ---------------------------------- NICHOLAS TEMPERLEY: "In Virtue's Cause: How Handel's Music was Sanctified" Saturday, May 5, 3:15 PM Room 2200, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center *formerly the American Handel Society Lecture Concert II: ---------------- Young Artists Series Jennifer Royall (soprano) Saturday, May 5, 5:15 PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center American Handel Society Dinner Saturday, May 5, 7:00 PM Chasen Family Room, Inn and Conference Center, University of Maryland University College Conference Session III -------------------------------- Moderator: John H. Roberts *ANTHONY HICKS, A Context for Handels Comus: Further Information on the Entertainment at Exton *DAVID HUNTER, The Dublin Audience for Handel and his Works, 1741-42 *ANNETTE LANDGRAF, Pyramids in Germany: The German Reception of Handel's Oratorios in the 18th and 19th Centuries *DONALD BURROWS, Who does what, when? On the instrumentation of the basso continuo and the use of the organ in Handels English oratorios Sunday, May 6, 9:00 AM Room 2200, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Pre-Concert Roundtable Discussion Richard King, coordinator Sunday, May 6, 2:00 pm Room 2200, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Concert III: Jephtha ---------------------------- Iphis: Sherri Karam (soprano) Angel: Jennifer Royall (soprano) Storge: Leneida Crawford (mezzo-soprano) Hamor: Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor) Jephtha: Charles Reid (tenor) Zebul: Phillip Collister (baritone) Maryland Boy Choir (Joan McFarland, director) University of Maryland Chorus (Edward Maclary, director) Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra (Kenneth Slowik, director) Paul Traver (conductor) Sunday, May 6, 3:00 PM Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Tickets: $30.00 / 25.00 / 20.00 / 15.00 Concert II, the Lectures and the Conference sessions are free to the public. To purchase tickets call (301) 405-7847. -------- For more information on the Festival call (301) 405-5571 or write to the Maryland Handel Festival, School of Music, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. For information on the Conference contact Richard King, Conference Coordinator, at 301-405-5523; [log in to unmask] Brad Leissa [log in to unmask] http://www.intr.net/bleissa