2001 Maryland Handel Festival & Conference
4-6 May
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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
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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:
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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
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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*
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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:
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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