Marion Rubin Berman '31 Piano Honors Concert: Before and After Schoenberg
The annual Marion Rubin Berman Piano Honors Concert features piano competition winners presenting pieces based on the theme, 'Shoenberg 150'. The students performing this evening were chosen through the annual NEC Piano Honors Competition on April 11th.
This is an in-person event with a public live stream: https://necmusic.edu/live
ABOUT THE SERIES:
In celebration of the life of Marion Rubin Berman ’31 (known by her friends as “Mitzi”), her two children, Dr. Harris A. Berman and Phyllis E. Berman, and her daughter-in-law Ruth Nemzoff, have chosen to honor her memory by sponsoring NEC’s Honors Piano Competition and Concert. Music, and piano in particular, was the driving force in Mitzi’s life. Although she married shortly after graduating New England Conservatory at age 19, she continued her piano career by teaching—first in Lawrence, Massachusetts where, according to family legend, young Lenny Bernstein was a pupil in the synagogue children’s choir she led. In 1937, Mitzi and her husband, Frederick P. Berman, moved to Concord, New Hampshire, where she was reunited with her NEC friend Angela Annichiarico ’32. Together they played duo piano for community events for years—Broadway Musical shows, Concord Music Club concerts, and many community programs. They were both leading piano teachers in Concord for years.
Angela tragically died at a young age in a house fire, a terrible loss for Concord, her family and for Mitzi, who continued to be active in the musical life of Concord for over 65 years, inspiring young people and new generations of piano teachers. Although she died at the age of 92 in 2004, she would have been very proud to be honored here tonight at the school that shaped her career.
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Pierre Boulez | Twelve Notations
Fantasque - Modéré
Très vif
Assez lent
Rythmique
Doux et improvisé
Rapide
Hiératique
Modéré jusqu'a très vif
Lointain - calme
Mécanique et très sec
Scintillant
Lent - Puissant et âpre- Jing Pauline Pu, piano
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Johannes Brahms | Three Intermezzi, op. 117
Intermezzo in E-flat Major: Andante moderato
Intermezzo in B-flat Minor: Andante non troppo e con molto espressione
Intermezzo in C-sharp Minor: Andante con moto- Truman Walker, piano
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Anton Webern | Variations for Piano, op. 27
Sehr mässig
Sehr schnell
Ruhig fliessend- Yunsun Shin, piano
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Nikos Skalkottas | from Thirty-two Piano Pieces
II. Children's Dance
III. Short Variations, Mit relativem wolkigem Milieu und hüllender Eleganz- Ziang Yin, piano
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Johannes Brahms | Four Piano Pieces, op. 119
Intermezzo in B Minor: Adagio
Intermezzo in E Minor: Andantino un poco agitato
Intermezzo in C Major: Grazioso e giocoso
Rhapsody in E-flat Major: Allegro risoluto- Jin Jeong, piano
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Frederic Rzewski | from Four North American Ballads
III. Down by the riverside
- August Baik, piano
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Donald Martino | Suite in Old Form
Allemande fantasy
Courante
Sarabande
Gavotte
Air
Gigue fantasy- Andrew Chen, piano