The CCM Guitar Workshop presents Christopher Wilke in Concert!

Description

Hear University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Guitar Program and CCM Workshop Director Christopher Wilke in a guitar and lute concert. With Diana Chubak, piano.

(NOTE: This concert is presented as part of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Guitar Workshop in association with the Greater Cincinnati Guitar Society. Non-participants can purchase concert tickets. Concert admittance is included for participants of the CCM Workshop. Registration for the CCM Workshop is available HERE) Dr. Wilke will perform on both 13-course lute and modern guitar. The program includes music by Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Bernhard Joachim Hagen and Joaquín Rodrigo.

 

Christopher Wilke

13-course Lute and Modern Guitar

with Diana Chubak, piano
Friday, July 19th, 7:30pm
Werner Recital Hall, University of Cincinnati

 

Program

Pieces in A minor........................................Mademoiselle Bocquet (early 17th century-after 1660)

     Prelude

     Allemande

     Sarabande

     La Polonaise

 

Sonata No. 29, “L’Infidèle” (Dresden MS)...................Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750)

     Entrée

     Courante

     Musette

     Menuet

     Sarabande

     Païsanne

 

Minuetto con Variazioni................Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764) arr. Hagen (1720-1787)

 

Concierto de Aranjuez..............................................Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999)

     Allegro con spirito

     Adagio

     Allegro gentile

 

Christopher Wilke, DMA, integrates modern and historical performance on guitar and lute with his interests in composition and research. He holds degrees from Mt. St. Joseph University (guitar and composition), CCM (classical guitar) and the Eastman School of Music (lute and 19th century guitar under Paul O’Dette). He has had recordings released on Centaur Records (USA), original compositions published by Les Productions d’Oz (Montreal, Canada) and editorial work printed by Le Luth Doré (Paris, France).

The Guitar Foundation of America’s Soundboard wrote that, “Wilke’s playing goes far beyond the notes, convincing the listener that both composer and performer are living, sensate persons, giving us the opportunity to understand something deep through this beautiful language of music.” The Lute Society of America Quarterly stated, “The listener is immediately captivated by [Wilke’s] virtuosity, dynamics and color that are so abundantly present” and the Allgäuer Zeitung (Germany) noted that “Wilke's nuanced, meditative and emotionally intense performance was met with rapturous approval." His discography focuses on under-represented repertoire, including the only recording to date of the works of the 17th century French composer Charles Hurel and two volumes of music by contemporary Ukrainian-American composer Roman Turovsky.

Recent performances include a special solo concert for members of the Congressional Caucus on the Arts in the Capitol Building (Washington DC), the European Lute Festival in Füssen (Germany), the Central Coast Guitar Society (CA), the Boston Early Music Festival (MA), the Austin Peay State University Guitar Festival (TN), with Flying Forms Baroque Ensemble in St. Paul (MN), Opera Notre Dame (IN) and appearances with the New Horizons (NM), Columbus (OH) and Sarasota (FL) Symphony Orchestras. As a scholar, he has presented lectures for the American Musicological Society, the Guitar Foundation of America, the University of Notre Dame and Stony Brook University.

Wilke is the former President and long time board member of the Lute Society of America and currently serves on the board of the Greater Cincinnati Guitar Society. He is director of guitar studies at CCM.

 

 

 

 

Date & Time

Fri, Jul 19, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Venue Details

Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

290 CCM Boulevard
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221

GCGS