presents

SANFORD SYLVAN, baritone

DAVID BREITMAN, piano

Auditorium, APS Conference Center, Argonne National Laboratory
Sunday, March 8, 1998 at 3:00 p.m.

Program

Complete performance of the song cycle

Winterreise

Text by Wilhelm Mueller (1794-1827)

Set to music by Franz Schubert (1797-1828), D. 911, Op. 89 Nos. 1-24 (1827)

With an introduction by Susan Youens, musicologist, Notre Dame University

About the Artists

Deeply committed to the art of the vocal recital, baritone Sanford Sylvan and his long-time collaborator, pianist David Breitman, have performed extensively throughout the United States and Europe. In the 1996-97 season, Mr. Sylvan and Mr. Breitman (accompanied by Schubert scholar Susan Youens) performed over twenty recitals nationwide as part of a "Schubert Celebration," which featured Winterreise, Die Schöne Müllerin, and a program of selected Schubert Lieder.

Sanford Sylvan, who was born in New York City, is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music. He also studied at the preparatory division of the Juilliard School and at the Tanglewood Music Center. He has been nominated for three Grammy Awards for Best Classical Vocal Performance, most recently for his 1996 Nonesuch recording, L'Horizon chimérique, featuring songs of Gabriel Fauré.

David Breitman, a native of Montreal, did his undergraduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He holds a Master's degree in piano performance from the New England Conservatory of Music and a Doctorate in historical practice performance from Cornell University. He is currently chair of the Historical Performance Program at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.

Susan Youens received her Ph.D. in musicology from Harvard University in 1975. She has taught at Washington University in St. Louis, Ithaca College, and the University of Notre Dame, where she is currently Professor of Musicology. She is the author of Retracing a Winter's Journey: Schubert's Winterreise (Cornell University Press, 1991) and has written several books and scholarly articles on Lieder by Schubert and Wolf, French mé:lodies, and opera.

Location

The concert will be presented in the Auditorium of the APS Conference Center (Bldg. 402) at Argonne. It is open to the public; no special permit is required to enter the laboratory site.

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Tickets

Admission to the concert is $18. Use the ticket request form to order your tickets by mail.

Remaining tickets will be sold in the lobby of the Argonne Cafeteria (Bldg. 213) during the week of March 2 between noon and 1:00 p.m. The Auditorium Box Office will be open on the day of the performance at 2:30 p.m.

Reception and Dinner

The audience is invited to join the artist at a reception following the performance.

A special post-concert dinner will be offered at the new Argonne Guest House restaurant. Dinner hours from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. $18.95 per person. Reservations requested (739-6000).