Sunday Afternoon Concert Series - Oboe & Piano

The Sunday Afternoon Concert Series continues with Frederick Katzenberg on Oboe and Will Rich on piano.

This program will feature many of the tone colors of the oboe, that portray different moods.  The concert opens with the mellow Piece V, of Cesar Franck.  The late romantic Nielsen Fantasiestucke bring mystery and humor.  The Adagio non troppo from the Mozart Oboe Concerto takes the instrument to a sublime place.  The haunting Poulenc Elegie, from the Sonata for Oboe and Piano was written in memory of Prokofiev. The Albeniz Tango brings some dancing lightness.  A piano solo will be followed by Four Oboe Melodies from "Les Indes Galantes."  These baroque pieces effectively use practices of the period and are always delightful.  The program ends with the Donizetti Oboe Sonata, with its popular melodies and rhythms, in an operatic style.

Mr. Frederick Katzenberg's oboe solo concert career is based in eastern New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, where he has performed in concert halls, theatres, museums, churches, and libraries. He also has toured western New York and Washington D.C., and given recitals at William Paterson University, Ramapo College of New Jersey, and the Moravian College Music Institute. In New Jersey, his recitals have been broadcast on television and on the internet. Mr. Katzenberg received a NYSCA grant to present a concert series in Putnam County. In 2009, he premiered in New York and New Jersey, the Dace Aperans Juravas (Sea Songs). Earlier, he premiered in the same two states, the Walter Skolnik Oboe Sonatina.

Will Rich is a collaborative pianist, music director, conductor, educator and vocal coach from Rockland County. He has over a decade of performance and teaching experience, and has accompanied singers, instrumentalists, choral ensembles, and pit orchestras for various musical productions throughout the tri-state area. Will is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music (B.M. in Music Education, 2014) and the SUNY Fredonia School of Music (M.M. in Collaborative Piano, 2021) He currently teaches elementary music in the Irvington Union Free School District and recently began teaching piano and music theory at Music Conservatory of Westchester. Will resides in Nyack, NY.

Don't miss this amazing duo!

All concerts in this series are FREE.  Pre-registration and tickets are not needed to attend.