Friday, February 3, 20178:00 p.m.

Brooks-Rogers Recital HallWilliamstown, Massachusetts

Thea Musgrave Five Love Songs(b. 1928)

1. Adagio – attrib. Robert Parry2. Andante – John Marston (1575 – 1634)3. Allegretto scherzoso – Anonymous,

17th Century4. Lento – Thomas Middleton (1570 – 1627)5. Andante non troppo

Erin Nafziger, soprano; Robert Phelps, guitar

Johannes Brahms Sonata in F Major, op. 99 for Cello and Piano(1833 – 1897)

Allegro vivaceAdagio affettuosoAllegro passionatoAllegro molto

Nathaniel Parke, cello; Elizabeth Wright, piano

***Intermission***

Zachary Wadsworth In Angustiis for Violin and Piano (b. 1983) (world premiere)

Joana Genova, violin; Zachary Wadsworth, piano

Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G Minor, op. 17(b. 1960)

Allegro moderatoScherzo. Tempo di menuettoAndanteAllegretto

Joana Genova, violin; Nathaniel Parke, cello; Elizabeth Wright, piano

Williams Chamber Players

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The Williams Chamber Players is a faculty chamberensemble, founded at Williams in 1999. Its purposeis to present concerts for the college and communitythroughout the academic year. Antecedents of theWilliams Chamber Players are The Williams Trio,founded in 1970, and the Group for 20th CenturyMusic, founded in 1989. Repertoire for concerts isdrawn from the standard chamber music with

special attention to music of the 20th and 21st centuries, and to music by Williamscomposers. Musicians are normally drawn from the ranks of Artists in Residence,Artist Associates, and other faculty, as well as occasional visiting artists.

See music.williams.edu for full details and additional happenings as well as to sign up for the weeklye-newsletters.

Upcoming Events:Wed Feb 8 7pm Recital for Berkshire Symphony Soloists Competition Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall Thu Feb 9 8pm Mark Turner Quartet – Visiting Artist Series Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall Sun Feb 12 3pm Recital for Berkshire Symphony Soloists Competition Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall Tue Feb 14 6pm Berkshire Symphony Soloist Competition Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall Thu Feb 16 8pm Williams Jazz Faculty Concert Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall Fri Feb 17 8pm Club Zambezi Dance Party! CenterStage, ‘62 Center Sat Feb 18 2pm Club Zambezi Dance Party! CenterStage, ‘62 Center Tue Feb 21 4:15pm Master Class – Ben Verdery, guitar - Visiting Artist Series Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall Wed Feb 22 8pm Ben Verdery, guitar – Visiting Artist Series Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall Fri Feb 24 dusk All-Night Marathon of Voices Thompson Memorial Chapel Thu Mar 2 4:15pm Prof. Tania Leon — Class of 1960 Lecture Bernhard Room 30 Fri Mar 3 7:15pm Pre-Concert Talk with Ronald Feldman, conductor of Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall

the Berkshire SymphonyFri Mar 3 8pm Berkshire Symphony Chapin HallSat Mar 4 2pm Berkshire Symphony Family Concert with Chapin Hall

Ephs Out LoudWed Mar 8 12:15pm MIDWEEKMUSIC Chapin Hall, stage Thu Mar 9 4:15pm Zachary Wadsworth - Faculty Talk Bernhard Room 30 Fri Mar 10 8pm Williams Chamber Players Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall Sat Mar 11 5pm Master Class - Takács String Quartet — Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall

Visiting Artist SeriesSun Mar 12 3pm Takács String Quartet — Visiting Artist Series Chapin HallWed Mar 15 12:15pm MIDWEEKMUSIC Chapin Hall, stage Tue Apr 4 8pm Alexander Korsantia, piano - Visiting Artist Series Chapin HallWed Apr 5 4:15pm Master Class - Alexander Korsantia, piano — Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall Thu Apr 6 4:15pm Master Class - ICE — Visiting Artist Series Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall Fri Apr 7 8pm ICE - Visiting Artist Series Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall Wed Apr 12 12:15pm MIDWEEKMUSIC in the Chapel Thompson Memorial Chapel Wed Apr 12 4:15pm Prof. Tim Rommen — Class of 1960 Lecture Bernhard Room 30

Zachary WadsworthZachary Wadsworth’s compositions have been heard in venuesaround the world, from Washington’s Kennedy Center to Tokyo’sTakinogawa Hall, and have been performed by such ensembles as thechoir of Westminster Abbey, the Yale Schola Cantorum, the BuffaloPhilharmonic Orchestra, and the Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra. Asthe 2012-2013 recipient of the Douglas Moore Fellowship for

American Opera, Wadsworth was in residence at the Metropolitan Opera and the Santa FeOpera. In 2014, he had his Carnegie Hall debut.

Winner of an international competition chaired by James MacMillan, Wadsworth’s anthemOut of the South Cometh the Whirlwind was performed at Westminster Abbey in the pres-ence of Queen Elizabeth II. Other recent honors include a Charles Ives Scholarship fromthe American Academy of Arts and Letters, three Morton Gould Young Composer Awardsfrom ASCAP, and first-prize recognition in competitions sponsored by the AmericanComposers Forum, the King James Bible Trust, Long Leaf Opera, the Pacific Chorale, theBoston Choral Ensemble, and the Esoterics. Wadsworth’s music is widely broadcast anddistributed, with recent publications by Novello, G. Schirmer, and E.C. Schirmer, and air-ings on NPR, BBC, and CBC.

Wadsworth earned graduate degrees from Cornell University (DMA) and Yale University(MM), and is an honors graduate of the Eastman School of Music (BM). Originally fromRichmond, Virginia, Wadsworth (b. 1983) has previously taught at the Interlochen Centerfor the Arts and the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.