Concert Six

Reimagining Schubert: Piano, Voice, and Clarinet

Music by Franz Schubert, Ivan Rosenblum, and Ben Dorfan

Saturday, May 20 2023, 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 21 2023, 3:00 pm

Ivan Rosenblum, Concert Director, Composer, and Piano
Ben Dorfan, Composer and Piano
Diane Syrcle, Mezzo-Soprano
Erica Horn, Clarinet
Ward Willats, Actor
Andrew Davids, Actor

Schubert would have certainly enjoyed this program’s “Re-imagining:” a mezzo replacing the usual tenor; a clarinet replacing the now-obsolete “arpeggione” instrument; two contemporary compositions inspired by Schubert pieces; comic relief with Ivan’s new satiric song imagining a reincarnated Schubert living as a Santa Cruz busker; a theatrical Prologue of sibling shenanigans at the piano; a newly composed piece by Ben Dorfan for all four musicians; and finally, Ivan’s promise not to tamper with two of Schubert’s piano pieces — but you never know!