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Geoffrey Duce: Fantasies and Rhapsodies Through the Ages

July 10, 2023, 8:00 pm

Geoffrey Duce

Season Premiere: Illinois State University piano professor Geoffrey Duce explores the musical genealogy of works by Wilhelm Friedmann Bach, Car Phillip Emanuel Bach, John McCabe, Franz Schubert, and Ernst von Dohnányi.

Playlist

WF Bach: Fantasy in D minor, Fk. 18

CPE Bach: Fantasy in C major, H. 291 (Wq. 61, no. 6)

John McCabe: Fantasy on a Theme by Liszt

Franz Schubert: Grazer Fantasy in C major, D. 605a

Ernst von Dohnányi: Four Rhapsodies, Op. 11

Meet the Host

Kerry is a regular host of live concert broadcasts including Live from WFMT, concerts from the Ravinia Festival, and WFMT’s premiere visiting artist series, Impromptu. Kerry hosts many WFMT Radio Network broadcasts from such locations as the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Salzburg Festival. A native Chicagoan, Kerry grew up with WFMT. His love of music and radio played an important part in his life at Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin, where he eventually became program director of Wisconsin Public Radio. He’s always been a strong advocate of live music broadcasts, and cherishes having interviewed many of the performers he admires including Itzhak Perlman, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Renée Fleming, John Adams, Leif Ove Andsnes – even the award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns.

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Geoffrey Duce: Fantasies and Rhapsodies Through the Ages

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