Displaying until January 12, 2024
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Pianist and Cal Poly music Professor Emeritus W. Terrence Spiller will present a recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12, in Spanos Theatre. The program will feature innovative works by three great keyboard composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Béla Bartók and Frédéric Chopin. The program will open with Bach’s buoyant “Italian Concerto,” BWV 971 in F Major, which demonstrates his mastery of the Italian “concerto grosso” style for orchestra. Bartók’s groundbreaking “14 Bagatelles” will follow in which the composer displays his new musical language through character pieces. Chopin’s “Four Ballades” will be featured on the second half. The monumental Romantic works combine his lyricism with dramatic virtuosity to tell “unidentified” stories. Spiller retired from teaching at Cal Poly in spring 2023. He was a member of the Music Department faculty from 1991-2023, and served as its chair from 2004-19. Tickets are sold at the Cal Poly Ticket Office, 805-756-4849. For more information, visit the Music Department calendar website or call 805-756-2406.

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