Thomas Mastroianni, presidentwww.americanlisztsociety.org

Presents

hosted byThe Catholic University of America (CUA)

The Library of CongressThe National Gallery of Art

The Baltimore/Washington Chapter of ALS

“Liszt, Literature And Painting”

Festival 2008May 30 to June 1Washington, D.C.

ReGiSTRATioN foRM

To register, please copy this page and complete the information below and send with check made out to:

The American Liszt Society festival American Liszt Society 1420 Chilton Dr.Silver Spring , MD 20904

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festival fees: Registration fee Non-Members $150 x ____ = ________ ALS Members $130 x ____ = ________ Banquet: $70 x ____ = ________ Contribution to ALS $_________ Total enclosed $_________

Please fill out a separate registration form for each registrant. Do not enclose ALS dues or hotel fees; arrange housing separately.

Hotel information: The Phoenix Park Hotel 520 North Capitol Street, NWWashington, DC 20001

Contact hotel directly before April 29 for reservation. Use Group Code 11787

Daily Rates (plus tax): May 29 through June 2

Single: $169.00 Triple: $229.00 Double: $199.00 Quads: $259.00

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SCHEDULE

Thursday May 29 The Catholic University of America School of Music

7 PM Meeting of the Board of Directors of ALS

Friday, May 30 Library of Congress

8:30 AM festival Registration Coolidge Auditorium

9:15 AM Welcome

9:30 AM Lecture: Liszt and Literature frank Cooper

10:30 AM Recital: Young ALS Competition Winners (Bobby Mitchell, irene Kim, Michael Schneider)

11:20 AM Recital: The Influence of the German Poets. Singers, pianists and readers: ivo Kaltchev, Sharon Christman, Matthew Bengtson, Brian Chou, Gila Goldstein, D. Traino, C. Bornholdt

2:00 PM Lecture: Liszt and French Literature and Thought: Rena Charnin Mueller

3:00 PM Recital: Harmonies Poétiques et Réligieuses: Sean Duggan, James Litzelman, Jay Hershberger, Paul Barnes

4:00 PM Lecture: Liszt as Author Alan Walker

5:00 PM Awarding of the Medal of the American Liszt Society to James Conlon

8:00 PM evening Recital: Michele Campanella (2002 recipient of ALS Medal, 3-time winner of Liszt Academy “Gran Prix du Disque”, artist faculty at Siena’s Accademia Chigiana)

Program: Sacred Works of Liszt and 5 Hungarian Rhapsodies.

Saturday, May 31 The Catholic University of America

9:00 AM Registration

9:30 AM Lecture: Libretti as Literature Denise Gallo

10:30 AM Recital: Opera Transcriptions: Jane & Kathleen Solose, Wellborn/Touchton Duo, Louis Nagel, Daniel Glover

2:00 PM Recital: Justin Kolb, Pridonoff Piano Duo, Roldán- Cueto – Violin/Piano Duo

3:00 PM Remarks on Byron, Schiller, and Senancour, Richard Zimdars

4:00 PM Recital: Années de Pèlerinage (Suisse), GiulioDraghi, Karen Shaw, Sandro Russo

8:00 PM evening Recital: Works based on Lennau and Goethe: Alexandre Dossin, Beethoven/ Liszt 6 Songs Steven Spooner, Erlkönig Luiz de MouraCastro, Two Melodramas and Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Sunday June 1 National Gallery of Art - (Morning at CUA - TBA)

2:00 PM Lecture and Recital: Liszt and Sacred Painting and Texts: David Cannata and Nicolas Dufetel Performance of works based on art: Steven Spooner

4:00 PM Tour of Gallery

6:30 PM Choral Works based on Sacred Texts including The Beatitudes and Pater Noster (from Christus) and Missa Choralis (1865) Choral Arts Society of Washington, Norman Scribner, director, Joseph Holt, Conductor, David Lang, organist

8:45 PM Banquet at Ristorante D’aqua (801 Pennsylvania Ave.)

See American Liszt Society website for more information on the program.

Join ALS - Application for membership is on the web site.

www.americanlisztsociety.org