UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF Music 2000-2001 Season

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Year of the Piano Celebration Series

JANE COOP

2000-2001 WILMA AND CLIFFORD SMITH VisiToR IN Music

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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

Where Great Music Meets Great Minds

Friday, February 9, 2001, 8 p.m.

Walter Hall

* .* Year of the Piano Celebration Series

Presents

JANE Coop, PIANO

2000-2001 WiLMaA AND CLIFFORD SMITH Visitor IN Music

Ms. Coop performs tonight’s program on the Edith McConica Steinway.

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

Franz Schubert

(1797-1828)

Wolfgang A. Mozart

(1756-1791)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Sonata in C major (Allegro), Kk. 461

Sonata in F minor (Andante Moderato), Kk. 466

Sonata in G major (Presto, quanto sia possibile), Kk. 427

Piano Sonata in G major, D. 894 “Fantasy” Molto moderato e cantibile troppo Andante Menuetto - Allegro moderato Allegretto

INTERMISSION

Sonata in E-flat major, Kv. 282 Adagio Menuetto I & II Allegro

Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42 Etude Tableau in E-flat major, Op. 33, No. 6 Prelude in B-flat major, Op. 23, No. 2

The Year of the Piano Celebration Series is generously sponsored by

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Meet the Artist

Canadian pianist Jane Coop (MusBac ‘72, U of T) has established ‘selfas one her country’s most promi- nent and distinguished artists. She has toured extensively throughout North America, Britain, Western and Eastern ‘Europe, Russia, China and Japan. Her recitals have graced the international stages in cities like New York, London, St. Petersburg, Warsaw, Prague, Beijing and Tokyo.

As a concerto soloist, Ms. Coop has worked with such eminent conductors as John Eliot Gardiner, Andrew Davis, Rudolf Barshai and with Mario Bernardi, recorded three concertos with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra on CBC’s SMS5000 label. Ms. Coop has also appeared with the Royal Philharmonic, Seattle and Oregon Symphonies, the Hong Kong Phil- harmonic, the Bavarian Radio Orch- estra and every major orchestra in Canada.

As a recording artist, Ms. Coop’s discography of eleven titles on both the Skylark Records and CBC Records has earned her such praises as “one of the finest Chopin discs of the decade” [InTune Magazine - Chopin Nocturnes and Mazurkas]. Her discography

continues to expand with the pending release of her second concerti recordings: Piano Concerti of Barber and Britten with the CBC Radio Orchestra. As for her recent releases, “The Romantic Piano Vol. II” and the chamber repertoire of Brahms and Jenner, they have already garnered great acclaim and are often heard on myriad radio stations across North America.

Equally at home in chamber repertoire, Ms. Coop has collaborated with many of Canada’s leading instru- mentalists and is frequently invited to perform at chamber festivals. She is a regular artist/teacher at the prestigious Kneisel Hall Festival in Blue Hill, Maine.

Her major teachers were Anton Kuerti and Leon Fleisher. Presently, Ms. Coop makes her home in Vancouver, where she is Professor of Piano and Chamber Music at the University of British Columbia.

Jane Coop is a Steinway Artist and records for the Skylark and CBC’s Musica Viva and SM5000 labels. Ms. Coop is represented by Andrew Kwan Artists Management Inc.

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Ben Smith J.S. Bach - Italian Concerto (2 mvts) Erica Tang Debussy - Lille Joyeuse

Florence Ahn Schubert - Sonata in E flat major, D568 Adam Osinski Prokofieff - Concerto No.2 in g minor

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7 Saturday, February 10,12 p.m. Walter Hall Sponsored by Free Admission Remenyi

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Imagine Perfect Resonance.

A chord is struck, but never fades, sustained forever.

Arthur Plettner graduated from the Faculty of Music many years ago and now, because of his generosity, is helping students that have come after him. When Dr. Plettner made a note of — remembering the Faculty of Music in his Will, he created an endowment fund that will provide enduring financial support to gifted graduate and undergraduate students in finan- cial need wishing to study at the Faculty of Y Music. Thank you Dr. Plettner. Dr. Arthur Plettner For more information on Planned Giving please 1904-1999 contact the Development Office of the Faculty of Music by calling 416-946-3145.