Alternate Tuesdays • 1:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. • Room 21
Coordinator: Maureen McCormack
Instructor: Bob Nixon

This semester we will conclude the Music of the 20th Century and return to the Baroque Era of Classical Music.

Lost Music from the Holocaust: (Repeat Program Request)
September 22
Looking back at the significant events of the first half of the 20th Century, one would be likely to include two world wars, the great depression and the Holocaust. The music included in this program was composed during the Holocaust at the Theresienstadt (or Terezin, its Czech name) concentration camp north of Prague. It was here that Hitler sent the Jewish intellectuals, artists and musicians. Terezin has become synonymous with the greatest propaganda lie of the Nazis' reign of terror. Of the 140,000 sent to Terezin only 17,000 were documented as surviving at the end of the war. The Terezin Chamber Music Foundation is credited with locating, documenting and releasing this music which was first performed publicly at the Forum on the Holocaust in Stockholm in the year 2000.

An Eclectic Selection of 20th Century Music (Part 1)
October 6
To conclude the Music of the 20th Century, there will be selections by 20th Century composers not featured earlier.

An Eclectic Selection of 20th Century Music (Part 2)
October 20
This program is Part 2 of the Eclectic Selection of 20th Century composers and concludes the Music of the 20th Century.

The Music of Antonio Vivaldi (1678 -1741)
November 3
Featured in this program are segments of his Four Seasons and his Concert for the Prince of Poland. Vivaldi also composed concertos for the recorder, violins, trumpets, horns, oboe and lute which will be included in this program.

The Music of George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)
November 17
This program will feature Handel's Water Music and his Music for the Royal Fireworks. Also included in this program will be several of his Violin Sonatas and his Hail the Conquering Hero.

The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
December 8
Included in this program are selections from Bach's two Brandenberg Concertos, his Avia Maria, his Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring and the A Mighty Fortress is Our God. Also included in this program are excerpts from his three orchestral suites.