JEFFREY JACOB, PIANIST

PROGRAM

In Time's Unfolding Chester Biscardi

Flood on the River Tiszla Laslo Katai


Dialectics Ethan Haimo

Sonata Bela Bartok
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio
III. Presto non tanto



Intermission


Makrokosmos, Vol. II George Crumb
Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac
for Amplified Piano

1. Morning Music (Genesis II) CANCER
2. The Mystic Chord SAGITTARIUS
3. Rain-Death Variations PISCES
4. Twin Suns (Doppelganger aus der Ewigkeit) GEMINI
5. Ghost-Nocturne: for the Druids of Stonehenge VIRGO
6. Gargoyles TAURUS
7. Tora! Tora! Tora! (Cadenza
Apocalittica SCORPIO
8. A Prophecy of Nostradamus AIRES
9. Cosmic Wind LIBRA
10. Voices from "Corona Borealis" AQUARIUS
11. Litany of the Galactic Bells LEO
12. Agnus Dei CAPRICORN

JEFFREY JACOB
Biographical information:

Described by the Warsaw Music Journal as "unquestionably one of the greatest performers of 20th-century music" and the New York Times as, "an artist of intense concentration and conviction," Jeffrey Jacob received his education from the Juilliard School (Master of Music) and the Peabody Conservatory (Doctorate), and counts as his principal teachers, Mieczyslaw
Munz, Carlo Zecchi, and Leon Fleisher. Since his debut with the London Philharmonic in Royal Festival Hall, London, he has appeared with over 20 orchestras internationally including the Moscow, St. Petersburg, Indianapolis, Seattle, Portland, Charleston, Sao Paulo, and Brazil National Symphonies, the Silesian, Moravian, North Czech, and Royal Queenstown
Philharmonics. A noted proponent of contemporary music, he has performed the world premieres of works written for him by George Crumb, Vincent Persichetti, Gunther Schuller, Samuel Adler, Francis Routh, and many others. He has performed solo recitals in London, Dublin, Berlin, Cologne, Munich, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Prague, Warsaw, Madrid, Milan, Helsinki,
Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Havana, Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, Sydney, Auckland, Toronto, Ottawa, and throughout the U.S.

Mr. Jacob has recorded over 50 works for solo piano and piano and orchestra including his critically acclaimed series of CD's of the complete piano music of George Crumb and Samuel Barber and major works of Bela Bartok. Fanfare Magazine recently devoted a feature article to his series of CD's for New Ariel Recordings entitled, "Contemporary American Eclectic
Music for the Piano." Additionally, he has made radio recordings for Radio Prague, Radio Warsaw, and Brazilian National Radio as well as a series of recordings of American piano music for the BBC.

As a composer, he has written three symphonies, three piano concertos, and numerous works for piano and chamber ensemble. His works have been premiered and recorded by the Indianapolis Symphony conducted by Raymond Leppard, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony conducted by Edwin London, the Portland Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of the Rhein, and the Orquesta de Baja California. The Charleston Symphony recently performed his Persistence of Memory at the Charleston Spoleto Festival. Two CD's of his orchestral music have been released by Centaur and Albany Records. He was recently named "Artist of the Year" by the International New Music Consortium at New York University. He is currently Professor of Music and
Artist-in-Residence at Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana.