The Bach’s Lunch Series continues on May 1 with a lecture by Daniel Beller-McKenna, entitled “Songs Without Words: Schubert and the Piano’s Singing Voice.” On May 8, Anita Yu, a member of the piano faculty at the Music School, will perform Schubert’s Sonata in B-flat Major in her Bach’s Lunch concert entitled “Poetic Majesty.” Bach’s Lunch programs are free, and take place in the Music School’s Recital Hall, 23 Wall St., downtown Concord, from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m.
The May 8 concert will include Schubert's B-Flat Sonata – one of his most hauntingly beautiful pieces. It was also one of his final three sonatas written in the last year of his life. Known for his exquisite lyricism, Schubert delivers a poignant melody that seems to arise from his very heart and soul. The theme in the opening of this sonata is both dreamy and resigned, but is interrupted suddenly by the ominous rumbling of a low trill, foreshadowing death as the rattling comes to a complete stop.
The Bach’s Lunch Series received a 2007 Best of NH Award from New Hampshire Magazine, named as an Editor's Pick - “best place to bring a brown-bag lunch.”
The Bach’s Lunch series is sponsored by The Duprey Companies; The Couch Trusts, TD Banknorth, N.A., Trustee; and The Timothy and Abigail B. Walker Lecture Fund. Call 603-228-1196 for information, or visit the website http://www.ccmusicschool.org.
Daniel Beller-McKenna is Associate Professor of Music at the University of New Hampshire where he has been on the faculty since 1998. He has published widely on the music of Johannes Brahms and (less widely) on John Lennon and the Beatles. Beller-McKenna is President of the American Brahms Society and performs in various musical ensembles in the New Hampshire seacoast region.
Anita Yu holds a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of British Columbia, and a master of music degree in piano pedagogy and performance from Westminster Choir College. She studied with Louise Goss, Phyllis Lehrer, and Ena Barton, and currently studies with Michael Lewin at the Boston Conservatory. Ms. Yu has performed many solo performances in Boston, Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Vancouver. She is a former assistant musical director and accompanist for the Papermill Theatre, Lincoln, NH, and a former faculty member at the New School for Music Study and St. Paul’s School. She currently teaches at the Community Music Center of Boston, and the Concord Community Music School.