Gene Pokorny Recital at Redlands

[Andrew Glendening]

Gene Pokorny will be performing a solo recital on Tuesday, June 10th at 7 pm in the Memorial Chapel at the University of Redlands. Admission is $10 at the door. Directions to campus can be found at http://www.redlands.edu/x23.xml" target="_blank


This is the opening event for the Pokorny Tuba Seminar - June 11 through 15th. There is still room for auditors for the seminar. If you are in Southern California this will be worth your time. For more information go to: http://www.redlands.edu/x35340.xml" target="_blank

Here is Gene's Program:

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
7:00 pm in the Memorial Chapel
Gene Pokorny, Tuba
Concerto No. 1 for Violin Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Arranged for tuba and piano by Tommy Johnson (1935-2006)

Journey – Concerto for Contrabass Tuba (2000) John Stevens (b. 1951)
i. Morning in the Yard

Tuba Concerto (1954) Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
ii. Romanza

Monument – An Elegy in Memory of Tommy Johnson (2007) John Stevens (b. 1951)

Tuba Sonata (2006-7) Anthony Plog (b. 1947)
i. Calm and Flowing
ii. Presto
iii. Slow and with freedom
iv. Allegro

Blue Bells of Scotland Arthur Pryor (1870-1933)
Arranged for tuba and piano by Barney Childs (1926-2000)

Bible Bestiary (1997) Alexandra Pierce (b.1934)
Poetry by Roger Pierce

Animal Ditties (1978) Anthony Plog (b. 1947)
Text by Ogden Nash Stevens

Regards,

Andrew Glendening