Pacific Lutheran University Program Notes

School of Arts and Communication / Department of Music present

Duettino was written originally for two bassoons by French composer Eugne Bozza in
SENIOR RECITAL
1954, and the version played today is a transcription for two saxophones by Eddie
Austin Baduria, Saxophone Jennings. Bozza studied violin at the Royal Conservatory of St. Cecilia in Rome, and had
a successful career performing with the LOrchestre Pasdeloup, conducting, and
Jeff Orr, Piano composing. During his 25-year tenure as the director of the cole National de Musique
Will Radford, Baritone Saxophone he composed over 150 works, mostly solo wind and chamber pieces including the
Gabriel Johnson, Alto Saxophone Duettino for two bassoons. This four-movement piece is full of contrast, beginning with a
Dalton Best, Tenor Saxophone theme and development in the first movement and transitioning to a slower and more
Miya Higashiyama, Soprano
lyric interplay of the two voices in the second movement. The third movement is in triple
Saturday, April 29th, 2017, at 12:00PM meter with comic accents resulting in an off-kilter waltz. The Duettino concludes with an
Lagerquist Concert Hall, Mary Baker Russell Music Center even more fun and quick iteration of a theme based on a folk melody complete with
dissonant passages and a quirky ending.
Program

I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Lori Laitman uses text from poems written by
children killed in the Holocaust. The name of the work(and the first movement) comes
I Never Saw Another Butterfly Laitman (1955) from a poem by Pavel Freidman, a Jewish Czechoslovakian poet who died at Auschwitz.
I. The Butterfly Friedmans poem also inspired a work of the same name which is comprised of poetry
VI. The Old House
and artwork by Jewish children imprisoned at the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Intermission Laitmans work is comprised of six songs: The Butterfly; Yes, Thats The Way Things
Are; Birdsong; The Garden; Man Proposes, God Disposes; and The Old House.
String Quartet #8 in C minor op. 110 Shostakovich (1906-1975)(arr. Russell
Peterson) String Quartet #8 in C minor by Dimitri Shostakovich is by far the most renowned and
I. Largo
performed of his string quartets. Dedicated to the victims of fascism and war, the piece
II. Allegro Molto
IV. Largo paints a bleak, melancholy setting that was the reality for millions under fascist rule in
different periods of time. The piece includes many quotations from Shostakovichs other
works, such as his first and fifth symphonies, and is based off of the DSCH
(Shostakovichs initials) motif found in many of his other works. Composed in only three
days, it is reported by a close friend of Shostakovich that he thought of this piece as his
This recital is presented by Mr. Baduria in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree epitaph and had planned to commit suicide shortly after finishing the work.
of Bachelor of Music Education. Mr. Baduria is a student of Dr. Erik Steighner.
 Austin Baduria, Saxophone

Assisted by
Jeff Orr, Piano
Will Radford, Baritone Saxophone
Gabriel Johnson, Alto Saxophone
Dalton Best, Tenor Saxophone
Miya Higashiyama, Soprano

School of Arts and Communication / Department of Music present

Saturday, April 29th, 2017, at 12:00PM

SENIOR RECITAL Lagerquist Concert Hall, Mary Baker Russell Music Center