Glenn Korff School of Music Professor of Piano Mark Clinton will perform his final faculty recital, titled “Fire and Whispers: Two Visions of Passion,” on Tuesday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall.
The concert is free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcasted. Visit https://go.unl.edu/gksomwebcasts the day of the performance for the link.
Clinton is retiring from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln at the end of the academic year after 31 years of service.
“After 31 years of teaching at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, it is difficult to capture in a few words what this place, and the people who fill it, have meant to me,” Clinton writes in the program notes. “When I arrived here in 1995, I could not have imagined the depth of fulfillment, challenge, joy and growth that would shape the next three decades of my life. It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve on this faculty and to work alongside colleagues whose dedication to the arts continually inspires me.”
His program includes two pieces, Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Sonata in F minor, Op. 57” (“Appassionata”) and Robert Schumann’s “Fantasie in C major, Op. 17.”
“Beethoven’s Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 (‘Appassionata’) and Robert Schumann’s Fantasie in C major, Op. 17 both stand as towering musical statements of passion, and yet they embody profoundly different emotional worlds,” Clinton writes in the program notes. “While both works are saturated with intensity, they each channel that passion through distinct expressive, structural and psychological lenses.”
Clinton, who is a Steinway artist, has received accolades for his performances in venues around the world, from Paris to Sydney to New York. His concert activities as a soloist, chamber musician and a collaborative artist reflect his commitment to musical diversity and to a wide range of performing experiences.
Clinton is also in great demand as an adjudicator at major national and international piano competitions, and he frequently works in masterclasses with outstanding young pianists from around the world.
For more on Clinton, visit https://go.unl.edu/clinton.
