Pre-Concert Discussions

in November, March and May

and a

Presentation on Dvorak

Offered by the Christopher Wren Association

Pre-Concert Discussions are free for concert ticket holders. The CWA’s presentation on Dvořák requires CWA membership, which begins at $35/year. Visit the CWA’s website for details.

"The Enigma of Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, K. 427"

Sunday, November 8, 2009, at 2:00 p.m.
Williamsburg United Methodist Church
Presented by Sterling Murray, Ph.D.

Dr. Murray is Professor Emeritus of Music History at West Chester University and a specialist in the music of the eighteenth century.

"A Listener’s Introduction to Dvořák’s Stabat Mater (1877)"

Wednesday, March 10, 9:30 – 11:30 p.m.
William & Mary Hall, Wightman Cup Room
Presented by Sterling Murray, Ph.D.

Dr. Murray is Professor Emeritus of Music History at West Chester University and a specialist in the music of the eighteenth century. This lecture is offered by the Christopher Wren Association. Attendance requires CWA membership. For more information, visit the CWA’s website.

"Seeing God: The Visual Poetics of the Stabat Mater"

Saturday, March 13, 2010, at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 14, 2010, at 3:00 p.m.
Williamsburg Presbyterian Church
Presented by Monica Potkay, Ph.D.

Dr. Potkay is a Medieval Literature specialist in the English Department at the College of William & Mary. She will speak on the text of the Stabat Mater.

"The Poetry of Three Nocturnes"

Sunday, May 2, 2010, at 3:00 p.m.
Williamsburg United Methodist Church
Presented by Robert Maccubbin

Dr. Robert Maccubbin is Professor Emeritus of English at the College of William & Mary. He will speak on the poetry by Dickinson, Whitman and Teasdale featured in Dan Forrest’s Three Nocturnes.