Shelburne’s Orgel performs celebratory concert March 1

Concert pianist Paul Orgel of Shelburne will perform a Faculty Piano Recital on Sunday, March 1 at 3pm at The University of Vermont (UVM) Recital Hall, Redstone Campus, 384 South Prospect Street in Burlington. The performance is free and open to the public.

Orgel’s recital celebrates his 60th birthday, 15 years teaching on UVM’s Music Faculty, and the release of his new solo CD, “Piano Works of Josef Suk, Ernest Chausson, and Max Reger” on the MSR label, which will be on sale at the concert for $15.

The program, “Variations on a Theme” features music by Schubert (Impromptu D. 935/2), Beethoven (Sonata No. 12, op. 26 “Funeral March”) and Dvořák (Theme and Variations, op. 36). Each of these works is in A-flat Major and based on related material. Also featured are works by Chopin: the Nocturne, op. 62/2, Two Mazurkas, and Scherzos Nos. 1 and 4.

Born in New York City, Orgel has concertized throughout the United States, China, and Eastern Europe as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra, and chamber musician. A versatile musician with wide-ranging interests and a varied repertoire, he has given notable concerts in such venues as New York’s Merkin Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Jordan Hall and the Gardner Museum in Boston, the Ordway Theater in St. Paul and at the San Francisco Conservatory.

For tickets or for more information please call (802) 656-3040.