Manes to present solo piano recital

Published September 28, 2018 This content is archived.

Retired UB music professor and pianist Stephen Manes will make his 11th consecutive appearance at UB since his retirement in 2007 when he takes the stage on Oct. 5 for a concert of the works of Bach, Bartok, Beethoven and Schumann.

The recital will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus.

Manes, a longtime professor of music and former department chair, will perform a program that features Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in F Major, Book II W.T.C.; Bartok’s Improvisations, Op. 20; Beethoven’s Variations in E-flat Major, Op. 35 (“Eroica”…) and Schumann’s Sonata in F Sharp minor, Op. 11.

A graduate of the Julliard School of Music, Manes has performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; the New York Philharmonic; the Pittsburgh, National, Detroit, Baltimore and Denver symphonies; at the Boston Esplanade; and under numerous conductors, including Michael Tilson Thomas, Neville Marriner, Arthur Fiedler, Sergiu Comissiona and Semyon Bychkov.

While on the UB faculty, he presented the complete cycle of Beethoven Piano Sonatas three times. He continues to perform regularly since his retirement, and during the past several seasons his concert schedule has included appearances in New England and the Los Angeles area, as well as Buffalo.

Tickets for Manes’ UB performance are available through a variety of outlets at the following pricing structure:

UB faculty, staff, alumni, seniors and non-UB students

$10 plus $2 fee online at www.ticketfly.com

$10 plus $4 fee by phone at 877-987-6487 (Ticketfly)

$14 in person at the Center for the Arts (noon to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Friday)

$17 in person at the door (one hour before concert time)

General public

$15 plus $2 fee online at www.ticketfly.com

$15 plus $4 fee by phone at 877-987-6487 (Ticketfly)

$19 in person at the Center for the Arts (noon to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Friday)

$22 in person at the door (one hour before concert time)

UB students are admitted free with ID.

For a complete listing of all concerts being presented by the Department of Music, visit the department’s website.