Miniature Mahler with soprano Desirée Hassler Friday, September 28, 2007 7:00 p.m. Concert Conversation 7:30 p.m. Concert Begins University Place Christian Church 403 S. Wright St., Champaign

W. A. Mozart: Serenade for Winds in C Minor, K. 388 Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (arranged for small chamber orchestra by Erwin Stein) Since Bach's time and before, composers have arranged and rearranged their own and others' music to suit various purposes—often to bring famous works to a wider audience. Mozart and Mahler were among those inveterate tinkerers. At this concert we feature Erwin Stein's remarkable reduction of the most light-hearted and child-like of Mahler's symphonies from its massive orchestral original to an ensemble of just thirteen players and soprano. The most serious of Mozart's many serenades serves as prelude.

Soprano Desirée Hassler