MusicIC 2012, Iowa City’s summer classical music festival, returns for a second year with a weeklong series of concerts and other events June 10-16. MusicIC’s theme, “Where Literature and Music Meet,” continues a tradition of linking the music with Iowa City’s rich literary tradition. All festival events are free and open to the public.
The June 14 concert at Trinity Episcopal features music by Franz Schubert, including a selection of his lieder — songs based on poems and written for one voice and piano — and his Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114, D. 667, also known as “The Trout.” It is based on the melody of one of the lieder to be performed that evening. A patron so admired it that he asked Schubert to incorporate it into an instrumental piece. The evening’s performance, A Schubertiade: Music Inspired by Animals, also features Martin Andrews, co-founder of Iowa City’s Working Group Theatre, who will read from the related literary source before each piece.