Tuesday, October 18, 2009

GALA BENEFIT CONCERT and SILENT AUCTION (#21)

Bechstein Piano Center

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — From Pantomimes

Donald Hagar — Clouds, from Landscapes for Piano

John de Clef Piñeiro — Breaths

Carl Kanter — Three Short Pieces for Piano

Jacob E. Goodman — Oui, J'Aime Brahms

Richard McCandless — Childhood, III and IV

Eugene McBride — Two Pieces for Solo Piano

Patricia Leonard — Diabolique

flute, Erin Lesser, clarinet, Marissa Byers, electric violin, Yuki Numata, cello, Arthur Cook, piano, Marcia Eckert, Craig Ketter, Nataliya Medvedovskaya, Christopher Oldfather, & Cesar Vuksic, speaking percussion, Richard McCandless

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC (#22)

Saint Peter's Church at Citicorp Center

Richard D. Russell — When Time Is Over: Four Emily Dickinson

Ezra Laderman — Michael's Suite

Cesar Vuksic — Vocalise †

Tamara Cashour — Pollypiano, a Musical-Theatre Diorama †

Jacob E. Goodman — Three Nocturnes for Violin and Piano †

Martin Halpern — Three Poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson †

Donald Hagar — Twister

Eugene W. McBride — The Players, four movements for violin and piano †

Premieres: † World

soprano, Sofia Dimitrova, tenor, Daniel Molkentin, flute, Michael Laderman, violin, Stanichka Dimitrova & Lori Miller, double bass, Kevin Weng-Yew Mayner, piano, Jim Abbott, Sookkyung Cho, Tamara Cashour, Marcia Eckert, & Mia Elezovic

Manhattan Saxophone Quartet: Dan Kochersberger, Wonki Lee, Jay Rattman, Jordan Smith

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

CELEBRATING JOHN EATON'S 75th BIRTHDAY (#23)

Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space

John de Clef Piñeiro — Rhapsody in Blues

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Pan and Selene

Norbeto Ordrini — Aria Pesante

Richard Brooks — Circular Motions

John Eaton — Some Specters †

Patricia Leonard — Venetian Moonlight ‡

Brian Fennelly — Three's Company

John Eaton — Concert Music for Solo Clarinet

Mauro Porro — Quartetto di Primavera ‡

Premieres: † World  ‡ New York

flute, Andrea Biagini, clarinet & bass clarinet, Guido Arbonelli, saxophone, Michele Bianchini, piano, Alessandro Roselletti

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC (#24)

Saint Peter's Church at Citicorp Center

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Fantasy for Viola and Piano †

Roger Blanc — Four Vignettes for Solo Clarinet

Hubert Howe — Sextet

Eugene Marlow — Une jeune fille d'amoureuse des fleurs auprès de la rivière Ouche à Dijon †

Peri Mauer — Morning, Night, & Noon

Robert S. Cohen — String Quartet# 2 (A Day in the Life) ‡

Premieres: † World  ‡ New York

flute, Cindy Friedman, clarinet, Vasko Dukovsky, Shinae Kim, Ismail Lumanovski, & Jessica Sibelman, viola, Chieh-Fan Yiu & Cynthia Marcus Smith, viola, Nikki Federman & Edward Klorman, cello, Zsaz Rutkowski, piano, Abram Korsunsky & Nataliya Medvedovskaya

Dynamic Motion Company Quartet: Ann Marie Bermont, violin; Cynthia Marcus Smith, violin; Nikki Federman, viola; Zsaz Rutkowski, cello



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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC (#25)

Saint Peter's Church at Citicorp Center

Frank Retzel — Reflections for Soprano and Piano

Carl Kanter — Two Duets for Bassoon and Violin †

Joseph Pehrson — phone †

Christopher Montgomery — Three Piano Pieces

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Andante Amoroso †

Richard Brooks — Five Fainlight Songs

Elizabeth Lim — Wafting †

• Winner of the 2009 NYCC Composition Competition

Richard McCandless — 69th and Broadway †

Premieres: † World

soprano, Jacqueline Milena Thompson, alto, Christina Ascher, bassoon, Leonard Hindell, violin, Stanichka Dimitrova, Christina McGann, & Joshua Modney, viola, Gareth Zehngut, cello, Hamilton Berry & Zsaz Rutkowski, piano, Craig Ketter, percussion, Peter Jarvis

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