2009-2010 — Season 8

Tuesday, October 18, 2009

GALA BENEFIT CONCERT and SILENT AUCTION (#21)

Bechstein Piano Center


Nataliya Medvedovskaya — From Pantomimes

  • Marissa Byers, clarinet, Nataliya Medvedovskaya, piano

Donald Hagar — Clouds, from Landscapes for Piano

  • Christopher Oldfather, piano

John de Clef Piñeiro — Breaths

  • Erin Lesser, flute; Craig Ketter, piano

Carl Kanter — Three Short Pieces for Piano

  • Christopher Oldfather, piano

Jacob E. Goodman — Oui, J'Aime Brahms

  • Arthur Cook, cello, Marcia Eckert, piano

Richard McCandless — Childhood, III and IV

  • Richard McCandless, speaking percussionist

Eugene McBride — Two Pieces for Solo Piano

  • Nataliya Medvedovskaya, piano; Cesar Vuksic, piano

Patricia Leonard — Diabolique

  • Yuki Numata, electric violin; Nataliya Medvedovskaya, piano





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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

  • Sofia Dimitrova, soprano, Tamara Cashour, piano

Ezra Laderman — Michael's Suite

  • Michael Laderman, flute

Cesar Vuksic — Vocalise

  • Sofia Dimitrova, soprano

Tamara Cashour — Pollypiano, a Musical-Theatre Diorama

  • Manhattan Saxophone Quartet: Dan Kochersberger, Wonki Lee, Jay Rattman, Jordan Smith, Tamara Cashour, piano

Jacob E. Goodman — Three Nocturnes for Violin and Piano

  • Stanichka Dimitrova, violin; Sookkyung Cho, piano

Martin Halpern — Three Poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson

  • Daniel Molkentin, tenor; Michael Laderman, flute; Marcia Eckert, piano

Donald Hagar — Twister

  • Kevin Weng-Yew Mayner, double bass; Mia Elezovic, piano

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

  • Lori Miller, violin,  Jim Abbott, piano



 † World Premiere

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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

  • Guido Arbonelli, clarinet; Alessandro Roselletti, piano

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Pan and Selene

  • Andrea Biagini, flute, Alessandro Roselletti, piano

Norbeto Ordrini — Aria Pesante

  • Guido Arbonelli, bass clarinet; Alessandro Roselletti, piano

Richard Brooks — Circular Motions

  • Andrea Biagini, flute; Guido Arbonelli, clarinet; Alessandro Roselletti, piano

John Eaton — Some Specters

  • Andrea Biagini, flute; Guido Arbonelli, clarinet; Michele Bianchini, saxophone; Alessandro Roselletti, piano

Patricia Leonard — Venetian Moonlight ‡

  • Guido Arbonelli, clarinet, Michele Bianchini, saxophone, Alessandro Roselletti, piano

Brian Fennelly — Three's Company

  • Andrea Biagini, flute, Michele Bianchini, saxophone, Alessandro Roselletti, piano

John Eaton — Concert Music for Solo Clarinet

  • Guido Arbonelli, clarinet

Mauro Porro — Quartetto di Primavera ‡

  • Andrea Biagini, flute; Guido Arbonelli, clarinet; Michele Bianchini, saxophone; Alessandro Roselletti, piano



 † World Premiere  ‡ New York Premiere

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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

  • Chieh-Fan Yiu, viola, Nataliya Medvedovskaya, piano

Roger Blanc — Four Vignettes for Solo Clarinet

  • Jessica Sibelman, clarinet

Hubert Howe — Sextet

  • Cindy Friedman, flute; Shinae Kim, clarinet; Cynthia Marcus Smith, violin; Nikki Federman, viola; Zsaz Rutkowski, cello; Abram Korsunsky, piano

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

  • Edward Klorman, viola, Zsaz Rutkowski, cello

Peri Mauer — Morning, Night, & Noon

  • Ismail Lumanovski, clarinet, Vasko Dukovski, clarinet

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

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



† World Premiere  ‡ New York Premiere

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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

  • Jacqueline Milena Thompspn, soprano, Craig Ketter, piano

Carl Kanter — Two Duets for Bassoon and Violin

  • Leonard Hindell, bassoon, Joshua Modney, violin

Joseph Pehrson — phone

  • Christina Ascher, alto

Christopher Montgomery — Three Piano Pieces

  • Craig Ketter, piano

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Andante Amoroso

  • Zsaz Rutkowski, cello, Craig Ketter, piano

Richard Brooks — Five Fainlight Songs

  • Jacquline Milena Thompson, soprano, Craig Ketter, piano

Elizabeth Lim — Wafting

  • Winner of the 2009 NYCC Composition Competition
  • Stanichka Dimitrova, violin, Christina McGann, violin, Gareth Zehngut, viola, Hamilton Berry, cello

Richard McCandless — 69th and Broadway

  • Peter Jarvis, percussion


† World Premiere



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2009-2010 — Season 8