2009-2010 SEASON 8
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
Erin Lesser, flute, Marissa Byers, clarinet, Yuki Numata, electric violin, Arthur Cook, cello, Marcia Eckert, Craig Ketter, Nataliya Medvedovskaya, Christopher Oldfather, & Cesar Vuksic, piano, Richard McCandless, speaking percussion.
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
Sofia Dimitrova, soprano, Daniel Molkentin, tenor, Michael Laderman, flute, Stanichka Dimitrova & Lori Miller, violin, Kevin Weng-Yew Mayner, double bass, Jim Abbott, Sookkyung Cho, Tamara Cashour, Marcia Eckert, & Mia Elezovic, piano.
Manhattan Saxophone Quartet: Dan Kochersberger, Wonki Lee, Jay Rattman, Jordan Smith
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
Andrea Biagini, flute, Guido Arbonelli, clarinet & bass clarinet, Michele Bianchini, saxophone, Alessandro Roselletti, piano.
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
Cindy Friedman, flute, Vasko Dukovsky, Shinae Kim, Ismail Lumanovski, & Jessica Sibelman, clarinet, Chieh-Fan Yiu & Cynthia Marcus Smith, violin, Nikki Federman & Edward Klorman, viola, Zsaz Rutkowski, cello, Abram Korsunsky & Nataliya Medvedovskaya, piano.
Dynamic Motion Company Quartet: Ann Marie Bermont, violin, Cynthia Marcus Smith, violin,; Nikki Federman, viola, Zsaz Rutkowski, cello
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
Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano, Christina Ascher, alto, Leonard Hindell, bassoon, Stanichka Dimitrova, Christina McGann, & Joshua Modney, violin, Gareth Zehngut, viola, Hamilton Berry & Zsaz Rutkowski, cello, Craig Ketter, percussion, Peter Jarvis, piano.






