Friday, October 24, 2014

NEW MUSIC for CLARINET and PIANO (#45)

Benzaquen Hall, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music

Jacob E. Goodman — Six Intermezzi for Piano

Peri Mauer — Morning, Night, & Noon

Nailah Nombeko — Three Preludes

Kevin McCarter — Summer Souvenirs †

Max Giteck Duykers — "Theia" (2014) for Bass Clarinet, Two MIDI Foot Controllers, and Bar Chimes ‡

Emiko Hayashi — Two Piano Pieces †

Hubert Howe — Pentachordal Etudes †

Raoul Pleskow — Four Piano Pieces for Maestro Hsu



Premieres: † World ‡ New York

clarinet, Christina Van Alstine, Vasko Dukovski, & Ismail Lumanovski, piano, Jonathan Howe, Craig Ketter, Kevin McCarter, & Martha Locker

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

MEMORIAL CONCERT for LEO KRAFT (#46)

Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp Center

Leo Kraft — Six Pieces for Violin with Piano Obbligato

Nailah Nombeko — Obscurity

Carl Kanter — Trio for violin, cello, and piano (excerpts) †

Eugene McBride — Moments for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano †

Jacob E. Goodman — Andante for String Quartet †

Scott D. Miller — Coots and Rails for violin trio †

Kevin McCarter — Quiet Moments for Viola and Piano †

Craig Slon — String Quartet †



Premieres: † World

violin, Miranda Cuckson, Ken Hamao, Marina Kifferstein, Gregor Kitzis, Curtis Macomber, & Calvin Wiersma, viola, Daniel Panner, cello, Greg Hesselink, piano, Blair McMillen

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

MEMORIAL CONCERT for STEVEN LEIBHOLZ (#47)

Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp Center

Brian Fennelly — Memoria †

Cesar Vuksic — Prelude and Toccatina for Piano †

Richard D. Russell — Three Partings

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Suite for Solo Piano (excerpts)

John Eaton — Ad Luciam Beatricem

Martin Halpern — Three Later Poems of Walt Whitman

Debra Kaye — The Doppelganger ‡

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Moonsongs for Soprano and Piano ‡



Premieres: † World  ‡ New York

soprano, Sofia Dimitrova & Jacqueline Milena Thompson, mezzo-soprano, Phoebo Haines, baritone, Jim Trainor, baritone, clarinet, David Keberle, trombone, Haim Avitsur, violin, Stanichka Dimitrova, cello, James Waldo, piano, Michael Brofman, Craig Ketter, Nataliya Medvedovskaya, Simon Mulligan, & Christopher Oldfather

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Friday, March 13, 2015

A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC (#48)

Benzaquen Hall, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Winter Ballade †

Susan J. Fischer — What Is Going. What Is Coming †

Matt Weber — Americana Journey: City and Country †

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Friezes of Dreams †

Eugene Marlow — From the Hebraic Songbook †

Tamara Cashour — eMIly DIckinson: towaRd TECH-NO-lo-gy †

Robert S. Cohen — An Ant's World

Frank Retzel — Daughter of Dawn (1993)



Premieres: † New York

soprano, Kathleen Mulready & Jacqueline Milena Thompson, alto, Michaela Mechlovitz & Amanda Farley, countertenro, Biraj Barkakaty, countertenor, tenor, Luis Gutierrez, bass, Philip Allen, violin, Lynn Bechtold & Stanichka Dimitrova, piano, Tamara Cashour, Craig Ketter & Nataliya Medvedovskaya

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC (#49)

Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp Center

Susan J. Fischer — Intermezzo ‡

Peri Mauer — Journey ‡

Gayther Myers — The Workday ‡

Max Giteck Duykers — Dark Body ‡

David Picton — Turning Leaves for Sandy ‡

Orlando Legname — Vortici D'etere ‡

Eugene Marlow — Trois Chansons pour une Poetesse †

Richard Brooks — Into the Twilight ‡



Premieres: † World  ‡ New York

flute, Margaret Lancaster & Roberta Michel, oboe, Virginia ChangChien, Christa Robinson, & Keve Wilson, clarinet, Christa Van Alstine, French horn, Kate Sheeran, bassoon, Nanci Belmont, violin, Esther Noh, viola, Hannah Levinson, cello, guitar, Oren Fader, John Popham, piano, Stephen Gosling, conductor, Tamara Cashour

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Saturday, May 30, 2015

A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC (#50)

Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space

Roger Blanc — Mood Swings for Jazz Quartet

Madelyn Byrne — First Flight, Early Spring ‡

Emiko Hayashi — End of Hot Summer

Dary John Mizelle — Baseball: I Opening Day †

Vladimir del Orbe — Contextual Enigma †

• Winner of the 2014 NYCC Composers Competition

Hubert Howe — Inharmonic Fantasy No. 3

• electronics, Hubert Howe

Robert S. Cohen — Galapagos Suite †

• marimba

Tamara Cashour — Queen Suite

Premieres: † World ‡ New York

flute, Ellen Weller, clarinet & soprano saxophone, David Sherr, electric guitar, Roger Blanc, violin, Karen Rostron, viola, Gregor Kitzis, cello, Peter Prosser, harp, double bass, Evan Runyon & Jennifer Vincent, Aliz Raspé, piano, Dary John Mizelle, Derin Öge, Nina Siniakova, & Steve Sandberg, vibraphone, Cesare Papetti, marimba, Jonathan Singer, & Rina Okubo, bongos, David Picton, conductor, Roger Blanc

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