2015-2016 SEASON 14

Friday, October 23, 2015

JOHN EATON 80th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION (#51)

Leonard Nimoy Thalia Hall at Symphony Space


John Eaton — Death (1946)

  • Sharon Harms, soprano; Christopher Oldfather, piano

John Eaton — Lycidas (2014) (excerpts)

  • Sharon Harms, soprano; Christopher Oldfather, piano

John Eaton — Mass II (1997)

  • Bridget Parker, coloratura soprano, Sharon Harms, soprano, Phoebe Haines, mezzo-soprano, Stephen Ng, tenor, Gregory Geehern, baritone, Philip Cheah, bass, David Keberle, clarinet, Christopher Oldfather, piano, Kay Stonefelt and Jamie Sunshine, percussion, Nicholas R. Nelson, electronics, Carmen-Helena Téliz, conductor

John Eaton — El divino Narciso

  • Bridget Parker, coloratura soprano (Echo); Phoebe Haines, mezzo-soprano (Naturaleza Natura); Steven Ng, tenor (El divino Narciso), Roberta Michel, flutes; Daniel Barrett, cello, Kay Stonefelt and Jamie Sunshine, percussion; Nicholas R. Nelson, electronics; Carmen-Helena Téliz, conductor



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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

NEW MUSIC for STRINGS and PIANO (#52)

Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp Center


Roger Blanc — Duopoly II

Richard Brooks — String Quartet No. 5

Susan J. Fischer — Notturno

Emiko Hayashi — Trialogue

John Eaton — Fantasy Romance

Carl Kanter — String Quartet

Debra Kaye — Andante, quietly impassioned



Premieres: † World

Gregor Kitzis, violin, Funda Cizmecioglu, violin, Kim Foster, viola, Dan Barrett & Dave Eggar, cello, Martha Locke & Christopher Oldfather, piano, David Picton, percussion

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC (#53)

Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp Center


Robert S. Cohen — Yellow Alert

Yekaterina Merkulyeva — Mask and Miracles (2013) ‡

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Trumpet Sonata 

Craig Slon — Whirligig

Dary John Mizelle — Polyrhythmic Suite in Six Movements 

Frank Picarazzi — Quartet for Flute, Clarinet, Violin & Vibraphone



Premieres: † World ‡ New York

Michael Laderman, flute, David Valbuena, clarinet, Jerry Bryant, trumpet, Gregor Kitzis, violin, Frank Picarazzi, vibraphone, Daniel Pate, percussion, Avassa Shevel & Craig Ketter, piano

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC (#54)

Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp Center


Kevin McCarter — In Open Air

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Pantomimes (excerpts) ‡

David Picton — Redwood Prelude and Fugue

Jacob E. Goodman — Three Nudes

Jennifer Griffith — Audition

Eugene Marlow — Agitation du Coeur

Scott D. Miller — Dutch Angle



Premieres: † World ‡ New York

Margaret O'Connell, mezzo-soprano, Michael Laderman, flute, Virginia ChangChien, oboe, Allen Blustine & Alexander Negrutsa, clarinet, Liam Kinson & Alexander Negrutsa, bass clarinet, Miranda Cuckson, violin, Kallie Ciechomski & Daniel Panner, viola, Chris Gross, cello, Troy Rinker, double bass, Nataliya Medvedovskaya & Craig Ketter, piano, David Shuler, organ

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Saturday, June 4, 2016

A GALA CONCERT (#55)

Leonard Nimoy Thalia Hall at Symphony Space


Raoul Pleskow — Imaginary Landscape for Piano 4-Hands

Madelyn Byrne — Northern Flight

Patricia Leonard — Three arias from "My Dearest Friend"

Max Giteck Duykers — Cut and Fold

Peri Mauer — Thought's Torsion

Hubert Howe — Inharmonic Fantasy No. 4

Ross Griffey — Tied by a chance bond together

  • Winner of the 2015 John Eaton Memorial Competition

Brian Fennelly — Sacred Songs



Premieres: † World

Wendy Bryn Harmer, soprano, Ricardo Rivera, baritone, Michael Laderman, flute, Gregor Kitzis, violin, Dave Eggar, cello, Shiau-uen Ding, Joshua Groffman, Christopher Oldfather, & Fredrica Wyman, piano

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