Wednesday, August 11, 2021
FIRST CONCERT of NEW MUSIC for ORGAN (#76)
Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration
Richard Brooks — Preludes to Milton’s 'Paradise Lost'
Kevin McCarter — Two Preludes after Jean Langlais ‡
Dana Dimitri Richardson — Chiaroscuro †
Eugene Marlow — Three Pieces for Organ
Catherine Neville — Prelude & Fugue in the Time of COVID †
Claudia Dumschat, organ
† World Premiere ‡ New York Premiere
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Thursday, September 9, 2021
NEW MUSIC for STRINGS & ELECTRONICS (#77)
Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration
Jacob E. Goodman — String Quartet No. 1 †
- Klang String Quartet
Catherine Neville — Mukuntuweap †
- Klang String Quartet
Debra Kaye — Turning in Time
- Kinga Augustyn, violin
Timothy L. Miller — Three Miniatures for String Trio †
- Gregor Kitzis, violin; Arthur Dibble, viola; Molly Aronson, cello
Hubert Howe — Inharmonic Fantasy No. 9
- Molly Aronson, cello; Hubert Howe, electronics
Kevin McCarter — Sketches From Nature ††
- Klang String Quartet
Rushaniya Nizamutdinova — The Sun ‡
- Hubert, Howe, electronics
Rushaniya Nizamutdinova — Immersion ‡
- Hubert, Howe, electronics
Eric Heilner — SQrt: Season 1, Episode 2
- Klang String Quartet
The Klang String Quartet
- Gregor Kitzis, violin; Katie Thomas, violin, Arthur Dibble, viola; Molly Aronson, cello
- Special Guest Soloist Kinga Augustyn, violin
† World Premiere †† New York Premiere ‡ US Premiere
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Thursday, October 14, 2021
SECOND CONCERT of NEW MUSIC for ORGAN (#78)
Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration
Robert Cohen — Rabbi Schmuley Rides the Cyclone to Heaven †
Thomas Parente — Pandemia †
Dary John Mizelle — Passacaglia, Toccata & Fugue †
Hubert Howe — Prelude for Organ †
David See — Three Hymn Preludes for Organ
Claudia Dumschat, organ
† World Premiere †† New York Premiere
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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
NEW MUSIC for INSTRUMENTS, ELECTRONICS & VIDEO (#79)
Marc A. Scorca Hall of the National Opera Center
Raoul Pleskow — Souvenir (to Craig Ketter) †
- Craig Ketter, piano
Craig Slon — The Siren †
- Tammy Scheffer, soprano; Blair McMillen, piano
Peter Kelsh — Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano †
- Stefan Williams, horn; Eunmin Woo, violin; Craig Ketter, piano
Frederick Boyle — Palindrome Canon Nº 9 †
- for electronics & video, video by Craig Stockwell
Linda A. Marcel — Distant Waves, New Worlds ‡
- Michael Laderman, flute, electronics, and video by Linda Marcel
Hubert Howe — Inharmonic Fantasy Nº 10 ‡
- Hubert Howe, electronics, Blair McMillen, piano, video by Gazinur Rakhmatullin
Rushaniya Nizamutdinova — Electroacoustic Improvisation Nº 2 ‡
- video by Martin Mukhametzyanov
Emiko Hayashi — Song Cycle †
- Tammy Scheffer, soprano; Blair McMillen, piano
† World Premiere ‡ U.S. Premiere
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Thursday, December 16, 2021
A CONCERT OF NEW CHAMBER MUSIC (#80)
Marc A. Scorca Hall of the National Opera Center
Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Millennium Sonata, movement II †
- Peter Sachon, cello; Criag Ketter, piano
Kevin McCarter — Reconsidered †
- David Valbuena, clarinet; Peter Sachon, cello
David Picton — The Crafty Huntsman †
- David Valbuena, clarinet; Peter Sachon, cello; Criag Ketter, piano
David See — Caffeine Rag
- David See, piano
Roger Blanc — Duology †
- Melissa Slocum, double bass; Steve Sandberg, piano
Olivia D. Jones — It Is She Who Made Us †
- David Valbuena, clarinet; Peter Sachon, cello
Dana Dimitri Richardson — Three Rhapsodies
- Criag Ketter, piano
† World Premiere
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Tuesday, March 15, 2022
A CONCERT of NEW CHAMBER MUSIC (#81)
Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration
Dana Dimitri Richardson — Sunsongs
- Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano; Craig Ketter, piano
Kevin McCarter — Under Sun Or Stars †
- Jessica Bowers, mezzo-soprano; Craig Ketter, piano
Robert S. Cohen — So You Think I'm Funny? †
- Will Short, bassoon; Craig Ketter, piano
David See — Caffeine Rag
- David See, piano
Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Millennium Sonata, movement II
- Peter Sachon, cello; Craig Ketter, piano
David Picton — The Crafty Huntsman
- Todd Palmer, clarinet, Peter Sachon, cello, Craig Ketter, piano
† World Premiere
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Thursday, April 21, 2022
NEW MUSIC for VOICE & INSTRUMENTS (#82)
Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration
Catherine Neville — Three Pieces on Paintings by Kandinsky
- Kyle Miller, electric guitar; Matthew Kowalski, vibraphone
Paul Aljian — By Night, By Day †
- David Steinberg, violin; Daniel Barret, cello
Simona Smirnova — Jauna Meilė †
- Simona Smirnova, soprano; Vivienne Aerts, alto; Takuma Matsui, tenor; Erik Schark, bass
Madelyn Byrne — Hallie Quinn Brown
- Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano, Simon Mulligan, piano
Eric Heilner — Short Story for Violin & Piano Nº 1 †
- Marina Kifferstein, violin; Simon Mulligan, piano
Patricia Leonard — Remember Me, from “Written in the Stars”
- Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano; Simon Mulligan, piano
Christopher Sahar — Shortcuts for Solo Piano †
- Simon Mulligan, piano
Anton Rovner — Mysterious Star, song cycle on poems by Edgar Allan Poe †
- Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano; Simon Mulligan, piano
† World premiere
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Wednesday, May 18, 2022
A CELEBRATION OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC MASTERS (#83)
Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration
David Mecionis — Elegy for Joey ‡
- Linda Wetherill, flute, Lois Martin, viola
Roger Blanc — Pendulum †
- Oren Fader, guitar
Tamara Cashour — ’Baldi Buddy Ol’ Pal — a short fantasia on themes from Girolamo Frescobaldi’s Cento Partite supra Passacaglia †
- Christopher Oldfather, piano
Stefan Wolpe — Second Piece for Violin Alone
- Rolf Schulte, violin
Raoul Pleskow — Contrasts †
- Rolf Schulte, violin, Christopher Oldfather, piano
Jeffrey Niederhoffer — les pierres éclatent †
- Christopher Oldfather, piano
John Eaton — Tocotín ‡
- Jessica Bowers, mezzo-soprano, Oren Fader, guitar
Dary John Mizelle — A World of Differences †
- Esther Lamneck, clarinet
Donald Martino — Fantasy-Variations
- Rolf Schulte, violin
‡ New York Premiere † World Premiere
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Tuesday, June 14, 2022
A CONCERT OF NEW MUSIC (#84)
Little Church Around the Corner, Church of the Transfiguration
Cheng Jin Koh — Ecstasy
- Winner of the 2019 John Eaton Memorial Competition
- Daniel Ketter, clarinet, Olivia Moaddel, violin, Mark Serkin, cello, Craig Ketter, piano
Christopher Kaufman — Nocturnal Phantasy ‡
- Daniel Ketter, clarinet, Craig Ketter, piano
Raoul Pleskow — Souvenir for solo piano
- Craig Ketter, piano
Timothy L. Miller — String Quartet No.3: “l'Ode au Vermont” †
- Klang String Quartet
Jeffrey Niederhoffer — Askew, But Not Amiss ‡
- Winner of the 2020 John Eaton Memorial Competition
- Anthony Izzo, alto saxophone
Carl Kanter — String Quartet 2021 †
- Klang String Quartet
The Klang String Quartet:
- Gregor Kitzis, violin, Katie Thomas, violin, Arttie Dibble, viola, Molly Aronson, cello
‡ New York Premiere † World Premiere
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