Tuesday, November 15, 2022
DIFFERENT STRINGS (#85)
Church of the Transfiguration, Little Church Around the Corner
Hubert Howe — Moments of Uncertainty †
- Craig Ketter, piano
Dary John Mizelle — Preludes & Fugues, Book II (Nos. 2, 9, 16, 20) †
- Craig Ketter, piano
Richard Brooks — Sonata for Guitar †
- Bill Zito, guitar
Roger Blanc — Fantasy Variations †
- Craig Ketter, piano
Igor Vorobyev — Elegy in the Old Style ‡
- Oren Fader, guitar
Dana Dimitri Richardson — Consolations †
- Craig Ketter, piano
† World Premiere ‡ New York Premiere
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Thursday, December 15, 2022
MOMENTS SWEEP PAST (#86)
Church of the Transfiguration, Little Church Around the Corner
Peter Kelsh — Four Shelley Songs †
- Robert Garner, baritone; Craig Ketter, piano
Sergey Oskolkov — Sonata for Bass Clarinet & Piano ‡
- David Valbuena, bass clarinet, Markus Kaitila, piano
Scott D. Miller — Liszt on Liszt †
- Markus Kaitila, piano
Emiko Hayashi — Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Cello †
- Josh Henderson, violin; Peter Sachon, cello; Craig Ketter, piano
Kevin McCarter — City Park, Afternoon †
- Robert Garner, baritone, David Valbuena, clarinet, Peter Sachon, cello
Anthony Izzo — Permutations †
- Markus Kaitila, piano
Patrick Andrew Thompson — Moments Sweep Past (Three Poems of Tracy K. Smith) ‡
- Winner of the 15th annual John Eaton Memorial Competition
- Jacqueline Milena Mulligan, soprano, Peter Sachon, cello, Craig Ketter, piano
† World Premiere ‡ New York Premiere
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
NAMASTE CLARINET QUINTET & GUIDO ARBONELLI (#87)
Church of the Transfiguration, Little Church Around the Corner
David See — Suite for Clarinet Quintet †
- Natalia Benedetti, E-flat clarinet; Mattia Rellini, B-flat clarinet; Valentina Betti Sorbelli, B-flat clarinet; Letizia Rossi, bass clarinet; Guido Arbonelli, bass clarinet
Gayther Myers — Poem in October †
- Natalia Benedetti, B-flat clarinet; Mattia Rellini, B-flat clarinet; Guido Arbonelli, bass clarinet
David Mecionis — Two Table Canons for Two Clarinetists ‡
- Natalia Benedetti, E-flat & B-flat clarinets; Guido Arbonelli, B-flat & bass clarinets
Hubert Howe — Inharmonic Fantasy Nº 15 ‡
- Letizia Rossi, bass clarinet; Hubert Howe, electronics
Robert S. Cohen — Variants ‡
- Natalia Benedetti, B-flat clarinet; Guido Arbonelli, bass clarinet
Todd Mason — Echoes of the Heart †
- Natalia Benedetti, B-flat clarinet; Valentina Betti Sorbelli, B-flat clarinet; Guido Arbonelli, bass clarinet
Anton Rovner — Lamento †
- Natalia Benedetti, B-flat clarinet; Valentina Betti Sorbelli, B-flat clarinet; Letizia Rossi, B-flat clarinet; Guido Arbonelli, bass clarinet
Timothy L. Miller — Circus Minimus: Six Vignettes for Clarinet Ensemble ‡
- Natalia Benedetti, E-flat clarinet; Mattia Rellini, B-flat clarinet; David Valbuena, B-flat clarinet; Valentina Betti Sorbelli, B-flat clarinet; Jacqueline Gillette, B-flat clarinet; Letizia Rossi, bass clarinet; Guido Arbonelli, bass clarinet
† World Premiere ‡ US Premiere
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Sunday, February 12, 2023
NEW YORK to MOSCOW MUSICAL BRIDGES PROGRAM
Lermontov Library, Ulitsa Barbolina 6, Moscow
David See — Das, vas ist — for soprano & pianos ‡
- Marina Donayeva, soprano, Olga Tabachnik, piano
Timothy L. Miller — Cuatro en uno — piano 4-hands †
- Tatiana Rovner, Olga Tabachnik, piano
Christopher Sahar — Four Violin Duos ‡
- Maria Khodina, Anastasia Anisimova, violins
Christopher Sahar — Ludwig Variations — flute solo †
- Ekaterina Milkina, flute
Robert S. Cohen — Five Nights in Sophia — violin and piano ‡
- Ekaterina Gubanova, violin; Tatiana Rovner, piano
David Mecionis — Five Mirror Canons — violin and cello †
- Maria Khodina, violin; Nadezhda Grebennikova, cello
Eric Heilner — Short Story for Violin & Piano, No. 1 ‡
- Maria Khodina, violin; Sayaka Takahashi, piano
Dary John Mizelle — Preludes & Fugues, Book II (Nos. 2, 9, 16, 20) — piano solo ‡
- Sayaka Takahashi, piano
Linda Marcel — Anjana, a Cantabrian Myth — violin solo ‡
- Ekaterina Gubanova, violin
Hubert Howe — Nocturne, Dance & Dream — solo piano
- Sayaka Takahashi, piano
Barrett Kalellis — In Our Time — soprano and piano ‡
- Valeria Golovko, soprano; Sayaka Takahashi, piano
† World Premiere ‡ Russian Premiere
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Monday, February 13, 2023
THE INTERVAL BETWEEN (#88)
Marc A. Scorca Hall / OPERA America's National Opera Center
David Picton — Piano Sonata No. 1 †
- Markus Kaitila, piano
Kevin McCarter — Responding Variations †
- Lillian Copeland, oboe, Arthur Dibble, viola
Debra Kaye — Submarine Dreams
- Mary Barto, bass flute, Troy Rinker, Jr, double bass
Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Ragtimes
- Nataliya Medvedovskaya, piano
Olga Victorova — Magic Birds Phung Hoan (Telling the Sage Lin Loon the Mystery of the Twelve Tones in Music) ††
- Katie Thomas, violin
Tamara Cashour — Two Shorts for Piccolo & Contrabassoon †
- Mary Barto, piccolo; Harry Searing, contrabassoon
Timothy L. Miller — Two Settings of Ogden Nash Poems †
- Anthony de Mare, narrator-piano
David Mecionis — Trio in Two Parts with an Interval Between ‡
- Lillian Copeland, oboe; Harry Searing, bassoon; Arthur Dibble, viola
Andrey Bandura — Spring Sonata for Violin & Piano ††
- Katie Thomas, violin; Markus Kaitila, piano
† World Premiere †† US Premiere ‡ New York Premiere
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Monday, March 27, 2023
LINES OF REFERENCE (#89)
Marc A. Scorca Hall / OPERA America's National Opera Center
Madelyn Byrne — Flow ‡
- Timothy Hanley, clarinet; Artie Dibble, viola; Craig Ketter, piano
Mark Belodubrovsky — Romances on Verses by African Poets ††
- Gennadiy Vysotskiy, baritone; Craig Ketter, piano
Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Aria of the Fairy of Doubt †
- Anna Voevoda, soprano, Nataliya Medvedovskaya, piano
Hubert Howe — Harmonic Fantasy Nº 6 †
- Timothy Hanely, clarinet & fixed media
Linda Marcel — The Wonders ‡
- Ammon Swinbank, flute; David Mecionis, electric guitar; Artie Dibble, violin; Rocío Díaz de Cossio, cello, with fixed media
Sergey Oskolkov — Line of Reference ††
- Gennadiy Vysotskiy, baritone; Craig Ketter, piano
Robert S. Cohen — Do Not Enter ‡
- Wes Krygsman, tuba, Craig Ketter, piano
† World Premiere †† US Premiere ‡ New York Premiere
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Thursday, April 13, 2023
ROWING IN EDEN (#90)
Church of the Transfiguration, Little Church Around the Corner
Eric Heilner — SQrt: Season 1, Episode 1 †
- Bergamot Quartet
Carl Kanter — String Quartet, September 2021 †
- Bergamot Quartet
Susan J. Fischer — Emily Dickinson Seasons of Love ††
- Valerie Gonzalez, soprano; Adam Klein, tenor; Craig Ketter, piano
Marina Shmotova — Playing (or, Games) ††
- Craig Ketter, piano
Christopher Kaufman — Mercury's Shadow ‡
- Ledah Finck, violin; Sarah Thomas, violin
Thomas Parente — Violin Sonata †
- Haig Hovsepian, violin; Nara Avetisyan, piano
Bergamot Quartet:
- Ledah Finck, violin; Sarah Thomas, violin; Amy Huimei Tan, viola; Irène Han, cello
† World Premiere †† US Premiere ‡ New York Premiere
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Monday, May 22, 2023
TRANSFIGURED SKYLINE (#91)
Mary Flagler Cary Hall at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music
Emiko Hayashi — Last Days of Summer †
- Laura Goldberg, violin, Kate Dillingham, cello, Markus Kaitila, piano
Patricia Leonard — Transfiguration †
- Kate Dillingham, cello, Craig Ketter, piano
Paul Aljian — Trio for Flute, Viola & Cello †
- Ammon Swinbank, flute, Artie Dibble, viola, Sara Strozza, cello
Simona Smirnova — Manhattan Skyline
- Simona Smirnova, kanklės
Alexander Vustin — In Memoriam Grigori Frid ‡
- Artie Dibble, viola, Markus Kaitila, piano
Davide Capobianco — Plethora of Simulacra †
- Ammon Swinbank, flute; David Valbuena, clarinet; Kyle Miller, electric guitar; Artie Dibble, viola; Sara Strozza, cello; Dylan Ofrias, percussion
Barrett Kalellis — Dancing the Lively Air †
- Laura Goldberg, violin; Kate Dillingham, cello; Markus Kaitila, piano
Timothy L. Miller — Three Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Dominika Zamara, soprano; Craig Ketter, piano
† World Premiere ‡ New York Premiere
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