EVENTS
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
DIFFERENT STRINGS
Church of the Transfiguration, Little Church Around the Corner
1 East 29th Street, New York, New York
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 Vorobyov — Elegy in the Old Style ‡
— Oren Fader, guitar
Dana Dimitri Richardson — Consolations †
— Craig Ketter, piano
† World Premiere ‡ New York Premiere
Thursday, December 15, 2022
MOMENTS SWEEP PAST
Church of the Transfiguration, Little Church Around the Corner
1 East 29th Street, New York, New York
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 †
— Craig Ketter, 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 ‡
(1st prize-winning composition of the 15th annual John Eaton Memorial Competition)
— Jacqueline Milena Mulligan, soprano, Peter Sachon, cello, Craig Ketter, piano
† World Premiere ‡ New York Premiere
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
FROM ITALY — NAMASTE CLARINET QUINTET & GUIDO ARBONELLI
With Special Guest Performers
Church of the Transfiguration, Little Church Around the Corner
1 East 29th Street, New York, New York
David See — Suite for Clarinet Quintet †
Gayther Myers — Poem in October — clarinet trio †
David Mecionis — Two Table Canons for Two Clarinetists — clarinet duo ‡
Hubert Howe — Inharmonic Fantasy Nº 15 — bass clarinet, electronic sounds ‡
Robert S. Cohen — Variants — clarinet duo ‡
Todd Mason — Echoes of the Heart — clarinet trio †
Anton Rovner — Lamento — clarinet quartet †
Timothy L. Miller — Circus Minimus: Six Vignettes for Clarinet Ensemble — clarinet septet ‡ *
† World Premiere ‡ US Premiere
Namaste Clarinet Quintet:
Guido Arbonelli, Natalia Benedetti, Mattia Rellini, Letizia Rossi, Valentina Betti Sorbelli
* With Special Guest Performers:
Jackie Gillette and David Valbuena
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
Monday, February 13, 2023
THE INTERVAL BETWEEN
Marc A. Scorca Hall / 7th Floor
OPERA America's National Opera Center
330 7th Ave, New York, New York
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
Monday, March 27, 2023
LINES OF REFERENCE
Marc A. Scorca Hall / 7th Floor
OPERA America's National Opera Center
330 7th Ave, New York, New York
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
Thursday, April 13, 2023
ROWING IN EDEN
Church of the Transfiguration, Little Church Around the Corner
1 East 29th Street, New York, New York
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 — Games I–III ††
— Craig Ketter, piano
Christopher Kaufman — Mercury's Shadow ‡
— Ledah Finck, violin; Sarah Thomas, violin
Thomas Parente — Violin Sonata †
— Haig Hovsepian, violin; Nara Avetisyan, piano
† World Premiere †† US Premiere ‡ New York Premiere
Bergamot Quartet:
Ledah Finck, violin, Sarah Thomas, violin
Amy Huimei Tan, viola, Irène Han, cello
Monday, May 22, 2023
TRANSFIGURED SKYLINE
Cary Hall at The DiMenna Center
450 W 37th St, New York, New York
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 ‡
I. Introduction: Semplice
II. Farewell Song: L'istesso tempo
— 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 †
I. Allegro
II. Presto energico
III. Adagio non lento
IV. Allegro deciso
— Laura Goldberg, violin, Kate Dillingham, cello, Markus Kaitila, piano
Timothy L. Miller — Three Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I. The Day Is Done
II. Sleep
III. Daybreak †
— Dominika Zamara, soprano, Craig Ketter, piano
† World Premiere ‡ New York Premiere