Tuesday, November 15, 2022

DIFFERENT STRINGS

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 Vorobyov — 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

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 ‡

— 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

Church of the Transfiguration, Little Church Around the Corner

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

Namaste Clarinet Quintet:

— Guido Arbonelli, Natalia Benedetti, Mattia Rellini, Letizia Rossi, Valentina Betti Sorbelli

* With Special Guest Performers:

— Jackie Gillette and David Valbuena

† 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

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

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

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 — 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

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

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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