Tuesday, October 18, 2009

GALA BENEFIT CONCERT and SILENT AUCTION

Bechstein Piano Center

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — From Pantomimes

1. Waltz of the Poisonous Mushrooms
2. Tiptoeing Invisible Being

• Marissa Byers, clarinet, Nataliya Medvedovskaya, piano

Donald Hagar — Clouds, from Landscapes for Piano

• Christopher Oldfather, piano

John de Clef Piñeiro — Breaths

• Erin Lesser, flute; Craig Ketter, piano

Carl Kanter — Three Short Pieces for Piano

1. Piano Piece — July 2008
2. Piano Study — Resignation
3. Piano Study 4

• Christopher Oldfather, piano

Jacob E. Goodman — Oui, J'Aime Brahms

• Arthur Cook, cello, Marcia Eckert, piano

Richard McCandless — Childhood, III and IV

• Richard McCandless, speaking percussionist

Eugene McBride — Two Pieces for Solo Piano

1. Baguettelle a la Chopin
2. Nocturne

• Nataliya Medvedovskaya, piano; Cesar Vuksic, piano

Patricia Leonard — Diabolique

• Yuki Numata, electric violin; Nataliya Medvedovskaya, piano



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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC

Saint Peter's Church at Citicorp Center

Richard D. Russell — When Time Is Over: Four Emily Dickinson

1. The heart asks pleasure first
2. I saw no way
3. There is a pain so utter
4. When time is over

• Sofia Dimitrova, soprano, Tamara Cashour, piano

Ezra Laderman — Michael's Suite

1. Moderato
2. Two Lines Converging
3. Presto
4. Lento — Presto — Lento — Lento

• Michael Laderman, flute

Cesar Vuksic — Vocalise

• Sofia Dimitrova, soprano

Tamara Cashour — Pollypiano, a Musical-Theatre Diorama

1. Promenade
2. Trial Run
3. A Slap in the Face
4. Another Jerziod Town (not performed this evening)
5. Mack 78-80
6. The Black and Blue Panthers of Riverside Drive
7. Requiem for Polly

• Manhattan Saxophone Quartet: Dan Kochersberger, Wonki Lee, Jay Rattman, Jordan Smith, Tamara Cashour, piano

Jacob E. Goodman — Three Nocturnes for Violin and Piano

1. Dreamily
2. Calmly
3. Inexorably

• Stanichka Dimitrova, violin; Sookkyung Cho, piano

Martin Halpern — Three Poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson

1. Credo
2. Richard Cory
3. Cliff Kingenhagen

• Daniel Molkentin, tenor; Michael Laderman, flute; Marcia Eckert, piano

Donald Hagar — Twister

• Kevin Weng-Yew Mayner, double bass; Mia Elezovic, piano

Eugene W. McBride — The Players, four movements for violin and piano

1. q = 60
2. q = 60
3. q = 60
4. Vivo q = c. 120, Ebullient

• Lori Miller, violin,  Jim Abbott, piano



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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

CELEBRATING JOHN EATON'S 75th BIRTHDAY

Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space

John de Clef Piñeiro — Rhapsody in Blues

• Guido Arbonelli, clarinet; Alessandro Roselletti, piano

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Pan and Selene

• Andrea Biagini, flute, Alessandro Roselletti, piano

Dinu Ghezzo — Aphorisms

1. Andante rustico
2. Grave
3. Dialogues
4. Cadenze
5. Parlando
6. Moderato

• Guido Arbonelli, clarinet; Dinu Ghezzo, piano

Richard Brooks — Circular Motions

1. Maelstrom
2. In the Eye of the Storm
3. Whirlwind

• Andrea Biagini, flute; Guido Arbonelli, clarinet; Alessandro Roselletti, piano

John Eaton — Some Specters

1. Incubus
2. Poltergeist
3. Wraith

• Andrea Biagini, flute; Guido Arbonelli, clarinet; Michele Bianchini, saxophone; Alessandro Roselletti, piano

Patricia Leonard — Venetian Moonlight

• Guido Arbonelli, clarinet, Michele Bianchini, saxophone, Alessandro Roselletti, piano

Brian Fennelly — Three's Company

1. Cantilena
2. Swingtime

• Andrea Biagini, flute, Michele Bianchini, saxophone, Alessandro Roselletti, piano

John Eaton — Concert Music for Solo Clarinet

1. Furioso
2. Grazioso
3. Cantabile
4. Maestoso

• Guido Arbonelli, clarinet

Mauro Porro — Quartetto di Primavera

• Andrea Biagini, flute; Guido Arbonelli, clarinet; Michele Bianchini, saxophone; Alessandro Roselletti, piano



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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC

Saint Peter's Church at Citicorp Center

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Fantasy for Viola and Piano

• Chieh-Fan Yiu, viola, Nataliya Medvedovskaya, piano

Roger Blanc — Four Vignettes for Solo Clarinet

1. Largo
2. Allegro
3. Adagio
4. Allegro

• Jessica Sibelman, clarinet

Hubert Howe — Sextet

• Cindy Friedman, flute; Shinae Kim, clarinet; Cynthia Marcus Smith, violin; Nikki Federman, viola; Zsaz Rutkowski, cello; Abram Korsunsky, piano

Eugene Marlow — Une jeune fille d'amoureuse des fleurs auprès de la rivière Ouche à Dijon

• Edward Klorman, viola, Zsaz Rutkowski, cello

Peri Mauer — Morning, Night, & Noon

1. Morning
2. Night
3. Noon

• Ismail Lumanovski, clarinet, Vasko Dukovski, clarinet

Robert S. Cohen — String Quartet# 2 (A Day in the Life)

1. Wake up!
2. The Aging Ballerina’s Morning Exercises
3. Practice Makes Perfect
4. Another Day Job
5. Gotta Dance

• Dynamic Motion Company Quartet: Ann Marie Bermont, violin; Cynthia Marcus Smith, violin; Nikki Federman, viola; Zsaz Rutkowski, cello



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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC

Saint Peter's Church at Citicorp Center

Frank Retzel — Reflections for Soprano and Piano

1. Dunes (piano solo)
2. Beach Whispers (soprano and piano)
3. So Red (soprano and piano)

• Jacqueline Milena Thompspn, soprano, Craig Ketter, piano

Carl Kanter — Two Duets for Bassoon and Violin †

1. Andante
2. Andante

• Leonard Hindell, bassoon, Joshua Modney, violin

Joseph Pehrson — phone †

1. q = ca. 80
2. q = ca. 80
3. q = ca. 72

• Christina Ascher, alto

Christopher Montgomery — Three Piano Pieces

1. Flowing
2. Fast and skittish
3. Languid

• Craig Ketter, piano

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Andante Amoroso †

• Zsaz Rutkowski, cello, Craig Ketter, piano

Richard Brooks — Five Fainlight Songs

1. So haunting the refrain . . .
2. Piano
3. Dusk
4. Jeux de Pluie
5. Poor swain of muse . . .

• Jacquline Milena Thompson, soprano, Craig Ketter, piano

Elizabeth Lim — Wafting †

• Winner of the 2009 NYCC Composition Competition
• Stanichka Dimitrova, violin, Christina McGann, violin, Gareth Zehngut, viola, Hamilton Berry, cello

Richard McCandless — 69th and Broadway †

• Peter Jarvis, percussion

† World Premiere



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