Friday, October 24, 2014

NEW MUSIC for CLARINET and PIANO

Benzaquen Hall, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music

Jacob E. Goodman — Six Intermezzi for Piano

— Craig Ketter, piano    

Peri Mauer — Morning, Night, & Noon

— Vasko Dukovski and Ismail Lumanovski, clarinets

Nailah Nombeko — Three Preludes

— Craig Ketter, piano

Kevin McCarter — Summer Souvenirs

— Kevin McCarter, piano

Max Giteck Duykers — "Theia" (2014) for Bass Clarinet, Two MIDI Foot Controllers, and Bar Chimes

— Christina Van Alstine, clarinet

Emiko Hayashi — Two Piano Pieces

— Martha Locker, piano

Hubert Howe — Pentachordal Etudes

— Jonathan Howe, piano

Raoul Pleskow — Four Piano Pieces for Maestro Hsu

— Craig Ketter, piano

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

MEMORIAL CONCERT for LEO KRAFT

Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp Center

Leo Kraft — Six Pieces for Violin with Piano Obbligato

— Curtis Macomber, violin, Blair McMillen, piano

Nailah Nombeko — Obscurity

— Curtis Macomber, violin, Blair McMillen, piano

Carl Kanter — Trio for violin, cello, and piano (excerpts)

— Curtis Macomber, violin, Greg Hesselink, cello, Blair McMillen, piano

Eugene McBride — Moments for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano

— Curtis Macomber, violin, Greg Hesselink, cello, Blair McMillen, piano

Jacob E. Goodman — Andante for String Quartet

— Calvin Wiersma, violin, Gregor Kitzis, violin, Daniel Panner, viola, Greg Hesselink, cello

Scott D. Miller — Coots and Rails for violin trio

— Miranda Cuckson, Ken Hamao & Marina Kifferstein, violins

Kevin McCarter — Quiet Moments for Viola and Piano

— Daniel Panner, viola, Blair McMillen, piano

Craig Slon — String Quartet

— Calvin Wiersma, violin, Gregor Kitzis, violin, Daniel Panner, viola, Greg Hesselink, cello

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

MEMORIAL CONCERT for STEVEN LEIBHOLZ

Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp Center

Brian Fennelly — Memoria

— Christopher Oldfather, piano

Cesar Vuksic — Prelude and Toccatina for Piano

— Christopher Oldfather, piano

Richard D. Russell — Three Partings

— Sofia Dimitrova, soprano, Stanichka Dimitrova, violin, James Waldo, cello, Michael Brofman, piano

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Suite for Solo Piano (excerpts)

— Nataliya Medvedovskaya, piano

John Eaton — Ad Luciam Beatricem

— Phoebo Haines, mezzo-soprano, David Keberle, clarinet

Martin Halpern — Three Later Poems of Walt Whitman

— Jim Trainor, baritone, Craig Ketter, piano

Debra Kaye — The Doppleganger

— Haim Avitsur, trombone

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Moonsongs for Soprano and Piano

— Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano, Simon Mulligan, piano

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Friday, March 13, 2015

A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC

Benzaquen Hall, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Winter Ballade

— Nataliya Medvedovskaya, piano

Susan J. Fischer — What Is Going. What Is Coming

— Kathleen Mulready, soprano, Michaela Mechlovitz, alto, Amanda Farley, alto, Luis Gutierrez, tenor, Philip Allen, bass, Craig Ketter, piano

Matt Weber — Americana Journey: City and Country

— Craig Ketter, piano

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Friezes of Dreams

— Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano, Craig Ketter, piano

Eugene Marlow — From the Hebraic Songbook

— Craig Ketter, piano

Tamara Cashour — eMIly DIckinson: towaRd TECH-NO-lo-gy

— Biraj Barkakaty, countertenor, Tamara Cashour, piano

Robert S. Cohen — An Ant's World

— Lynn Bechtold and Stanichka Dimitrova, violins

Frank Retzel — Daughter of Dawn (1993)

— Jacqueline Milena Thompson, soprano, Craig Ketter, piano

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC

Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp Center

Susan J. Fischer — Intermezzo

— Christa Robinson, oboe, Esther Noh, violin, John Popham, cello, Stephen Gosling, piano

Peri Mauer — Journey

— Virginia Cheng Chien, oboe

Gayther Myers — The Workday

— Roberta Michel, flute, Christa Robinson, oboe, Christa Van Alstine, clarinet, Kate Sheeran, horn, Stephen Gosling, piano

Max Giteck Duykers — Dark Body

— Margaret Lancaster, flute, Esther Noh, violin, John Popham, cello, Stephen Gosling, piano

David Picton — Turning Leaves for Sandy

— Keve Wilson, oboe, Oren Fader, guitar

Orlando Legname — Vortici D'etere

— Margaret Lancaster, flute, Christa Van Alstine, clarinet, Ester Noh, violin, John Popham, cello, Stephen Gosling, piano, Tamara Cashour, conductor

Eugene Marlow — Trois Chansons pour une Poetesse

— Margaret Lancaster, flute, Roberta Michel, alto flute

Richard Brooks — Into the Twilight

— Margaret Lancaster, flute, Nanci Belmont, bassoon, Ester Noh, violin, Hannah Levinson, viola, Stephen Gosling, piano

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Saturday, May 30, 2015

A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC

Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space

Roger Blanc — Mood Swings for Jazz Quartet

— Roger Blanc, guitar, David Sherr, clarinet/soprano saxophone, Steve Sandberg, piano, Jennifer Vincent, double bass

Madelyn Byrne — First Flight, Early Spring

— Ellen Weller, flute

Emiko Hayashi — End of Hot Summer

— David Sherr, soprano sax, Derin Öge, piano, Cesare Papetti, vibraphone, David Picton, bongos, Roger Blanc, conductor

Dary John Mizelle — Baseball: I Opening Day

— Dary John Mizelle, piano, Rina Okubo, marimba

Vladimir del Orbe — Contextual Enigma

— Winner of the 2014 NYCC Composers Competition

— David Sherr, clarinet, Evan Runyon, double bass, Nina Siniakova, piano

Hubert Howe — Inharmonic Fantasy No. 3

— electronics

Robert S. Cohen — Galapagos Suite

— Jonathan Singer, marimba

Tamara Cashour — Queen Suite

— Karen Rostron, violin, Gregor Kitzis, viola, Peter Prosser, cello, Aliz Raspé, harp

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