EVENTS


2015-2016 Concert Season

Friday, October 23, 2015

JOHN EATON 80th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Leonard Nimoy Thalia Hall at Symphony Space


John Eaton — Death (1946)

  • Sharon Harms, soprano; Christopher Oldfather, piano

John Eaton — Lycidas (2014) (excerpts)

  • Sharon Harms, soprano; Christopher Oldfather, piano

John Eaton — Mass II (1997)

  • Bridget Parker, coloratura soprano, Sharon Harms, soprano, Phoebe Haines, mezzo-soprano, Stephen Ng, tenor, Gregory Geehern, baritone, Philip Cheah, bass, David Keberle, clarinet, Christopher Oldfather, piano, Kay Stonefelt and Jamie Sunshine, percussion, Nicholas R. Nelson, electronics, Carmen-Helena Téliz, conductor

John Eaton — El divino Narciso

  • Bridget Parker, coloratura soprano (Echo); Phoebe Haines, mezzo-soprano (Naturaleza Natura); Steven Ng, tenor (El divino Narciso), Roberta Michel, flutes; Daniel Barrett, cello, Kay Stonefelt and Jamie Sunshine, percussion, Nicholas R. Nelson, electronics, Carmen-Helena Téliz, conductor



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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

NEW MUSIC for STRINGS and PIANO

Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp Center


Roger Blanc — Duopoly II

  • Dave Eggar, cello, David Picton, hand drum

Richard Brooks — String Quartet No. 5

  1. Adagio molto; Vivacissimo molto
  2. Allegro molto
  • Gregor Kitzis, violin, Funda Cizmecioglu, violin, Kim Foster, viola, Dave Eggar, cello

Susan J. Fischer — Notturno

  • Gregor Kitzis, violin, Funda Cizmecioglu, violin, Kim Foster, viola, Dave Eggar, cello

Emiko Hayashi — Trialogue

  • Gregor Kitzis, violin, Dave Eggar, cello, Martha Locker, piano

John Eaton — Fantasy Romance

  • Dan Barrett, cello, Christopher Oldfather, piano

Carl Kanter — String Quartet

  1. Trills
  2. One Note
  3. Zephyr
  • Gregor Kitzis, violin, Funda Cizmecioglu, violin, Kim Foster, viola, Dave Eggar, cello

Debra Kaye — Andante, quietly impassioned

  • (from String Quartet No. 1)
  • Gregor Kitzis, violin, Funda Cizmecioglu, violin, Kim Foster, viola, Dave Eggar, cello



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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC

Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp Center


Robert S. Cohen — Yellow Alert

  • Daniel Pate, percussion

Yekaterina Merkulyeva — Mask and Miracles (2013)

  1. Andante misterisos
  2. Allegro moderato
  • Avassa Shevel, piano

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Trumpet Sonata

  • Jerry Bryant, trumpet; Craig Ketter, piano

Craig Slon — Whirligig

  • Craig Ketter, piano

Dary John Mizelle — Polyrhythmic Suite in Six Movements

  1. Fasten Your Seatbelts: Andante
  2. Riding a Unicycle: Allegretto
  3. Solitude: Slow Blues Tempo
  4. Acrobatics: Andante
  5. Fireworks: Allegretto
  6. Tilt-A-Whirl: Tempo Primo
  • Craig Ketter, piano

Frank Picarazzi — Quartet for Flute, Clarinet, Violin & Vibraphone

  1. Brisk, with Energy
  2. The Fear of Failure: Slow
  3. Relentlessly
  • Michael Laderman, flute; Vasko Dukovski, clarinet; Gregor Kitzis, violin; Frank Picarazzi, vibraphone



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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

A CONCERT of NEW MUSIC

Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp Center


Kevin McCarter — In Open Air

  1. A Calm Before
  2. Raindrops
  3. Soft-spoken Starlight
  4. Shadows Dancing Under Trees
  • Michael Laderman, flute; Craig Ketter, piano

Nataliya Medvedovskaya — Pantomimes (excerpts)

  1. Serenade of the Dolphin
  2. Trip of the Sunny Bunnies
  • Alexander Negrutsa, clarinet; Nataliya Medvedovskaya, piano

David Picton — Redwood Prelude and Fugue

  • David Shuler, organ

Frank Retzel — From Sapphire Cantos

  1. Il Vento (The Wind)
  2. The Dream (Part II)
  3. The Stone: Monofonica; Polifonica (Fuga a 4); Monolitico
  • David Shuler, organ

Jacob E. Goodman — Three Nudes

  1. Picasso
  2. Gerome
  3. Manet
  • Margaret O'Connell, mezzo-soprano, Michael Laderman, flute, Allen Blustine, clarinet, Craig Ketter, piano

Jennifer Griffith — Audition

  • Alexander Negrutsa, bass clarinet

Eugene Marlow — Agitation du Coeur

  • Virginia Chang Chien, oboe; Allen Blustine, clarinet; Gregor Kitzis, violin; Daniel Panner, viola; Troy Rinker, double bass

Scott D. Miller — Dutch Angle

  • Miranda Cuckson, violin, Kallie Ciechomski, viola, Chris Gross, cello, Liam Kinson, bass clarinet



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Saturday, June 4, 2016

A GALA CONCERT

Leonard Nimoy Thalia Hall at Symphony Space


Raoul Pleskow — Imaginary Landscape for Piano 4-Hands

  • Christopher Oldfather and Fredrica Wyman, piano

Madelyn Byrne — Northern Flight

  • Shiau-uen Ding, piano

Patricia Leonard — Three arias from "My Dearest Friend"

  1. The Great Distance
  2. Remember the Ladies
  3. How Lovely Are My Days
  • Words by Abigail Adams, Wendy Bryn Harmer, soprano, Christopher Oldfather, piano

Max Giteck Duykers — Cut and Fold

  • Gregor Kitzis, violin, Dave Eggar, cello, Christopher Oldfather, piano

Peri Mauer — Thought's Torsion

  • Michael Laderman, flute, Gregor Kitzis, viola, Dave Eggar, cello

Hubert Howe — Inharmonic Fantasy No. 4

  • Hubert Howe, electronics, video by Sylvia Pengilly

Ross Griffey — Tied by a chance bond together

  • Winner of the 2015 John Eaton Memorial Competition
  • Gregor Kitzis, violin, Christopher Oldfather, piano

Brian Fennelly — Sacred Songs

  1. Love (I)
  2. The Temper (I)
  3. Love (II)
  • Ricardo Rivera, baritone, Joshua Groffman, piano



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2015-2016 Concert Season