Tuesday, November 13, 2018

FANTASIES, SONATAS, and POEMS

Marc A Scorca Hall at the National Opera America Center

Emiko Hayashi — Sonata for Piano and Cello

• Dan Barrett, cello; Craig Ketter, piano

Kevin McCarter — Songs of Day and Evening

1. The Beauty of the Morning
2. On a Path
3. A Shallow Stream
4. I Heard a Wood Thrush
5. Evening Light

• Margaret O'Connell, mezzo-soprano, Craig Ketter, piano

Madelyne Byrne — Poem for Pauline for electronics

• Madelyne Byrne, electronics

Hubert S. Howe — Fantasy for Piano

• Craig Ketter, piano

Debra Kaye — Fantasy for Flute and Piano

• Michael Ladermann, flute, Craig Ketter, piano

Craig Slon — Sonata for Piano

• Craig Ketter, piano

Timothy Lee Miller — Wild Turkey Suite

1. Going Someplace
2. Lonely Betty
3. Looking for Straw

• Vasko Dukovsky, bass clarinet

Dana Dimitri Richardson — Twelve Preludes and Fugues

• Prelude and Fugue on D
• Prelude and Fugue on F-sharp

• Craig Ketter, piano

Christopher Sahar — Fantasy for Violin and Piano

• Mioi Takeda, violin; Craig Ketter, piano



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Monday, December 10, 2018

TRIO NAMASTE — ITALY MEETS NEW YORK

Marc A Scorca Hall at the National Opera America Center

Kevin McCarter — Ricercare

• Trio Namaste: Natalia Benedetti, E-flat clarinet, Guido Arbonelli, B-flat clarinet, Michele Fabrizi, piano

Richard Brooks — Dialogue

• Natalia Benedetti, E-flat clarinet, Guido Arbonelli, B-flat clarinet

Max Giteck Duykers — Parallax

• Guido Arbonelli, B-flat clarinet, Michele Fabrizi, piano

David Mecionis — Table Canon for Two Clarinets

• Natalia Benedetti, E-flat/B-flat clarinet, Guido Arbonelli, B-flat/bass clarinet

Eugene Marlow — Aspetta Ancora Qualche Minuti

• I.
• II.

• Trio Namaste: Natalia Benedetti & Guido Arbonelli, B-flat clarinet, Michele Fabrizi, piano

John de Clef Piñeiro — Rhapsody in Blues

• Guido Arbonelli, B-flat clarinet, Michele Fabrizi, piano

Gayther Myers — Small Talk

• Trio Namaste: Natalia Benedetti, B-flat clarinet, Guido Arbonelli, bass clarinet, Michele Fabrizi, piano

Linda Marcel — Evocare III

• Trio Namaste: Natalia Benedetti, B-flat clarinet, Guido Arbonelli, bass clarinet, Michele Fabrizi, piano, Linda Marcel, percussion

Raoul Pleskow — Trio in Two Parts

• Part One (attacca—)
• Part Two

• Gregor Kitzis, violin, Dave Eggar, cello, Craig Ketter, piano

Carl Kanter — String Quartet

• I. Andante
• II. Allegro vivace
• III. Romance—Andante
• IV. Allegro

• Klang String Quartet: Gregor Kitzis, violin; Katie Thomas, violin; Artie Dibble, viola; Dave Eggar, cello

Sam Hoyland — Ruminations

• Natalia Benedetti, B-flat clarinet; Gregor Kitzis, violin; Dave Eggar, cello; Craig Ketter, piano; Mike Deering, percussion; Carl C. Bettendorf, conductor



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Tuesday, January 15, 2019

NEW CHAMBER MUSIC for STRINGS and HAND PERCUSSION

"Little Church Around the Corner" Church of the Transfiguration

Joseph Pehrson — String Motion

• Klang String Quartet

Peter Kelsh — String Quartet No. 2

• III. Adagio—Theme and Variations
• IV. Allegro con spirito

• Klang String Quartet

Bunny Beck — Suite for Sarro

• I. Tango for Trio
• II. Serenity Marked by Discomfort

• Gregor Kitzis, violin, Artie Dibble, viola, Dave Eggar, cello

Roger Blanc — Triptych

• I. Desert Dance
• II. Blues for a Dark Age
• III. Second Coming

• Gregor Kitzis, violin, Artie Dibble, viola, David Picton, djembe

Gilad Cohen — Three Goat Blues

• Winner of the 2018 John Eaton Memorial Competition
• Klang String Quartet

Peri Mauer — Shadow Lake

• Klang String Quartet

Thomas Parente — Suite for String Trio

• I. St. Margaret’s Bay
• II. Mechanlastica

• Gregor Kitzis, violin, Artie Dibble, viola, Dave Eggar, cello

David Picton — Roll of the Dice

• III. Dance of Fate
• IV. Outside In

• Klang String Quartet, David Picton, bongos

Klang String Quartet:

• Gregor Kitzis, violin, Robin Braun, violin, Artie Dibble, viola, Dave Eggar, cello

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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

CLAUDIA DUMSCHAT performs NEW MUSIC FOR ORGAN

"Little Church Around the Corner" Church of the Transfiguration

Richard Brooks — Aaron's Jubilee

Kevin McCarter — Four Poems

• I. Ottava Rima
• II. Tanka
• III. Virelay
• IV. Englyn

Jinhee Han — The Brightness of His Presence

Raoul Pleskow — Tre Laudi

• I. Prelude
• II. Air
• III. Fancy

David Picton — Spring Rain Prelude & Fugue

• I. Prelude “Awakening"
• II. Fugue “Spring Rain"

Roger Blanc — Psalm 18

• Bill Gross, baritone

Eugene Marlow — Three Fugues and a Bolero

• I. Fugue in F Major
• II. Fugue in D Minor
• III. Fugue in D Major
• IV. Bolero

Frank Retzel — Sapphire Cantos, nos. V & VI

• Cantos V. The Dream (Part II)
• Cantos VI. The Stone: i. Monofonica; ii. Polifonica—fuga a 4; iii. Monolitico

Claudia Dumschat, organ

The New York Composers Circle dedicates this concert to the memory of our dear friend and colleague, FRANK RETZEL.



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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

NEW MUSIC at the CLOSE of WINTER

Marc A Scorca Hall at the National Opera America Center

Eric Heilner — Fantasy for Clarinet, Bassoon, and Tag-Team Oboes

• Erin Lensing, oboe, Gregory Weissman, oboe, Sammy Lesnick, clarinet, Shotora Mari, bassoon

Kyle McGucken — Departure

• BAMA/NYCC Composer Exchange Program
• Ammon Swinbank, flute; Vasko Dukovski, bass clarinet; Gregor Kitzis, violin; Dan Barrett, cello

Peri Mauer — An Autumn Passing

• Gregory Weissman, English horn; Jeremy Vigil, piano

Richard Brooks — Improvs

• I. Freely
• II. As fast as possible
• III. Adagio
• IV. Moderato
• V. Vivace

• Vasko Dukovski, bass clarinet, Shotora Mari, bassoon

David Mecionis — Die Sprechmasken von Hofmannsthal

1. Dichter und Stoff
2. Eigene Sprache
3. Grosse
4. Dichter und Gerenwart
5. Bedingung
6. Spiegel der Welt

• Bob Lukomski, tenor; Gregor Kitzis, violin; Erin Lensing, oboe; Vasko Dukovski, bass clarinet; David Mecionis, electric guitar    

David See — Theme & Variations

• Dan Barrett, cello, David See, piano

Monroe Golden — 43 Commas

• Ammon Swinbank, flute; Jeremy Vigil, piano; Monroe Golden, electronics



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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

SUNDERMAN WIND QUINTET plays NEW YORK COMPOSERS CIRCLE

"Little Church Around the Corner" Church of the Transfiguration

Paul Aljian — Movement for Woodwind Quintet

David Mecionis — Ahab

William Price — Woodwind Quintet No.1: Twist

• BAMA/NYCC Composer Exchange Program

Timothy Lee Miller — The Callithumpian Duck: or the Misadventures of Oldsquaw

• I. Waddle, waddle, strut
• II. Into the wind
• III. Duck can’t dance
• IV. March around the pond

Catherine Neville — Filaments

Robert S. Cohen — Under Blood Moon

• I. Nightfall
• II. Entrance of the Drunken Elves
• III. Waltz of the Shadows
• IV. Spooky Sky
• V. Pagan Circle Dance (After Machaut)

SUNDERMAN WIND QUINTET

• Teresa Bowers, flute & piccolo, Edward Stanley, oboe & English horn, Aaron D. Scott, clarinet, Kenneth Bell, French horn, Ben Greanya, bassoon



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Tuesday, May 21, 2019

NEW MUSIC for ENSEMBLES and ELECTRONICS

Marc A Scorca Hall at the National Opera America Center

Jacob Elkin — This is Fine

• Tony Park, bass clarinet, electronics

Scott D. Miller — Assassination of Angels

• electronics, Scott Miller

Peri Mauer — A Violin and A Piano

• Esther Noh, violin, Geoffrey Burleson, piano

Dary John Mizelle — Newtrio

• I. Colored Silences: Lento — Largo
• II. Dance: Adagio — Andante — Perpetuum Mobile
• III. Polyphony: Adagio — Andante — Poco piu mosso

• Linda DiMartino Wetherill, flute; Tony Park, clarinet; Geoffrey Burleson, piano

Roger Blanc — Duopoly I

• Solemn — Deliberate — Deadpan — Playful — Tranquil — Urgent

• Vasko Dukovski, clarinet, Ayako Oshima, bass clarinet

Max Giteck Duykers — Ocean Filigree

• Esther Noh, violin, Geoffrey Burleson, piano, electronics

Craig Slon — Trio for Two Clarinets and Piano

• Vasko Dukovski, clarinet, Ayako Oshima, clarinet, Mariko Furukawa, piano

Frederick Boyle — Worship

1. Invitation
2. Listen
3. Sing

• Angel Desai, mezzo-soprano, Anthony F. Morris, double bass, Geoffrey Burleson, piano



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