31st season
concert I
Premieres from Around the World: Part II
Sunday October 14, 2007, 8:00 p.m.
Tenri Cultural Institute
43 West 13th Street
Tickets: $15; seniors: $10; students: $5
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
JASON ECKARDT: "16" (2003) New York Premiere
DAI FUJIKURA: time unlocked (2007) US Premiere
JENNY OLIVIA JOHNSON: THE LAST PIECE (2007) World Premiere
PANAYIOTIS KOKORAS: NEW WORK (2007) World Premiere
CHRISTOPHER TREUBE MOORE: NEW WORK (2007) World Premiere
concert II
A Celebration of the Voice
In collaboration with the Brooklyn Conservatory New Music Collective
Monday March 10, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Merkin Concert Hall
129 West 67th Street
Tickets: $15; seniors: $10; students: $5
The Washington Square Ensemble
With Lucy Shelton and Linda Larson, sopranos, Dominic Inferrera, baritone, Steven Ebel, tenor
Jayn Rosenfeld, flute
Robert Ingliss, oboe
Alan Kay, clarinet
Tom Kolor, percussion
Curtis Macomber, violin
Lois Martin, viola
Chris Finckel, cello
Kurt Murocki, bass
Stephen Gosling, piano
Blair McMillen, piano
Tom Cipullo, piano
Michael Rose, piano
Louis Karchin, conductor
STEVEN BURKE: New work for tenor and chamber ensemble (2007) World Premiere
ELLIOTT CARTER: A Mirror on which to Dwell (1975), La Musique (2007) New York Premiere
TOM CIPULLO: Late Summer (2001)
JOHN EATON: Three Early Songs (1949-56) World Premiere
STEVEN EBEL: Fool's Air and Prophecy (2007)
LOUIS KARCHIN: Echoes, Memory (2003)
MICHAEL ROSE: Der Panther (2006)
PETER SUSSER: New work for baritone and chamber ensemble (2007) World Premiere
concert III
"Illuminations" -- with a special salute to Brian Fennelly at 70
Monday May 5, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Merkin Concert Hall
129 West 67th Street
Tickets: $15; seniors: $10; students: $5
The Washington Square Ensemble
Jayn Rosenfeld, flute
Robert Ingliss, oboe
Jean Kopperud, clarinet
Lauren Goldstein, bassoon
Stephen Gosling, piano
Curtis Macomber, violin
Lois Martin, viola
Chris Finckel, cello
David Eggar, cello
Leslie Nash, cello
Dominic Donato, percussion
Stephen Paysen, percussion
Louis Karchin, conductor
BRIAN FENNELLY: Tropes and Echoes (1986) (Chamber Concerto for Clarinet)
MARK KILSTOFTE: YOU (unfolding) (1996) New York Premiere
ARTHUR KREIGER: Trio in Summer (2005)
MEI-FANG LIN; L'image reconsitutee (2005)
ROBERT MARTIN: In the Shade (1977) World Premiere
DANA RICHARDSON: Illuminated Night (2003) New York Premiere
JEREMY SAGALA: Stalking the Wild Moon (2005)
BRUCE TAUB: Frozen on each face (2005) World Premiere
30th season
concert I
New Voices from Around the World
Wednesday October 18, 2006, 8:00 p.m.
Merkin Concert Hall at the Abraham Goodman House
129 West 67th Street
Tickets: $15; seniors: $10; students: $5; TDF vouchers accepted
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
JOHANNES BOROWSKI: Inseln, Studie 2 for chamber orchestra (2005) US Premiere
VASSOS NICOLAOU: Prisma for mixed ensemble (2005) US Premiere
ALEXANDRA KARASTROYANOVA-HERMENTIN: Tango-No-Tango for mixed ensemble (2004) World Premiere
SOPHOCLES PAPAVASILOPOULOS: Pasa Pnoi for alto flute, clarinet, harp, percussion, violin, cello, byzantine chanter (2005)
MARIO DIAZ DE LEON: Trembling Time for flute, 2 violins, 3 violas, cello, and electronics (2006) World Premiere
DU YUN: Lethean for flute, clarinet, string quartet, percussion and zither (2006) World Premiere
concert II
Thursday December 14, 2006 at 8:00 p.m.
Merkin Concert Hall at the Abraham Goodman House
129 West 67th Street
Tickets: $15; seniors: $10; students: $5; TDF vouchers accepted
Avalon String Quartet with Lucy Shelton, soprano
Blaise Magnière, violin
Marie Wang, violin
Anthony Devroye, viola
Cheng-Hou Lee, cello
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: String Quartet No. 2 (1907-08)
HAYES BIGGS: O Sapiential/Steal Away (2004) World Premiere
BRIAN FENNELLY: String Quartet No. 3 (Sigol: Thirty Flowers) (2005) World Premiere
MATTHEW QUAYLE: Sweet Insanity (2006) World Premiere
concert III & IV
Sunday May 20 and Monday May 21, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
Peter B. Lewis Theater at the Guggenheim Museum
5th Ave. at 89th St.
Tickets available one month before the performance
Guggenheim box office 212-423-3587 Prices TBA
Katrina Thurman, soprano
Thomas Melioranza, baritone
Wilbur Pauley, bass
Jayn Rosenfeld, flute
Jean Kopperud, clarinet
Seth Baer, bassoon
Curtis Macomber, Anna Lim, violins
Lois Martin, viola
Christopher Finckel, cello
Kurt Murocki, contrabass
Tom Kolor, percussion
Stephen Gosling, piano
Louis Karchin, conductor
LOUIS KARCHIN: Romulus, a chamber opera based on a play by Alexandre Dumas, père translated by Barnett Shaw (1990, revised 2005) World Premiere
Mallets/Keyboards
Thursday October 20, 2005, 8:00 p.m.
Merkin Concert Hall at the Abraham Goodman House
129 West 67th Street
Tickets: $15; seniors: $10; students: $5; TDF vouchers accepted
Payton MacDonald, percussion
Jason Treuting, percussion
Stephen Gosling, piano
Eric Huebner, piano
CHRISTOPHER ARIZA: metalloidesque electronico-clankered, for two
percussionists and real-time signal processing (2005) World Premiere
BELA BARTOK: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (1937)
LUCIANO BERIO: Linea (1973)
PABLO ORTIZ: Fear of Tango (1993) New York Premiere
SPENCER H. SCHEDLER: New Work (2005) World Premiere
East Coast/West Coast
Monday December 5, 2005, 8:00 p.m.
Merkin Concert Hall at the Abraham Goodman House
129 West 67th Street
Tickets: $15; seniors: $10; students: $5; TDF vouchers accepted
Jayn Rosenfeld, flute
Jean Kopperud, clarinet
Curtis Macomber, violin
Christopher Finckel, cello
Stephen Gosling, piano
Stephen Paysen, percussion
Louis Karchin, conductor
ROSS BAUER: Tribute (2000) New York Premiere
JOHN BILLOTA: Gen'ei no Mai (2002) New York Premiere
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY: Duo Capriccioso (2001)
ELIZABETH HOFFMAN: Wood Forms (2004) World Premiere
ANTHONY KORF: Six Miniatures (1997)
WAYNE PETERSON: A Three Piece Suite (2004) New York Premiere
A Salute to Milton Babbitt at 90
Monday April 3, 2006, 8:00 p.m.
Merkin Concert Hall at the Abraham Goodman House
129 West 67th Street
Tickets: $15; seniors: $10; students: $5; TDF vouchers accepted
Jayn Rosenfeld, flute
Patricia Spencer, flute
Jean Kopperud, clarinet
David Bowlin, violin
Lois Martin, viola
Christopher Finckel, cello
Daniel Beliavsky, piano
Ryan Dorin, piano
Stephen Gosling, piano
Louis Karchin, conductor
SAMUEL ADLER: Four Composers' Portraits (2001)
MILTON BABBITT: Arie da Capo (1973)
MILTON BABBITT: Post-Partitions (1966)
MILTON BABBITT: Three Compositions for Piano (1947-48)
MARTIN BOYKAN:Songlines (2003) New York Premiere
BRIAN FENNELLY: Sigol Musings (cello version, 2005) WorldPremiere
LOUIS KARCHIN: Fanfare/Pavane (2000)
SUZANNE SORKIN: String Trio in Two Movements(2004)NewYorkPremiere
ROLV YTTREHUS: New Work (2005) World Premiere
Music from Copland House
Monday October 18, 2004, 8 p.m.
"Beguiling and bracing, incisive and exciting" -- The New Tork
Times
Merkin Concert Hall at the Abraham Goodman House
129 West 67th Street
Tickets: $15; seniors: $10; students: $5; TDF vouchers accepted
Paul Lustig Dunkel, flute
Derek Bermel, clarinet
Jesse Mills, violin
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Michael Boriskin, piano
CHEN YI: Happy Rain on a Spring Night (2004) - World Premiere
GEORGE PERLE: Sonata a Quattro(1982)
DAVID FROOM: Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano (2002)
AARON COPLAND: Duo for Flute and Piano (1967-71)
RICHARD DANIELPOUR: As Night Falls on Barjeantane (1996) - NY Premiere
JENNIFER HIGDON: Dash (2001)-NY Premiere
Washington Square Contemporary Music Society Players
Thursday December 2, 2004, 8 p.m.
Merkin Concert Hall at the Abraham Goodman House
129 West 67th Street
Tickets: $15; seniors: $10; students: $5; TDF vouchers accepted
Jayn Rosenfeld, flute
Curtis Macomber,violin
Lois Martin, viola
Christopher Finckel, cello
Daniel Bialovsky, piano
Stephen Gosling, piano
Tiffany Kuo, piano
Lucy Shelton, soprano
CHARLES NORMAN MASON: Hradcanksa (1995) - NY Premiere
ERIC MOE: Strange Exclaiming Music (2004) - World Premiere
DAVID DEL TREDICI: Fantasy Pieces(1960)
LOUIS KARCHIN: Roethke Songs (2004), Plaint (2004) - World Premieres
JAMES PRIMOSCH: Holy the Firm (excerpts) (1999) - NY Premiere
ELIZABETH HOFFMAN: Waterways (2002)- World Premiere
counter)induction
Wednesday March 9, 2005, 8:00 p.m.
"a fiery ensemble virutosity" -- The New York Times
Merkin Concert Hall at the Abraham Goodman House
129 West 67th Street
Tickets: $15; seniors: $10; students: $5; TDF vouchers accepted
Benjamin Fingland, clarinet
Asmira Woodward-Page, violin
Jessica Meyer, viola
Katherine Cherbas, cello
Blair McMillen, piano
with guest artist William Ruyle, hammered dulcimer
DANIEL BELIAVSKY: New Work - World Premiere
DOUGLAS BOYCE: Quintet l'homme arme (2003)
GEORGE CRUMB: Four Nocturnes (1964)
BRIAN FENNELLY: Canzona and Dance (1982-83)
LEE HYLA: Amnesia Variance (1989)
URSULA MAMLOK: Polyphony I (1968)
Food, Music and Love
Monday, Oct. 13, 2003, 8:00 p.m.
Merkin Concert Hall at the Abraham Goodman House
129 West 67th Street
Tickets: $10; students/senior citizens: $5 or TDF voucher
Jayn Rosenfeld, flute
Jean Kopperud, clarinet
William Anderson, guitar
Wolfgang David, violin
Blaise Magniere, violin
Christopher Finckel, cello
Stephen Gosling, piano
Ryan Dorin, piano
David Gompper, piano
Daniel Druckman, percussion
Lucy Shelton, soprano
Paul Hostetter, conductor
ARTHUR BERGER: Trio for Violin, Guitar, and Piano (1972)
ELLIOTT CARTER: Of Challenge and of Love (1994)
LOUIS CONTI: Eight Lessons for Flute and Guitar (2002) - World Premiere
BRIAN FENNELLY: Skyscapes III (2003)
DAVID GOMPPER: Finnegan's Wake (1997)
JOSEPH PEREIRA: Bento Box (2001)
Rolf Schulte and James Winn in Recital
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003, 8:00 p.m.
"One of the most distinguished violinists of our day"--Andrew
Porter, the New Yorker
Merkin Concert Hall at the Abraham Goodman House
129 West 67th Street
Tickets: $10; students/senior citizens: $5 or TDF voucher
MILTON BABBITT: Little Goes a Long Way (2001) - N. Y. Premiere
BELA BARTOK: Second Sonata (1923)
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY: Synchronisms #9 (1988)
STEVEN GERBER: Fantasy (1967)
WAYNE PETERSON: Two Preludes for Piano (2001)
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: Phantasy, Op. 47 (1949)
Myths, Music, and Dance
Thursday, March 25, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
with guest artists: Angela Jones, dancer/choreographer,
L. Jonathan Collins, and Nora Stephens, dancers
The Talujon Percussion Quartet: Dominic Donato, Peter Jarvis, Tom
Kolor, and Michael Lipsey
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York University
Washington Square South at LaGuardia Place
Tickets: $10; students/senior citizens: $5 or TDF voucher
Jayn Rosenfeld, flute
Stephen Gosling, Piano
Jean Kopperud, clarinet
Frank Cassara, percussion
Curtis Macomber, violin
Dominic Inferrera, baritone
June Han, harp
Louis Karchin, conductor
LOUIS KARCHIN: Orpheus, A Masque for baritone, instrumental ensemble,
and dancers (2003) - N. Y. Premiere
STEPHEN RICKS: Dividing Time (2000)
JESSE SKLAR: "Four" (2003) - World Premiere
CHARLES WUORINEN: Percussion Duo (1979)
New Voices/Vibrant Sounds
Tuesday Oct. 15, 2002, 8:00 p.m.
Merkin Concert Hall at the Abraham Goodman House
129 West 67th Street
Tickets: $10; students/senior citizens: $5 or TDF voucher
Jean Kopperud, clarinet
Heather O'Donnell, piano
Taimur Sullivan, saxophones
Rolf Schulte, violin
Dominic Donato, percussion
Lois Martin, viola
Makoto Nakura, marimba
Christopher Finckel, cello
Ryan Dorin, piano
Thomas Carling, conductor
Stephen Gosling, piano
JASON ECKARDT: Transience (1999)
ANDREW IMBRIE: Chicago Bells (1997)
ELIZABETH HOFFMAN: barissement d'elephant (2002)
- World Premiere
WILLIAM KINGSWOOD: Al-Shafag (2002)
- World Premiere
OLGA NEUWIRTH: Fondamenta (1998)
OLIVER SCHNELLER: Five Imaginary Spaces (2001)
for piano and live electronics - NY Premiere
The Pro Arte String Quartet
Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2002, 8:00 p.m.
"One of the great quartets of our time." -- San Francisco
Chronicle
Merkin Concert Hall at the Abraham Goodman House
129 West 67th Street
Tickets: $10; students/senior citizens: $5 or TDF voucher
David Perry, violin
Sally Chisholm, viola
Suzanne Beia, violin
Parry Karp, cello
with guest artist Samuel Rhodes, viola
BRIAN FENNELLY: Arias and Interludes (String Quartet No.2, 2001)
- World Premiere
GYORGY KURTAG: Aus der Ferne III for String Quartet (1991)
ROGER SESSIONS: String Quintet (1958)
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY: String Quartet No. 4, Op. 25 (1936)
Vocal Accents
Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 8:00 p.m.
Merkin Concert Hall at the Abraham Goodman House
129 West 67th Street
Tickets: $10; students/senior citizens: $5 or TDF voucher
Jean Kopperud, clarinet
Paul Alan Levi, piano
Curtis Macomber, violin
Maria Rose, piano
Lois Martin, viola
Elizabeth Farnum, soprano
Christopher Finckel, cello
David Bender, tenor
Frank Cassara, percussion
Paul Hostetter, conductor
Stephen Gosling, piano
STEPHEN DEMBSKI: At Baia (1984)
RICHARD FESTINGER: New Work (2002) - World Premiere
LOUIS KARCHIN: Deux Poemes de Mallarme (2000)
EUGENE LEE: Noncombinatorial Combinatoria (1999)
- World Premiere
PAUL ALAN LEVI: Zeno's Arrow (2001)
Seven Songs to Poems by Jan Schreiber - New York Premiere
GYORGY LIGETI: Der Sommer (1989)
DANA RICHARDSON: The Dutch Muse (1998)
- New York Premiere
American Voices: from Rituals to Rapture
Monday, Oct. 15, 2001, 8:00 p.m.
Merkin Concert Hall at the Abraham Goodman House
129 West 67th Street
Tickets: $10; students/senior citizens: $5 or TDF voucher
Jayn Rosenfeld, flute
Stephen Gosling, piano
Particia Spencer, flute
Margaret Mills piano
Jean Kopperud, clarinet
Elizabeth Farnum, soprano
Curtis Macomber, violin
Dominic Inferrara, baritone
Christopher Finckel, cello
Paul Hostetter, conductor
Lisa Stokes Chin, contrabass
Louis Karchin, conductor
SEAN CARSON: A scene from Red Harvest (2000) - World Premiere
BRIAN FENNELLY: Sonata Serena (1999)
LOUIS KARCHIN: Galactic Folds (1992)
ARTHUR KREIGER: Close Encounters (1997) for flute and electronics
- N. Y. Premiere
GEORGE PERLE: Monody (1961)
LAURA SCHWENDINGER: Rapture (1999) - N. Y. Premiere
EDWARD SMALDONE: Rituals: Sacred and Profane (1997) - N. Y. Premiere
VIRGIL THOMSON: Three Portraits (1929-1942
From Europe to America
Tuesday, December 11, 2001, 8:00 p.m.
Merkin Concert Hall at the Abraham Goodman House
129 West 67th Street
Tickets: $10; students/senior citizens: $5 or TDF voucher
Jayn Rosenfeld, flute
Stephen Gosling, piano
Jean Kopperud, clarinet
Daan Vandewalle, piano
Curtis Macomber, violin
Judith Bettina, soprano
Christopher Finckel, cello
MILTON BABBITT: Phonemena for soprano and tape (1975)
JAMES DILLON: Sgothan (1984)
JAMES DILLON: Redemption (1996) - U. S. Premiere
DAVID GORDON: Tribeca (2001) - World Premiere
ELIZABETH HOFFMAN: I Stepped into the Dawn (2001) - World Premiere
RICHARD KARPEN: Il Nome (1987), for soprano and computer-realized sound
- N. Y. Premiere
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Canteyodjaya (1953)
On Native Ground: Copland's Heritage
Tuesday, March 19, 2002, 8:00 p.m.
Music by Copland House resident composers performed by Music
From Copland House
"beguiling and bracing, incisive and exciting" -- The New York Times
Merkin Concert Hall at the Abraham Goodman House
129 West 67th Street
Tickets: $10; students/senior citizens: $5 or TDF voucher
Paul Lustig Dunkel, flute
Michael Boriskin, piano
Derek Bermel, clarinet
Guest Artists
Nicholas Kitchen, violin
Judith Bettina, soprano
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
James Baker, percussion
CHESTER BISCARDI: The Gift of Life (1990-93)
AARON COPLAND: As It Fell Upon a Day (1923)
PIERRE JALBERT: Piano Trio (1998) - N. Y. Premiere
ANDREW RINDFLEISCH: What Vibes! (2000) - N. Y. Premiere
ROBERT XAVIER RODRIGUEZ: Les niaix amoureux (1989)
DAVID SCHOBER: Variations (1998)
