February 2008
Steven Stucky, Host • Noam Ben Zeev, Panelist • Charles Zachary Bornstein, Panelist
The N.Y. premiere screening of the documentary Luciano Berio by director Reuven Hecker precedes a panel with the composer's close affiliates.
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, Conductor
Lisa Gasteen • Deborah Voigt • Michelle DeYoung
Clifton Forbis • James Morris • Mikhail Petrenko
Sung in German with Met Titles in English
Musicians of the New York Philharmonic
Joseph Pereira, Host •
Dorian Rence, Writer and narrator
Designed especially for 3-6 year-olds, Very Young People's Concerts introduce youngsters to classical music through imaginative engagement, active listening and hands-on music-making with members of the New York Philharmonic. This season we feature French music, with a focus on Maurice Ravel, set to the continuing adventures of Philippe the Penguin.
Sequenza III for Voice, Micaela Haslam, Soprano
Sequenza XI for Guitar, Scott Kuney, Guitar
Sequenza I for Flute, Robert Langevin, Flute
Sequenza V for Trombone, Shachar Israel, Trombone
Sequenza VIII for Violin, Charles Rex, Violin
Sequenza X for Trumpet in C and Piano, Denver Dill, Trumpet; Rebecca Wilt, Piano
Sequenza II for Harp, Nancy Allen, Harp
Sequenza IV for Piano, Amy Briggs Dissanayake, Piano
Sequenza VII for Oboe, Sherry Sylar, Oboe
Sequenza VI for Viola, Peter Kenote, Viola
Sequenza XII for Bassoon, Martin Kuuskmann, Bassoon
Sequenza XIII for Accordion, William Schimmel, Accordion
Sequenza IXa for Clarinet, Stanley Drucker, Clarinet
Sequenza XIV for Cello, Eric Bartlett, Cello
Musicians of the New York Philharmonic
Joseph Pereira, Host •
Dorian Rence, Writer and narrator
As above, a repeat of the 12:30 program
Miyun Chung, Violin
Program: TBA
Michael Christie, conductor • Alexa Still, flute
David Herskovits, stage director
John Corigliano: Pied Piper Fantasy
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Early Music New York Orchestra, Fredrick Renz, conductor
Works by J. S. Bach's second cousins, J. Bernhard (1676-1749), J. Nicolaus (1669-1753) and J. Ludwig (1677-1731) shared the same great grandfather and namesake Ô Johannes Bach (+1626).
St. James' Church
Madison Avenue at 71st Street
Dicapo Opera chorus, accompanied by Simon Mulligan
Chad Armstrong • Dorian Balis •
Yvonne Bill • Brian Ballard
Michael Boley • Lisa Chavez •
Maija Lisa Currie • Nicole Farbes-Lyons
Ubaldo Feliciano-Hernandez • Greg Frens •
Robert Hughes • Sarah Kennedy
Vaughn Lindquist • Jessica Kimple • Matthew Klauser •
Molly Mustonen
Anna Noggle • Gary Ramsey •
Elisabeth Rosenberg • Jennifer Valle
Kristin K. Vogel • Junko Watanabe
A concert of scenes and arias from all four of the composer's operas: Emmeline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Thèrése Raquin, and An American Tragedy.
Colin Carr, cello • Tom Sauer, piano
Works by Beethoven
Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5
Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 102
12 Variations in F Major, Op. 66 on Mozart's “Ein Madchen oder Weibchen”
from The Magic Flute
Sonata in A Major, Op. 69
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Fédéric Chaslin, Conductor
Elina Garanca • Michael Schade • Franco Vassallo
Maurizio Muraro • Ruggero Raimondi
Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English
Lorin Maazel, conductor • Synergy Vocals,
Berio: Sinfonia
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
With guest, Nikolaj Znaider, Violin
Works by Mozart:
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, “Turkish”
Serenade for Winds in c minor, K. 388
Works by Tchaikovsky:
Waltz Scherzo
Serenade for Strings
Alvaro Pierri, guitar
Llobet: Variations on a Theme by Fernando Sor
Walton: Five Bagatelles
Krieger: Ritmata
Castelnuovo-Tadesco: Sonata, Op. 77, “Omaggio a Boccherini”
Bogdanovic: Ricercare (dedicated to Alvaro Pierri)
Bogdanovic: Jazz Sonatina
Piazzola: Five Pieces for Guitar
Ginastera: Sonata, Op. 47
Pre-concert talk at 7pm with Benjamin Verdery of Yale University.
Maria Pikoula, Piano
Program: TBA
