May 2008
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Harry Bicket, Conductor
Heidi Grant Murphy • Tamar Iveri • Susan Graham
Anke Vondung • Ramón Vargas • Oren Gradus
Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English
Bradshaw and Buono International piano Competition
Winners Recital
The Empire City Men's Chorus conducted by Jonathan Babcock
Featuring pianists Geoffrey Kiorpes and Marc Peloquin
The Astoria Symphony Orchestra conducted by Silas Huff
Works by David Del Tredici, Leonard Bernstein, Lee Hoiby, Randall Thompson,
Arnold Schoenberg, Stefan Weisman, Brahms and Mozart
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
31-10 Thompson Avenue
Long Island City, Queens
James Busby, conductor
Grace and Spiritus Chorale of Brooklyn
Tippett: A Child of Our Time
St. Ann's Church
157 Montague Street
Brooklyn Heights
St. Mark's Church, at 3:00 pm
Janet E. Hopkins, soprano • Sam Lazzara: percussion
Galina Heifetz, Violin • Mimi Stern-Wolfe, Piano
Downtown Chamber & Opera Players
Mark Grant: Red Berries
Sam Gale: Magnolia Rag
Frank Russo: “Spring” from Five Seasons for chamber ensemble
Chris Deblasio: & Richard Hoyt: Rushes
Nicholas Scarim: The Garden at Night for Narrator and Woodwind Quintet
Elodie Lauten: The Five-Petal Proportion
Kreisler: Schön “Rosmarin”
St. Mark's Church
131 East 10th Street, at Second Avenue
Suggested contribution: $10
Barbara Yahr, conductor • Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Bach: E Major Violin Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony No.4
Valery Gergiev, conductor • René Pape, bass
Works by Mussorgsky:
A Night on Bald Mountain (original version)
Songs and Dances of Death
“I Have Attained the Highest Power” from Boris Godunov
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Thea Kano, conductor
Works by French composers, including:
Church of St. Paul the Apostle
Columbus Avenue at 60th Street
Andrew E. Henderson, conductor
Schubert: Mass in G major
Vaughan Williams: Mass in g minor
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
921 Madison Avenue at 73rd Street
Paul Sperry, narrator • Jacquelyn Familant, soprano • Robert Gardner, baritone
Sato Moughalian, flute • Meighan Stoops, clarinet • Robin Zeh, violin
Victoria Paterson, violin • Dave Eggar, cello • Sean McClowry, double bass
Tom Kolor, percussion • Blair McMillen, piano • Robert Paterson, conductor
Aaron Jay Kernis: The Four Seasons of Futurist Cuisine
Barbara Kolb: Three Place Settings
Marc Mellits: Fruity Pebbles
Leonard Bernstein: La Bonne Cuisine
Robert Paterson: Eating Variations∗
Yotam Haber: The Gourmand's Lament
William Bolcom: Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise
Derrick Wang: Hors d'oeuvres∗∗
Derrick Wang is the winner of AME's Third Annual Composition Competition
∗World Premiere, ∗∗NYC Premiere
Tenri Cultural Institute of New York
43A West 13th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues)
William Terwilliger, violin • Andrew Cooperstock, piano
Allison Eldredge, cello
With special guest Paul Schoenfield, piano
Partita for violin and piano (2002)
Four Souvenirs for violin and piano (1990)
Excerpts from Five Days from the Life of a Manic-Depressive for piano four hands
Cafe Music for violin, cello and piano (1987)
Opus Two
Featuring music inspired by folkloric and popular singing traditions composed or arranged for presentation on the Western concert stage. Including works from Argentina, Bali, Brazil, Bulgaria, England, Scotland, South Africa, Uruguay and the United States.
Macedonian music played by special guests Izvornotes: Jeff Fine, kaval; Marjorie Selden and Kristina Vaskys, tambura; Sheila Krstevski, tupan.
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street
Tien Hsieh, piano
Program: TBA
Bradshaw and Buono International piano Competition
Winners Recital
Andrea Parkins is a New York-based sound artist, composer, and improviser who plays electronically-processed accordion, laptop sampler, electronic keyboards, and piano.
Roulette
20 Greene Street
