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SeptemberFest2011

SeptemberFest celebrates the start of the concert season at Longy!
Admission to all concerts and events during SeptemberFest is free.

     
Friday, September 9, 8 pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
27 Garden Street, Cambridge
  Opening Night: Invention and Innovation

Domenico Gabrielli:  Sonata in G Major for Violoncello and Continuo
Phoebe Carrai, cello
Benjamin Katz, harpsichord
John Morrison: New Work
Peter Cassino, piano
Todd Brunel, bass clarinet
Christian Lauba:  “Jungle” from Neuf Études pour Saxophone
Pei Yin, saxophone
John Cage:  Dream
Dimitri Murrath, viola
John Cage:  Metamorphosis
Sandra Hebert, piano
John Cage:  Two
Sandra Hebert, piano
Lesley O’Donel, flute
Haydn:  Op. 20, No. 2
Olga Patramanska, violin
Momoko Matsumura, violin,
Alexander Vavilov, viola
Ashima Scripp, cello

Pre-Concert Panel Discussion at 6:30pm
“The Future of Music Education”

Leon Botstein, President, Bard College
Karen Zorn, President, Longy School of Music of Bard College

     

Saturday, September 10, 8 pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
27 Garden Street, Cambridge

 

The Changing Muse

Claude Debussy:  Nocturne in D-flat Major
Claude Debussy:  Danse
Eleanor Perrone, piano
Claude Debussy:  Three songs
D’Anna Fortunato, soprano
Wayman Chin, piano
Claude Debussy:  Violin Sonata in G minor, L. 140
Bayla Keyes, violin
Robert Merfeld, piano
Vocal Music, 19th century to present
Jayne West, soprano
Sara Bielanski, mezzo-soprano
Carol Mastrodomenico, soprano
Bradford Gleim, baritone
Karyl Ryczek, soprano
Brian Moll, piano
Libor Dudas, piano
Wayman Chin, piano

     

Wednesday, September 14, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
27 Garden Street, Cambridge

 

Thèmes variés et divers

W. A. Mozart:  Twelve Variations in C Major on the French Song, “Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman” K. 265
Libor Dudas, fortepiano
Paul Desenne:  Variations on “Mission: Impossible”
Marco Granados, flute
J.S. Bach:  “Goldberg” Variations, BWV 988
Peter Sykes, harpsichord

     

Friday, September 23, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
27 Garden Street, Cambridge

 

Musical Lament and Transfiguration

Benjamin Britten:  Six Metamorphosis after Ovid, Op. 49
Robert Sheena, oboe
James Frangiose, narrator
John Dowland:  Lachrimae Antiquae
Laurie Monahan, mezzo soprano
Dana Maiben, Anne Legene, Karen Burciaga, Jane Hershey, Viol Consort
John Dowland:  Were every thought an eye
Viol Consort
John Dowland:  To ask for all thy love
Claire Raphaelson, soprano
Douglas Freundlich, lute
John Dowland:  Go nightly cares
Laurie Monahan, mezzo-soprano
Douglas Freundlich, lute
John Dowland:  Can she excuse my wrongs
Viol Consort
David Sampson:  Morning Music
Redline Brass Quintet 
Joe Klause, trumpet
Kyle Spraker, trumpet
Steven Winter, horn
Chris Moore, trombone
Phil Hyman, bass trombone
Paul Brust:  Lament
Ying Jun Wei, cello
Esther Ning Yau, piano
Four settings of “that passeth all understanding” (poetry of Denise Levertov):
Kwaumane Brown:  The Peace of God: That Passeth All Understanding
Erica Glenn:  …That Passeth Understanding
Lee Abe: …Thus Passeth All Understanding
Daniela DeMatos:  That Passeth All Understanding
Karyl Ryczek, soprano
Wayman Chin, piano
Jeremy Van Buskirk:  The Root of All Evil
Jeremy Van Buskirk:  For the Love of Laughter

Pre-Concert Lecture at 7pm
"Tears through the Years: The Development of Musical Lament”
Rebecca Marchand, Ph.D.

     

Saturday, September 24, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
27 Garden Street, Cambridge

 

Years of Change, 1911-1923

Claude Debussy:  Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
Marco Granados, flute
Dimitri Murrath, viola
Franziska Huhn, harp
Arnold Schoenberg:  Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19
Sandra Hebert, piano
Igor Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale)
Faculty-Student Ensemble
Karen Zorn, narrator
Julian Pellicano, director
Arnold Schoenberg:  Suite for Piano, Op. 25
Hugh Hinton, piano
Paul Hindemith:  Kammermusik No. 1 for Twelve Solo Instruments, Op. 24 No. 1
Faculty-Student Ensemble
Julian Pellicano, director

Pre-Concert Lecture at 7pm
" The Spoils of War: European Composers and Compositional Transformation”

Rebecca Marchand, Ph.D.

 


NOTE: All Longy events are wheelchair accessible. For further information, please call (617) 876-0956 ext. 1500.

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