New York 01-02 Subscription Concerts

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Participating 2001/02 Artists Janice Felty, mezzo-soprano Rieko Aizawa, piano Meg Bachman Vas, piano Judith Mendenhall, flute Matthew Goodman, clarinet Alan R. Kay, clarinet David Krakauer, clarinet John Miller, bassoon Andrew Clark, horn Robert Johnson, horn Barbara Allen, harp Soovin Kim, violin Naoko Tanaka, violin Calvin Wiersma, violin/viola Ah Ling Neu, viola Gregory Hesselink, 'cello Michael Kannen, 'cello Gail Kruvand, contrabass

2001-2002 Subscription Concerts - New York

Merkin Concert Hall, Abraham Goodman House
(129 West 67th Street, between Braodway & Amsterdam Ave.)

A 30th Anniversary Celebration!

Thursday, October 18, 2001, 8PM Thursday, December 6, 2001, 8PM Thursday, January 17, 2002, 8PM Thursday, March 14, 2002, 8PM Thursday, May 2, 2002, 8PM Detailed programs at a glance

Join the ensemble for an exploratory journey of both traditional and new music conceived for the inquisitive listener.

Highlights include a visit from Principal horn player of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Andrew Clark, who has been described as "a staggering prodigy of the natural horn."

David Krakauer will perform klezmer clarinet in Betty Olivero’s Der Golem, and mezzo-soprano Janice Felty will return to perform in Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and the much anticipated world premiere performance of John Harbison’s Aria: Song for the Rainy Season.

Detailed Programs

Thursday, October 18, 2001, 8PM
7:30PM Meet-the-Artists Interview/Lecture     Post-concert Reception

BEETHOVEN: Sextet in E-flat, Op. 81B, for 2 horns and string quartet
BETTY OLIVERO: Der Golem "Six Yiddish Songs & Dances," for clarinet & string quartet
MOZART: "Horn" Quintet in E-flat, K. 407, for horn, violin, 2 violas & ’cello
SPOHR: Octet in E, Op. 32, for clarinet, 2 horns, violin, 2 violas, ’cello & contrabass

Artists:
David Krakauer, Andrew Clark, Robert Johnson, Naoko Tanaka, Calvin Wiersma, Ah Ling Neu, Michael Kannen, Gail Kruvand

Thursday, December 6, 2001, 8PM
7:30PM Meet-the-Artists Interview/Lecture     Post-concert Reception

SCHOENBERG: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 (1912), voice, piccolo/ flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, piano, violin/viola & cello
MESSIAEN: Quartet For The End of Time (1940), for clarinet, violin, ‘cello & piano

Artists:
Janice Felty, Judith Mendenhall, Meg Bachman Vas, Alan R. Kay, Soovin Kim, Michael Kannen

Thursday, January 17, 2002, 8PM
7:30PM Meet-the-Artists Interview/Lecture     Post-concert Reception

HAYDN: Divertimento in D, Op. 5, No. 3 (H.II: D10), for flauto traverso, violin, viola & ’cello
MARVIN LAMB: Schubertiad (2000) NEW YORK PREMIERE, for oboe, bassoon & guitar
GEORGE ROCHBERG: Serenata d’Estate (1955), for flute, harp, guitar, violin, viola & ’cello
SALVATORE SCIARRINO: Da un divertimento (1971), NEW YORK PREMIERE, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, ’cello & contrabass
HINDEMITH: Octet (1958), for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, 2 violas, ’cello & contrabass

Artists:
Judith Mendenhall, Robert Ingliss, Alan R. Kay, John Miller, Robert Johnson, Scott Kuney, Barbara Allen, Naoko Tanaka, Calvin Wiersma, Ah Ling Neu, Michael Kannen, Gail Kruvand

Thursday, March 14, 2002, 8PM
7:30PM Meet-the-Artists Interview/Lecture     Post-concert Reception

SCHOENBERG/WEBERN: Chamber Symphony Op. 9, for flute, clarinet, piano, violin & ’cello
JOËL-FRANÇOIS DURAND: Un feu distinct (1991), for flute, clarinet, piano, violin & ’cello
WEBERN: Six Bagetelles, for string quartet
SCHUMANN: Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44, for piano, 2 violins, viola & ’cello

Artists:
Judith Mendenhall, Matthew Goodman, Naoko Tanaka, Soovin Kim, Ah Ling Neu, Gregory Hesselink, Rieko Aizawa

Thursday, May 2, 2002, 8PM
7:30PM Meet-the-Artists Interview/Lecture     Post-concert Reception

STEVE REICH: Different Trains (1988), for amplified string quartet & tape
JOHN HARBISON: Aria: Song for the Rainy Season, WORLD PREMIERE, for mezzo-soprano, flute, horn, piano, violin & ’cello
BRAHMS: Quintet in f minor Op. 34, for piano, 2 violins, viola & ’cello

Artists:
Janice Felty; Judith Mendenhall, Robert Johnson, Naoko Tanaka, Calvin Wiersma, Ah Ling Neu, Gregory Hesselink, Meg Bachman Vas