November 2023
Here and Now Series: FIVE COMPOSERS AND A PIANIST / Beata Moon, Stefania de Kenessey, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Kim D. Sherman, William Hirtz / Donna Weng Friedman with William Hirtz, piano and Diana Solomon-Glover, reciter
FIVE COMPOSERS AND A PIANIST
Beata Moon Prelude
Stefania de Kenessey Microvids: for Solo Piano and Poetry Recitation *World Premiere
Out of place
Skipping stones
Like a rock
Reach for the sky
Standing tall
Got it
On fire
The grand opening
Running on empty
Just joking
Pure joy
Bursting out
Dream away
Hurry up
Clouds
In a moment
Fooled you
Hiding in plain sight
That’s what you think
Niloufar Nourbakhsh HbeaRt, for piano and electronics
Kim D. Sherman Quiet Poems: Water Circles / A Gesture / Night Sounds
Four Moods: Unwinding / Fence / Reflections / Listening to the Moon
William Hirtz The Wizard of Oz Fantasy (for four hands)
Donna Weng Friedman, piano
with William Hirtz. piano and Diana Solomon-Glover, reciter
Here and Now Series: Evening of music by the composer Alexander Zhurbin / Lev Zhurbin, Sharon Harms, Steven Beck
Evening of music by the composer Alexander Zhurbin
Fine Fantasy for Fadolin
Lev Zhurbin, fadolin
Three Madrigals lyrics by William Shakespeare
1. Sweet Music (from "Henry VIII")
2. O, Night! (from "Lucrece")
3. Be My Love (from "The Passionate Pilgrim”)
Sharon Harms, soprano and Steven Beck, piano
Symphony #8, “The Patchwork Symphony” (World Premiere)
Part I: Piano solo
Steven Beck, piano
Masterworks Series: Mozart, Mendelssohn, Chopin / Marika Bournaki
Mozart Sonata in A Minor, K. 310
Mendelssohn Variations Sérieuses in D minor, Op. 54
Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 / Mazurka Op. 6 No. 1 / Waltz Op. 64 No. 2 /
Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante
Marika Bournaki, piano
Program details and BUY TICKETS »Masterworks Series: 4 HANDS EXTRAVAGANZA / Schubert, Brahms, Strauss / Marika Bournaki and William Wolfram
4 HANDS EXTRAVAGANZA
Schubert Fantasia in F minor, D. 940
Brahms 16 Waltzes, Op. 39
Strauss Blue Danube Waltz, arr. Anderson/Roe
Marika Bournaki, piano
William Wolfram, piano
Masterworks Series: In Celebration of Armenta Adams Hummings Dumisani “Miss Armenta” and Elwyn Albert Adams / Bach, James Lee III, Paganini, Schubert / Amadi Azikiwe and Mikael Darmanie
In Celebration of Armenta Adams Hummings Dumisani “Miss Armenta” and Elwyn Albert Adams
Bach Suite no. 5
James Lee III Sonata no. 1 for violin and piano
Paganini Sonata per la Gran' Viola
Schubert Fantasy D934
Amadi Azikiwe, violin and viola
Mikael Darmanie, piano