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A Gathering of Brooklyn Composers Aaron Copland, Talib Hakim, Leon Kirchner Elliott Schwartz, Roger Sessions, Elie Siegmeister

Lukas Foss, Conductor

Siegmeister American Holiday (1933)

Sessions Concertino (1972)

Schwartz Eclipse Ill (1975-New York premiere)

"IP Intermission . ."

Hakim Placements for Percussion and Piano(1970)

Copland Dance Panels (1963)

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AT THE A&S NEAREST YOU Brooklyn Philharmonia programs are presented with the assistance of the City of New York, Department of Cultural Affairs Administration; the New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and Meet the Composer, a project of the American Music Center. IP

American Holiday Elie Siegmeister The place (1933) A day of rejoicing and celebration . . . crowds of people rushing,

. . snatches songs, bands playing to come... jostling, marching . mingled of Then, amid the tumult, a pause ... a moment of turning within

. . . but only a moment; back again come the rushing crowds, for low-cost, the tunes, gaity, and exhilaration unrestrained, each man part high-quality of all. Concertino 1) Allegro Roger Sessions (1972) 2) Lento motto family protection! 3) Molto vivo "Like virtually all of my recent music (the Concertino) is ex- tremely concise; in fact the whole is approximately 15 minutes in length. It contains no literal repetitions but rather recurrent patterns which form themselves into extended episodes inter- The spersed with contrasting episodes which throw them into re- lief. Each of these successive recurrent episodes is essentially Williamsburgh a variation or a continuation of the one which precedes it, and the structure of the whole is achieved through the successive Savings and accumulative changes which occur in the process." The Concertino was commissioned by the Fromm Foundation Bank and is dedicated to Paul Fromm. It was first performed by the Incorporated 1851 Contemporary Chamber Players of the University of Chicago, Ralph Shapey conducting, on April 14,1972.

Brooklyn Offices: Eclipse Ill for Chamber Elliott Schwartz I Hanson Place at Flathush Ave., Orchestra (1975) Brooklyn, N.Y. 11243 Broadway at Driggs Ave., Brooklyn. N.Y. 11211 "(This piece) is primarily a study in sonority and orchestral 86th St. and 23rd Ave., Brooklyn. N.Y. 11214 timbre, in which a variety of effects are applied to an intention- New Lots and Pennsylvania Ayes., of material (the interval of a third, a simple Brooklyn N.Y. 11207 ally limited body rhythmic figure and a chord progression will be the most ap- parent). The theatrical aspects of the piece, particularly the Nassau Offices: vocal effects, constitute another level of meaning. The audience Hempstead Turnpike at Center Lane. is welcome to experience and respond to the piece on either Levittown. N.Y. 11756 level." 682 Dogwood Ave.. Franklin Square, N.Y. 11010 Eclipse Ill was composed for Thomas Nee and the New Hamp- shire Music Festival Orchestra who gave the first performance Queens Offices: of the work at Dartmouth College in August of 1975. This 63rd Drive at Saunders St., Rego Park. N.Y. 11374 performance is the New York premiere. 136-65 Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing, N.Y. 11354 Continental Ave.. Forest Hills N.Y. 11375 107-15 Placements for Percussion Talib Rasul Hakim and Piano (1970) Manhattan Offices: 74 Wall St. at Pearl St. New York. N.Y. 10005 Like most of the composer's more recent works, Placements 345 East 86th St., New York. N.Y. 10028 is sectional and sequential, i.e. materials are grouped in separate sections which themselves encompass smaller groupings that enter/overlap/and exit at designated points. The overall outline is: Section I A, B

Section I I A, B, C, D Inquire about Section III A, B Section IV A, B, C The letters A-B, A-B-C etc. indicate the smaller groupings ' Savings Bank I within their respective section and do not relate in any way to the more traditional concept of the a-b-a sonata allegro form. lr Life Insurance Dance Panels Aaron Copland (1963)

at any office Dance Panels is a ballet in seven sections. It was first performed by the Bavarian State Opera Ballet in Munich on December 3, 1963, the composer conducting. It was conceived as dance without music, but without any specific story in mind. In concert performance, Dance Panels is played as one extended movement obligation! with brief pauses between the sections. Aaron Copland, the dean of American composers, is legend--it would be useless to catalogue his many honors and achievements. His music is known and loved The $5 sale by Americans and the world. Talib Rasul Hakim, Assistant Professor at Nassau Com- munity College, is president of the Society of Black for all ages. Composers. He is the recipient of a National Endow- ment for the Arts grant and numerous other awards The Brooklyn Philharmonia has assembled a delightful three and commissions. concert subscription for parents and children of all ages with artists like Eubie Blake and music from Grieg to Gershwin. It's Elliott Schwartz is Chairman a great way to introduce your youngsters to some great music of the Music Department and afford yourself some fine listening as well. And what could and Director of the Electronic Music Studio at Bow- be more affordable than our $5 subscription price? Order as doin College in Brunswick, Maine. In addition to com- many subscriptions as you like, but order today. By tomorrow, posing he is also author of we several books on contem- may be sold out. porary music. Brooklyn Philharmonia Family Series Roger Sessions has been at Princeton University since David Amram 1953 as William Schubael Conant Professor of Music. Conductor The Copland-Sessions Concerts, a 1928-31 collabo- ration between these two famous Saturday, February 21, 1976 at 2:00 pm in the Lepercq Space men, was organized to insure performances of new American music. His opera Montezuma is soon to be performed by the Bos- Music for Theatre ton Opera under Sarah Caldwell. featuring Sonja Loevli, soprano and Harlan Foss, baritone Elie Siegmeister, though Mendelssohn Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream born in Harlem, came to Mozart Arias from The Marriage of Figaro Brooklyn as a youth. He is now Professor of Music and The Magic Flute and Composer in Residence at Hofstra University. His Sibelius Selection from Pelleas and Melisande Ravel Mother Goose Suite music is an integral part of the contemporary re- Amram Selections from Twelfth Night pertoire. Weill Threepenny Suite

Saturday, March 20, 1976 at 2:00 pm in the Lepercq Space

Music for Dance Foodstuffs . . . featuring Eubie Blake and the Charles Moore Dancers Fun, fattening and fabulous fingerfoods are available for all Beethoven German Dances BAM performances in our lobby. If you're starved and in a Grieg Selection from Holberg Suite hurry or if you can't face another Kodaly hamburger casserole, we Galante Dances have assorted snacks before De Fella Dances from the Three-Cornered Hat curtain time. Our red and white Copland "Saturday Night Waltz" from Rodeo pushcarts and bar are also open for intermission. Blake Charleston Rag Dances and Drums of Africa

Saturday, 24 at The April 2:00 pm in the Lepercq Space new carpeting in the Opera House was made possible by a generous gift from the Friends of BAM. Music from the U. S.A. featuring Phillips and Renzulli, duo-pianists

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