BARGEMUSIC

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Spring 2010 X

“It doesn’t take long to hear what makes Bargemusic the perfect chamber music hall… ” —Allan Kozinn, The New York Times

“The popular venture atop a floating barge … a wonderfully intimate place to hear chamber music.” —Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times w

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Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn w www.bargemusic.org W w Reservations W For reservations & all inquiries: 718.624.2083 or 718.624.4061 Seats are assigned in order of phone call or email. Email: [email protected] Ticket Prices: Vary by performance; please see individual calendar listings. Purchase tickets at the concert by cash or check only, please. Ask about group sales and gift certificates. Credit Cards by Phone: Purchase tickets with MasterCard or VISA, only by telephone at 718.624.2083. Cancellations: Please let us know before the concert if you cannot attend so that your seat can be reassigned. If you have already paid by check or credit card, you may donate your tickets for a tax deduction. We are not able to refund payments. w Directions W Bargemusic is in Brooklyn on the Fulton Ferry Landing near the Brooklyn Bridge See map online at www.bargemusic.org. By Subway: From Manhattan, ride in the rear of the A or C train to High Street station in Brooklyn. (From Brooklyn, ride in the front of the train). Use the FULTON STREET EXIT. Walk downhill on Cadman Plaza West to the East River, 3 blocks. For the F train, exit at the York Street station; right on Jay to Front Street. Go left on Front Street; turn right at Old Fulton St. and walk downhill to the river. Or take the 2 or 3 train to the Clark Street station; walk west on Clark Street to Columbia Heights; turn right; walk downhill to the end of the street. Bargemusic is on the left in the river. Weekend delays are possible (MTA Info: 718.330.1234 or www.mta.info). By Car: From Manhattan, use the Brooklyn Bridge and take the first exit in Brooklyn (marked BQE), right lane. Continue right, then turn left at light on Old Fulton Street and descend to the East River. Bargemusic is left of the Bridge. From Long Island, take the Long Island Expressway westbound to the BQE towards Brooklyn / Staten Island. Use the Cadman Plaza / Brooklyn Bridge exit; turn right onto Old Fulton Street and continue to the East River. Bargemusic is to the left of the Bridge. From Brooklyn, take Atlantic Ave. Turn on Clinton Street and go to the end. Turn left on Cadman Plaza West and drive along the park. Turn left on Old Fulton Street and continue down to Bargemusic in the East River. Valet parking is available nearby at Pete’s Downtown (free, but tips are appreciated); for info about nearby parking garages and lots, please see www.bargemusic.org/directions. By Bus: In Brooklyn, take the B-25 to Furman Street (last stop). Or transfer from many buses (like B-41, B-38) to B-25 at Borough Hall. By WaterTaxi: Schedule varies. Call 212.742.1969 for information. w Note: Bargemusic is wheelchair accessible. W

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March 3 • Wednesday, 8 pm March 11 • Thursday, 8 pm ✷ Jaroslav Jezek “Isabel Valse,” “Spring Wind,” “Three Policemen Step” $35 ($20 senior, $15 student) March 12 • Friday, 8 pm ✷ and “Bughatti Step” for Piano Vivaldi Sonata for Violin and Piano $25 ($20 senior, $10 student) (1931–38) in A Major, RV 31, Op. 2, No. 2 Here and Now Josef Suk Appassionato and Burlesque Mozart Sonata No. 17 for Violin and Giacinto Scelsi String Quartet No. 5 from Four Pieces for Violin and Piano in C Major, K. 296 (1985) Piano, Op. 17 Brahms Sonata No. 2 for Viola and Conlon Nancarrow String Quartet Yuval Waldman, Violin Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 120, No. 1 (1945) Tomas Vicek, Piano No. 2 Elliott Sharp Tessellation Row (1984) Maurice Kaplow Five Pieces for March 19 • Friday, 8 pm David First Elegies for the Afterland Violin and Piano (2009) $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) (2009) Kreisler Tempo di Minuetto (in the Selected pieces by Bach, Barbella, Annie Gosfield Lightheaded and style of Pugnani) for Violin and Beethoven and Munier Piano Heavyhearted (2002) Carlo Aonzo, Mandolin FLUX Quartet Sibelius Nocturne from Belshazzar’s Elena Buttiero, Piano Tom Chiu, Violin Feast Suite, Op. 51 with Conrad Harris, Violin Sarasate Ziguenerweisen in c minor, Eden MacAdam-Somer, Guest Violin Op. 20 Max Mandel, Viola Felix Fan, Cello Arturo Delmoni, Violin and Viola March 20 • Saturday, 8 pm Doris Stevenson, Piano March 13 • Saturday, 8 pm March 21 • Sunday, 3 pm March 4 • Thursday, 8 pm March 14 • Sunday, 3 pm $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) Haydn Piano Trio No. 39 in G Major, $25 ($20 senior, $10 student) Hob. XV:25, “Gypsy” Jazz Night with the Oscar Peñas Mendelssohn Song without Words in D Major, Op. 109 Beethoven Piano Trio No. 1 in Quartet E-Flat Major, Op. 1 Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano Oscar Peñas, Guitar and Compositions in D Major, Op. 58 Weber Selected Scottish Melodies for Dan Blake, Tenor and Soprano Tenor and Piano Trio Saxophones Schumann Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Beethoven Selected Irish Songs for Moto Fukushima, Six-string Electric Op. 102 Tenor and Piano Trio Bass Brahms Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Richie Barshay, Drums and Piano in F Major, Op. 99 Robert White, Tenor Mark Peskanov, Violin Miscellaneous Colin Carr, Cello Darrett Adkins, Cello Thomas Sauer, Piano March 5 • Friday, 8 pm Philip Edward Fisher, Piano March 17 • Wednesday, 8 pm March 6 • Saturday, 8 pm ✷ March 24 • Wednesday, 8 pm $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) $25 ($20 senior, $10 student) March 26 • Friday, 8 pm Celebrating Brahms’ Complete Here and Now $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) Works for Violin and Piano Peter Heller Selections from Brahms Sonatensatz in c minor Nantucket Rags (2005) Vivaldi Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Major, RV 9, Op. 2, No. 11 (Scherzo from F-A-E Sonata), Paul Moravec Selections from WoO posth. 2 Characteristics (1995) Beethoven Sonata No. 9 for Violin and Piano, Op. 47, “Kreutzer” Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 Sean Hickey Cursive (2009) Mozart Sonata No. 21 for Violin and Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 John Corigliano Fantasia on an Piano in e minor, K. 304 Sonata No. 3 in d minor, Op. 108 Ostinato (1985) Schubert Fantasy for Violin and John Musto Selections from Five Mark Peskanov, Violin Piano, D. 934 Hamish Milne, Piano Concert Rags (1991–1998) Lowell Liebermann Nocturne No. 2, Mark Peskanov, Violin March 7 • Sunday, 3 pm Op. 31 (1990) Olga Vinokur, Piano $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) Nocturne No. 10, Op. 99 (2007) March 27 • Saturday, 8 pm Selected Italian Songs by Bononcini, Ronald Stevenson A Scottish Triptych March 28 • Sunday, 3 pm Caldara, Giordani, Caldara and (1959-67) Durante $40 ($35 senior, $20 student) Philip Edward Fisher, Piano Schumann Arabesque for Piano in Mozart Adagio and Fugue for Strings C Major, Op. 18 March 18 • Thursday, 8 pm in c minor, K. 546 Selected German Lieder by Schubert $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) Virgil Thomson String Quartet No. 2 (1931, rev. 1957) and Brahms Dvorákˇ Sonatina for Violin and Piano Chopin Ballade No. 1 for Piano in in G Major, Op. 100, B. 183 Mendelssohn String Quintet No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 87 g minor, Op. 23 Waltz No. 1 for Piano in A Major, Laparcerie/Richepin Mon coeur est Op. 54, No. 1 Voxare String Quartet un violon (1945) Humoresque for Piano in Emily Ondracek, Violin and Viola Jean Lenoir Parlez moi d’amour G-Flat Major, Op. 101, No. 7 Galina Zhdanova, Violin (1930) Erik Peterson, Viola Martinu Czech Rhapsody for Violin Adrian Daurov, Cello Piaf/Monnot Hymne à l’amour and Piano, H. 307 (1945) with (1950) Vaclav Halek The Mushroom Suite Mark Peskanov, Guest Violin Piaf/Louiguy La vie en rose (1946) for Solo Violin (1994) Arianna Zukerman, Soprano Hugo Lowenthal Traditional Jewish Navah Perlman, Piano Melodies for Violin and Piano (1942) w April/May 2010 W

From March 29 through April 15, April 25 • Sunday, 3 pm May 1 • Saturday, 8 pm Bargemusic will be in dry dock. Concerts resume on April 16 (see $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) May 2 • Sunday, 3 pm photo, inside back cover). Lera Auerbach Postscriptum for $40 ($35 senior, $15 student) Violin, Cello and Piano (2007) Weber Clarinet Quintet in April 16 • Friday, 8 pm Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 B-Flat Major, Op. 34 $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) (transcr. for piano trio by Eduard Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in Steuermann) K. 581 B-Flat Major, D. 898 Rachmaninov Trio Elégiaque in d minor, Op. 9 NEOS Quartet Dvorákˇ Piano Trio No. 3 in f minor, Artur Kaganovskiy, Violin Op. 65, B. 130 Clavier Trio Olivier Fluchaire, Violin Raphael Trio Arkady Fomin, Violin Eszter Szilveszter Kaganovskiy, Viola Andy Simionescu, Violin Jesús Castro-Balbi, Cello Justina Sullivan, Cello Susan Salm, Cello David Korevaar, Piano with Alexander Fiterstein, Clarinet Daniel Epstein, Cello April 29 • Thursday, 8 pm April 17 • Saturday, 8 pm $25 ($20 senior, $10 student) May 5 • Wednesday, 8 pm April 18 • Sunday, 3 pm Jazz Night with Foldersnacks $40 ($35 senior, $15 student) $40 ($35 senior, $15 student) Terrence Mcmanus, Guitar “More or Less I Am”: a music theater Tyshawn Sorey, Drums piece drawn from Walt Whitman, poet- Franck Piano Quintet in f minor, Jesse Elder, Piano, Keyboard and Vocals laureate of the Americas, poet of free- M. 7 Zack Foley, Vocals dom and liberty, poet of interdepend- Schumann Piano Quintet in Aidan Carroll, Bass ence. On Cinco de Mayo Compagnia E-Flat Major, Op. 44 de’ Colombari launches its World Biava Quartet April 30 • Friday, 8 pm Premiere of itinerant performances Austin Hartman, Violin $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) beginning in New York City. With Hyunsu Ko, Violin Hurnik Sonata da camera for Flute, original music by the Colin Jacobsen, Mary Persin, Viola Oboe, Cello and Harpsichord Kyle Sanna and Eric Jacobsen, all Gwendolyn Krosnick, Cello (1953) inspired by Song of Myself. with Faure Cello Sonata No. 1 in d minor, Compagnia de Colombari Soheil Nasseri, Piano Op. 109 Colin Jacobsen, Violin Kyle Sanna, Guitar Ravel Alborada del Gracioso from April 22 • Thursday, 8 pm Eric Jacobsen, Cello Miroirs (1904-5) (arr. for oboe and $35, $30 senior, $15 student Alex Sopp, Flute piano by Elaine Douvas) For Two Cellos Sarah Heltzel, Mezzo-Soprano Poulenc Sonata for Flute and Piano, Kummer Duos, Op. 22, Nos. 1–3 Michael Potts, Actor-Singer FP 164 Elliot Villar, Actor-Singer Boccherini Sonata for Two Cellos in Berlioz Trio from L’enfance du Jorge Rubio, Actor-Singer C Major, G. 74 Christ, Op. 25 Leigh Wade, Actor-Singer Gliere Four Duos from Op. 53 Carter Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello Giovanni Pucci, Actor-Singer Jeffrey Solow, Cello and Harpsichord (1952) Michael Rogers, Actor-Singer + Some Members of the Audience Emanuel Gruber, Cello Nadine Asin, Flute April 23 • Friday, 8 pm Elaine Douvas, Oboe May 7 • Friday, 8 pm Darrett Adkins, Cello $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) April 24 • Saturday, 8 pm Steven Beck, Harpsichord and Piano $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) Debussy Sonata for Violin and Piano in g minor, L. 140 Haydn Piano Trio No. 41 in e-flat minor, Hob. XV:31 Ravel Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55 Stravinsky Suite Italienne for Cello Debussy Sonata for Cello and Piano and Piano (from Pulcinella, arr. in d minor, L. 135 with Gregor Piatigorsky) (1932/33) Ravel Piano Trio in a minor (1914) Bartók Romanian Folk Dances for Alexander Simionescu, Violin Violin and Piano (arr. by Székely), Edward Arron, Cello Sz. 56 Benjamin Hochman, Piano Dvorákˇ Piano Trio No. 4 in e minor, Op. 90, B. 166, “Dumky” Mark Peskanov, Violin w Adrian Daurov, Cello Olga Vinokur, Piano Admission Free Concerts All are welcome. The program is announced at the concert. Performances last about 1 hour with no intermission. Seating is not reserved. Saturday, March 27 at 1 pm Saturday, April 24 at 1 pm Saturday, May 1 at 1 pm

✷ The Here and Now Series is a critically-acclaimed celebration of contemporary American music. Since introducing this series, Bargemusic has been hailed by the The New Yorker as “a locus for exciting and unpredictable programming.” With programming Time Out New York has called “consistently inventive,” Here and Now gives music-lovers the opportunity to experience rare performances, world premieres, and daring new works. Consistently commended by the New York Times as being both admirable and original, Here and Now is an exceptional addition to Bargemusic’s ever-evolving programs. Bargemusic is proud to offer these unique performances that are certain to challenge, provoke, and inspire audiences. w May 2010 W

May 8 • Saturday, 8 pm May 15 • Saturday, 8 pm May 22 • Saturday, 8 pm May 9 • Sunday, 3 pm May 16 • Sunday, 3 pm May 23 • Sunday, 3 pm $45 ($40 senior, $20 student) $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) Mozart Salzburg Symphony No. 1 Mozart String Quartet No. 17 in Haydn Piano Trio No. 35 in C Major, (Divertimento in D Major), B-Flat Major, K. 458, “Hunt” Hob. XV:21 K. 136 (K. 125a) Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in Shostakovich Cello Sonata in Mendelssohn String Octet in F Major, Op. 73 d minor, Op. 40 E-Flat Major, Op. 20 Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in Brahms Piano Trio No. 3 in c minor, Shostakovich Concerto No. 1 for d minor, D. 810, “Death and the Op. 101 Piano, Trumpet and Strings, Op. 35 Maiden” Mark Peskanov, Violin Salomé Chamber Orchestra American String Quartet Carlos Prieto, Cello Madeleine Baverstam, Violin Peter Winograd, Violin Doris Stevenson, Piano Sean Avram Carpenter, Violin Laurie Carney, Violin Lauren Sarah Carpenter, Violin Daniel Avshalomov, Viola May 26 • Wednesday, 8 pm ✷ Jane Choi, Violin Wolfram Koessel, Cello $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) Desiree Fowler, Violin Here and Now Bela Horvath, Violin May 19 • Wednesday, 8 pm Joan Tower “Or Like a...an Engine” Alexis Kende, Violin $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) for Solo Piano (1994) Ross Tesoriero, Violin Mozart Piano Sonata No. 8 in Ursula Mamlock Five Bagatelles for Jeffrey Wang, Violin a minor, K. 310 Emily Basner, Viola Clarinet, Violin and Cello (1988) Mozart Piano Sonata No. 12 in Ellen Butters, Viola Jennifer Higdon Piano Trio (2003) F Major, K. 332 Harry MacKenzie Inglis, Viola Alex Shapiro “Unabashedly” for Chopin 24 Preludes, Op. 28 Crista Kende, Viola Flute, Violin, Cello and Piano Geeta Nazareth, Viola Steven Beck, Piano (2006) Jane Choi, Cello May 20 • Thursday, 8 pm Barbara S. Buckley “Quintetta” Julia MinJeong Kang, Cello arr. For Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Benjamin Larsen, Cello $25 ($20 senior, $10 student) Cello and Piano (1953) Vijay Nazareth, Cello Jazz Night with Liz Magnes Allison Leigh Job, Bass Björk Song Selections arr. for Flute, Andris Zvargulis, Bass Liz Magnes, Piano Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano with Lisa Bielawa “Hurry” for Soprano, Kathryn Miller, Trumpet May 21 • Friday, 8 pm ✷ Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Olga Vinokur, Piano $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) Piano (text by B. Pasternak) (2004) Here and Now neoLIT Ensemble May 13 • Thursday, 8 pm Robert Beaser/Joseph Brodsky Laurie Rubin, Mezzo-Soprano $25 ($20 senior, $10 student) A Martial Law Carol (World Amelia Lukas, Flute Brazilian Jazz Night with The Luiz Premiere of arr.)* Erin Svoboda, Clarinet Simas Trio Martin Bresnick/William Blake Masha Lankovsky, Violin Luiz Simas, Piano and Vocals The Human Abstract (World Aminda Asher, Cello Adriano Santos, Drums Premiere of arr.)* Katya Mihailova, Piano Itaiguara, Bass Tom Cipullo/Robert Hayden May 27 • Thursday, 8 pm Monet’s ‘Waterlilies’ (World $25 ($20 senior, $10 student) May 14 • Friday, 8 pm Premiere)* Jazz Night with The Carlos Cuevas $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) Corey Dargel Pulitzer Prize Trio Chopin Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Acceptance Speech (World Op. 9, No. 2 Premiere)* Carlos Cuevas, Piano Etude in A-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 1 Michael Fiday/Peter Gizzi Protest Alex Hernandez, Bass Vince Cherico, Drums Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57 Song* Mazurka in f minor, Op. 68, No. 4 Lee Hyla/Pablo Neruda The House May 28 • Friday, 8 pm of Flower* Scherzo No. 2 in b-flat minor, May 30 • Sunday, 3 pm Op. 31 Phil Kline/Hunter S. Thompson $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) Scott Joplin Maple Leaf Rag (1899) Football Season is Over (World Premiere)* Haydn Piano Trio No. 33 in g minor, The Easy Winners (A Ragtime Stefan Weisman Would Prefer Hob. XV:19 Two-Step) (1901) I Not To* Dvorákˇ Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, The Entertainer (A Ragtime Marc Blitzstein Op. 21 Two-Step) (1902) Selections from The Cradle Will Rock Arensky Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor, Euphonic Sounds (A Syncopated Op. 32 Novelty) (1909) *Commissioned by Sequitur Mark Peskanov, Violin Solace (A Mexican Serenade) (1909) Sequitur Mary Nessinger, Mezzo-Soprano Raman Ramakrishnan, Cello Roy Eaton, Piano Jo-Ann Sternberg, Clarinet Steven Beck, Piano Andrea Schultz, Violin Jeremy McCoy, Contrabass May 29 • Saturday, 8 pm Eric Moe, Piano $35 ($30 senior, $15 student) Del Tredici Song Cycles MIZ INEZ SEZ (poetry by Colette Inez) LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF A BULLFIGHTER (poetry by Joshua Beckman) Courtenay Budd, Soprano David Del Tredici, Piano w

Bargemusic being tugged along the East River to dry dock. Like any maritime vessel in New York City, the Barge must be lifted out of the water periodically for routine inspection and maintenance. The Barge will be in dry dock in New Jersey from March 29 through April 15; concerts will resume on April 16. Non-Profit BARGEMUSIC w Organization Fulton Ferry Landing Concerts Calendar Spring 2010 U.S. Postage Brooklyn, NY 11201 PAID www.bargemusic.org Brooklyn, NY Permit #2274

Generous contributions from the following corporations and foundations support our concerts every week throughout the year. The Aaron Copland Fund for Music John N. & Gillett A. Gilbert Family Fund Albert Kunstadter Family Foundation Kanter Plaut Foundation The American Chai Trust Libby Holman Foundation Amphion Foundation M & H Sommer Foundation Anderson-Rogers Foundation Martha Zales Trust Anonymous (2) Morris and Alma Schapiro Foundation Arnhold Foundation Nathan & Lena Seiler Family Foundation Barbara Lee Family Foundation Pete’s Downtown Restaurant Barbara & Robert Prieskel Fund Phyllis Fox & George Sternlieb Foundation Barkei Family Fund Reuben & Jane Leibowitz Foundation Carnegie Corporation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Constans Culver Foundation Sam Spiegel Foundation E. Nakamichi Foundation Stella & Charles Guttman Foundation Elaine and Richard Fohr Foundation Van Slyke Family Fund Esther & Morton Wohlgemuth Foundation Virgil Thomson Foundation Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation The Wallace Foundation 14-18 Fulton Servicing Golden Rule Foundation These concerts are supported in part by public Henry & Lucy Moses Fund funds from The New York City Department of Henry Vincent Couper Charitable Trust Cultural Affairs, The New York State Council on Hersh Family Fund the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Ilse Nelson Fund Irene Diamond Fund Isaacson-Draper Foundation James G. and Carolyn H. Andress Fund