BARGEMUSIC Unique floating concert hall— in residence to the community at large all year long.

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

“Bargemusic—New York’s favorite floating concert hall.” —Anne Midgette, The New York Times

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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: Regular: $35 / Enhanced: $40 Seniors: $30 (Enhanced: $35) / Full-time Students: $15 (Enhanced: $20) Special concerts as listed, for everyone. Purchase tickets at the concert by cash or check only, please. Ask about group sales. 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 Our Dear Friends, many thanks for your great generosity. Your contribution is tax deductible. Please make checks payable to Bargemusic, and mail to: Bargemusic, Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Name

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The last calendar was dedicated to the 90th birthday of our beloved founder, Olga. This calendar is dedicated to you, our dear music lovers.

Through recession and succession you have always given your loyalty, support and nurture to the ultimate expression of Bargemusic—love.

Sincerely,

Mark and Olga

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All are welcome. The program is announced at the concert. Performances last about 1 hour with no intermission. Seating is not reserved. Saturday, July 18 at 1 pm Saturday, July 25 at 1 pm Saturday, August 1 at 1 pm

“Over the years, Bargemusic has become the most reliably consistent venue in the city. There is simply never a poor concert here. And considering that they mount over 200 performances a year that is really saying something.” —Fred Kirshnit, The New York Sun June 2009 w June 3 • Wednesday, 8 pm June 13 • Saturday, 8 pm June 20 • Saturday, 8 pm A Tribute to George Gershwin Piano duo/4 hands June 21 • Sunday, 3 pm (1898–1937) Bach Fantasia in G Major for Organ, Tickets are $40 regular, $35 senior, Gershwin Three Preludes for Piano BWV 572, “Pièce d’Orgue” (arr. $20 student “Rhapsody in Blue” Max Reger) Mozart Adagio and Fugue for Strings “I Got Rhythm” Variations for György Kurtág Selections from in c minor, K. 546 Piano Four-Hands (arr. Gregory Játékok (Games) Michael Nyman In Re Don Giovanni Stone) J.S. Bach transcriptions for String Quartet (1977) Cuban Overture for Piano Four- Schubert Fantasia in f minor for Piano Mozart Piano Concerto in C Major, Hands Duet, Op. posth. 103, D. 940 No. 13, K. 415 (arr. for String Four Foxtrot Improvisations (tran- Brahms Selections from Sixteen Quartet) scr. from acoustic recordings and Waltzes for Piano Four-Hands, Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in player piano rolls) Op. 39 e minor, Op. 11 (arr. for String Sara Buechner, Piano Selections from Hungarian Dances, Quartet) Shih-Yu Cheng, Piano WoO 1 Voxare Quartet Dvorák Selections from Slavonic Emily Ondracek, Violin June 5 • Friday, 8 pm ✷ Dances, Op. 46 and 72 Galina Zhdanova, Violin There and Then Early Music Series: Olga Vinokur, Piano Erik Peterson, Viola In the Chamber of the Harpers: David Kalhous, Piano Adrian Daurov, Cello Late Medieval Music from the with Iberian Peninsula June 14 • Sunday, 3 pm Jeffery Swann, Piano Martin Codax (fl. 1240–1270) Haydn Trio in F Major, No. 6, June 25 • Thursday, 8 pm Alfonso X, El Sabio (1221–1284) Hob. XV:40 Las Huelgas Codex (13th c./copied Brahms Piano Trio No. 3 in c minor, Tickets are $20 regular and senior, 14th) Op. 101 $15 student Llibre Vermell, (late-14th c.) Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in a minor, Jazz Night: Jeff Newell’s New-Trad Octet Anonymous (mid-14th c.) Op. 50 Frank Huang, Violin Jeff Newell, Saxophone Trebor (fl. 1380–1400) David Smith, Trumpet Faenza Codex (ca. 1400) Nicolas Altstaedt, Cello Gilles Vonsattel, Piano Nate Mayland, Trombone Jacquemin de Senleches (fl. Ralph Hamperian, Tuba 1382–1383) June 18 • Thursday, 8 pm Dave Phelps, Guitar Tricia Woods, Piano Senleches Tickets are $25 regular and senior, Johannes Cuvelier (fl. 1372–87) Tom Hubbard, Bass $15 student Brian Woodruff, Drums Trefoil Jazz Night Drew Minter, Countertenor, Harp and Aaron Weinstein, Violin June 26 • Friday, 8 pm Percussion Tedd Firth, Piano June 27 • Saturday, 8 pm Mark Rimple, Countertenor, Lute and Harp June 19 • Friday, 8 pm Tickets are $40 regular, $35 senior, $20 student Marcia Young, Soprano and Harps Celebration of American Composer Charles T. Griffes, 1882–1920 Schubert Quartettsatz (Movement for June 6 • Saturday, 8 pm ✷ String Quartet) in c minor, D. 703 Three Tone-Pictures, Op. 5, June 7 • Sunday, 3 pm ✷ A. 108-113 (1915) Beethoven String Quartet No. 8 in Here and Now e minor, Op. 59, No. 2, Scherzo from “Fantasy Pieces,” “Razumovsky” Crawford-Seeger String Quartet (1931) Op. 6, No. 3, A. 73 (1913, rev. 1915) Chausson Concert in D Major for Ives String Quartet No. 1, “A Revival Piano, Violin and String Quartet, Service” (1896) Three Preludes, A. 86-88 (1919) Op. 21 Tsontakis String Quartet No. 4, The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan, St. Petersburg Quartet “Beneath Thy Tenderness of Heart” Tone Poem, Op. 8, A. 91 (1917) (1989) Alla Aranovskaya, Violin Two Poems by John Masefield, Alla Krolevich, Violin American String Quartet A. 51 and 56 (1917–1918) Boris Vayner, Viola Laurie Carney, Violin Song of the Dagger, A. 48 (1916) Leonid Shukayev, Cello Peter Winograd, Violin Poem for Flute, A. 93 (1918) with Daniel Avshalomov, Viola (transcr. for Flute and Piano) Mark Peskanov, Violin Wolfram Koessel, Cello Piano Piece in E Major, A. 74 (1916) Doris Stevenson, Piano June 10 • Wednesday, 8 pm The White Peacock from “Roman June 28 • Sunday, 3 pm June 12 • Friday, 8 pm Sketches,” Op. 7, No. 1, A. 77 (1915) Escher Quartet’s Bargemusic Debut! Triple ‘A’ Sonata for Piano, A. 85 (1917/18, Haydn Quartet No. 55 in D Major, rev. 1919) Bach Sonata No. 2 in A Major for Op. 71, No. 2, FHE No. 38, Violin and Keyboard, BWV 1015 Michael Lewin, Piano Hob. III:70 Robert Honeysucker, Baritone Bartók String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17, Schubert Sonata in A Major for Piano Gary Schocker, Flute and Violin, Op. posth. 162, Sz. 67 D. 574, “Duo” Brahms String Quartet No. 1 in Beethoven Sonata No. 9 for Piano c minor, Op. 51 and Violin in A Major, Op. 47, Escher Quartet “Kreutzer” Adam Barnett-Hart, Violin Mark Peskanov, Violin Wu Jie, Violin Olga Vinokur, Piano Pierre Lapointe, Viola Andrew Janss, Cello July 2009 w July 2 • Thursday, 8 pm July 8 • Wednesday, 8 pm ✷ July 18 • Saturday, 8 pm Tickets are $20 regular and senior, July 10 • Friday, 8 pm ✷ July 19 • Sunday, 3 pm $10 student Tickets are $40 regular, $35 senior, Handel-Halverson Passacaglia for Jazz Night: Jesse Elder Quintet $20 student Violin and Cello in g minor Jesse Elder, Piano and Composition There and Then + Here and Now: Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Logan Richardson, Alto Sax Bar La Barca, 2 Madrigal Comedies Op. 8 Jeremy Viner, Tenor Sax 400 Years Apart Dvorák Piano Trio No. 4 in e minor, Christopher Tordini, Bass Adriano Banchieri Barca di Venetia Op. 90, B. 166, “Dumky” Tyshawn Sorey, Drums per Padova (1605) Mark Peskanov, Violin July 3 • Friday, 8 pm Eric Salzman Jukebox in the Tavern Edward Arron, Cello of Love (2008) Bach Selections from Partita No. 4 in Jeewon Park, Piano Western Wind Vocal Ensemble D Major, BWV 828 July 23 • Thursday, 8 pm Bartók Suite, Op. 14, Sz. 62 Kristina Boerger, Soprano Laura Christian, Soprano Tickets are $25 regular, $20 senior, Beethoven Selections from Seven Todd Frizzell, Tenor $10 student Bagatelles for Piano, Op. 33 Richard Slade, Tenor Jazz Night with the Ted Rosenthal Brahms Selections from Seven Elliot Z. Levine, Baritone Trio Fantasies for Piano, Op. 116 William Zukof, Countertenor Ted Rosenthal, Piano Ligeti Muisica Ricercata, No. III Valeria Vasilevski, Stage Rachmaninoff Étude-tableaux in Direction/Librettist July 24 • Friday, 8 pm a minor, Op. 39, No. 6 July 11 • Saturday, 8 pm Leclair Violin Sonata in D Major, Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in Op. 9, No. 3 July 12 • Sunday, 3 pm D Major, Op. 28, “Pastorale” Taneyev Violin Sonata in a minor David Kaplan, Piano Brahms, Schumann, and Sinding Suite in a minor, Op. 10 Mendelssohn: Complete Music for July 4 • Saturday, 7 pm Cello and Piano Part 1 (Part 2 will Kreisler La Gitana take place April 10 and 11, 2010) Gluck Mélodie from Orfeo ed Tickets are $60 Euridice (arr. Kreisler) 4th of July Celebration Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 45 Kreisler Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3 Concertgoers are invited to watch the spectacular fireworks from the Schumann 3 Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 Paul Rosenthal, Violin roof of the Barge Schumann Adagio and Allegro for Doris Stevenson, Piano Cello and Piano in A-Flat Major, Dvorák String Quartet No. 12 in July 25 • Saturday, 8 pm F Major, Op. 96, B. 179, “The Op. 70 American” Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in July 26 • Sunday, 3 pm Ellington Fantasy (Four Songs e minor, Op. 38 Haydn Trio No. 41 in e-flat minor, Arranged for String Quartet by Colin Carr, Cello Hob. XV:31 Paul Chihara) Tom Sauer, Piano Schubert Sonata in a minor for Piano and Arpeggione, D. 821 Mendelssohn String Quintet No. 2 in July 16 • Thursday, 8 pm B-Flat Major, Op. 87 Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in Tickets are $20 regular and senior, Voxare Quartet c minor, Op. 60 $10 student Emily Ondracek, Violin and Viola Paul Rosenthal, Violin Galina Zhdanova, Violin Jazz Night: Oscar Peñas Quartet Mark Peskanov, Viola Erik Peterson, Viola Oscar Peñas, Guitar Jeffery Solow, Cello Adrian Daurov, Cello Dan Blake, Tenor and Soprano Doris Stevenson, Piano with Saxophones Mark Peskanov, Violin Motohito Fukushima, Bass July 30 • Thursday, 8 pm Franco Pinna, Drums Tickets are $25 regular, $20 senior, July 5 • Sunday, 3 pm $10 student Tickets are $40 regular, $35 senior, July 17 • Friday, 8 pm ✷ Jazz Night $20 student Here and Now Peter Hand, Guitar Dvorák String Quartet No. 12 in David Lang Wed Harvie S, Bass F Major, Op. 96, B. 179, “The Ivan Naranjo Vibrating Soundless American” Hum July 31 • Friday, 8 pm Ellington Fantasy (Four Songs Giacinto Scelsi String Quartet No. 2 “World of Cello” The Six Bach Arranged for String Quartet by (for String Quartet and Metallic Suites for Solo Cello and Beyond, Paul Chihara) Mutes) Part 1 (Part 2 will take place August Mendelssohn String Quintet No. 2 in Alvin Lucier Group Tapper 7, 2009) B-Flat Major, Op. 87 Bach Suite No. 1 for Unaccompanied FLUX Quartet Cello in G Major, BWV 1007 Voxare Quartet Tom Chiu, Violin Emily Ondracek, Violin and Viola Conrad Harris, Violin Suite No. 3 for Unaccompanied Galina Zhdanova, Violin Max Mandel, Viola Cello in C Major, BWV 1009 Erik Peterson, Viola Felix Fan, Cello Suite No. 5 for Unaccompanied Adrian Daurov, Cello Cello in c minor, BWV 1011 with Yoed Nir World of Cello, Mark Peskanov, Violin Improvisation for Electric Solo Cello (A fusion of Middle Eastern and Jewish flavors and influences combining classical and world music) Yoed Nir, Cello and Electric Cello August 2009 w August 1 • Saturday, 8 pm August 12 • Wednesday, 8 pm August 20 • Thursday, 8 pm August 2 • Sunday, 3 pm August 14 • Friday, 8 pm Tickets are $25 regular and senior, Beethoven String Quartet No. 6 in Medtner Canzona Matinata from $15 student B-Flat Major, Op. 18 Forgotten Melodies, Second Cycle, Jazz Night Turina La Oración del Torero for Op. 39, No. 4 in G Major Howard Alden, Guitar String Quartet Scriabin Selections from the Etudes, Warren Vache, Cornet Op. 8 and 42 Mozart Quintet for Clarinet and August 22 • Saturday, 8 pm Strings in A Major, K. 581 Two Poems, Op. 32 TaKT String Quartet Prokofiev Sonata No. 3 in a minor, August 23 • Sunday, 3 pm (Bargemusic quartet in residence) Op. 28 Tickets are $45 regular, $40 senior, Daniel Khalikov, Violin Rachmaninoff Six Moments $20 student Sami Merdinian, Violin Musicaux, Op. 16 Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of Milan Milisavljevic, Viola Olga Vinokur, Piano the Faun (arr. Yoon Jae Lee) Adrian Daurov, Cello Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915, with August 13 • Thursday, 8 pm Op. 24 Anat Cohen, Clarinet Tickets are $25 regular, $20 senior, Mahler Symphony No. 4 (arr. Yoon August 6 • Thursday, 8 pm $10 student Jae Lee) Tickets are $35 regular, $30 senior, Classical and Folkloric Guitar: An The Chelsea Symphony $15 student exciting program of crossover works Yaniv Segal, Conductor from Europe to South America Brazilian Jazz Night: Luiz Simas Serena Benedetti, Soprano Shiro (El Arriero) Otake, Guitar Trio August 27 • Thursday, 8 pm Luiz Simas, Piano and Vocals August 15 • Saturday, 8 pm Tickets are $25 regular, $15 senior, Adriano Santos, Drums $10 student Itaiguara, Bass Haydn String Quartet No. 14 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2, FHE Jazz Night: Rob Schwimmer’s World August 7 • Friday, 8 pm No. 8, Hob. III:20 of Piano…and Theremin “World of Cello” The Six Bach Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 4 in Rob Schwimmer, Piano and Theremin Suites for Solo Cello and Beyond, e minor, Op. 44, No. 2 Part 2 Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in August 28 • Friday, 8 pm Bach Suite No. 2 for Unaccompanied D Major, Op. 11 August 29 • Saturday, 8 pm Cello in d minor, BWV 1008 Amernet String Quartet August 30 • Sunday, 3 pm Suite No. 4 for Unaccompanied Misha Vitenson, Violin Marcia Littley, Violin Tickets are $40 regular, $35 senior, Cello in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010 $20 student Suite No. 6 for Unaccompanied Michael Klotz, Viola Javier Arias, Cello Bach Concerto for Violin in a minor, Cello in D Major, BWV 1012 No. 1, BWV 1041 Yoed Nir World of Cello, August 16 • Sunday, 3 pm Gubaidulina Meditation on the Bach Improvisation for Electric Solo Mozart Trio in C Major for Piano, Chorale “Vor deinen Thron tret’ Cello (A fusion of Middle Eastern Violin and Cello, K. 548 ich hiermit, BWV 668” for String and Jewish flavors and influences Quartet, Piano and Double Bass combining classical and world Ravel Sonata for Violin and Cello music) Schubert Trio No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Bach Concerto for Keyboard in f minor, BWV 1056 Yoed Nir, Cello and Electric Cello D. 898 Lisa Leu, Violin Vivaldi Le Quattro Stagioni (The August 8 • Saturday, 8 pm Yoed Nir, Cello Four Seasons), Op. 8, Nos. 1-4 August 9 • Sunday, 3 pm Olga Vinokur, Piano TaKT String Quartet (Bargemusic quartet in residence) Tickets are $45 regular, $40 senior, August 19 • Wednesday, 8 pm Daniel Khalikov, Violin $20 student August 21 • Friday, 8 pm Sami Merdinian, Violin Vivaldi Concerto No. 10 in b minor Milan Milisavljevic, Viola for Four Violins and Strings, Haydn Sonata No. 40 in E-Flat Adrian Daurov, Cello Op. 3, RV 580, “L’Estro Armonico” Major, Hob. XVI:25 with Mozart Adagio in E Major for Violin Haydn Sonata No. 49 in c-sharp P.J. Cincle, Guest Double Bass and Orchestra, K. 261 minor, Hob. XVI:36 plus Mark Peskanov, Violin Rondo in C Major for Violin and Chopin Twelve Études, Op. 10 Steven Beck, Piano Orchestra, K. 373 Steven Beck, Piano Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201 “A treasured spot for chamber music.” Beethoven Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra in B-Flat Major, —Fred Kirshnit, The New York Sun Op. 19 Sarasate Habanera, Op. 21, No. 2 ✷ The Here and Now Series is a critically-acclaimed celebration of contem- Zapateado, Op. 23, No. 2 porary American music. Since introducing this series, Bargemusic has Introduction and Tarantelle, Op. 43 been hailed by the The New Yorker as “a locus for exciting and unpre- Manhattan Symphonee dictable programming.” With programming Time Out New York has Greg Singer, Conductor called “consistently inventive,” Here and Now gives music-lovers the with opportunity to experience rare performances, world premieres, and daring Mark Peskanov, Violin new works. Consistently commended by the New York Times as being Olga Vinokur, Piano 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 © Alexis Sermier Olga Bloom and Mark Peskanov. Non-Profit BARGEMUSIC Organization Fulton Ferry Landing Concerts Calendar w Summer 2009 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 Kanter Plaut Foundation Albert Kunstadter Family Foundation Libby Holman Foundation Amphion Foundation Martha Zales Trust Anderson-Rogers Foundation, Inc. Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust Anonymous (2) M & H Sommer Foundation Arnhold Foundation Nathan & Lena Seiler Family Foundation The Atlantic Philanthropies The New York State Music Fund established by Bagby Foundation for Musical Arts the New York State Attorney General Barbara Lee Family Foundation New York Community Trust, Inc. Barbara & Robert Prieskel Fund Phyllis Fox & George Sternlieb Foundation Barkei Family Fund Reuben & Jane Leibowitz Foundation Carnegie Corporation Ridgefield Foundation Constans Culver Foundation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Esther & Morton Wohlgemuth Foundation Sam Spiegel Foundation 14-18 Fulton Servicing, Inc. Stella & Charles Guttman Foundation, Inc. Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Van Slyke Family Fund Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund The Wallace Foundation Golden Rule Foundation Henry & Lucy Moses Fund, Inc. These concerts are supported in part by public Henry Vincent Couper Charitable Trust funds from The New York City Department of Hersh Family Fund Cultural Affairs and The New York State Council Ilse Nelson Fund on the Arts Irene Diamond Fund, Inc. Isaacson Draper Foundation James G. and Carolyn H. Andress Fund John N. & Gillett A. Gilbert Family Fund