52nd Season | Three Concerts at Tenri Cultural Institute
Sunday, May 19, 2024, 8pm
Middle East Influences
A survey of works from, and inspired by, this richly creative region of the world
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Yotam Haber – Intimate Geographies (2023) **
Ramin Heydarbeygi – Dar Sineye Xaak (2008) **
Kareem Roustom – Letters Home (2011/18)
Füsun Köksal – Voce Rotta (2018-19) **
Shirish Korde – The Conference of the Birds 2 (2022) *
*Written for Da Capo **NY premiere
ThIS concert will begin with a prelude performance of Chen Yi 's Night Thoughts performed by Trio Lineas, who are shadowing Da Capo through the University of Michigan’s Chamber Music Guest Artist Mentor Program.
Prelude Performance
Chen Yi – Night Thoughts (2004)
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DA CAPO CHAMBER PLAYERS
Curtis Macomber violin
Chris Gross cello
Marianne Gythfeldt clarinet
Steven Beck piano
Patricia Spencer flute (on leave)
GUEST ARTISTS
Catherine Boyack flute
Narek Arutyunian clarinet
Michael Lipsey percussion
Ariadne Greif soprano
James Baker conductor
TRIO LINEAS
Alexis Eubanks flute
Adalus Low-Manzini cello
John Solari piano
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Sunday, February 25, 2024, 8pm
Joan Tower at 85!
We honor a founding member, eminent composer, and Da Capo’s pianist for our first 15 years!
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Joan Tower – Big Sky (2000)
Joan Tower – Breakfast Rhythms (1974) **
Joan Tower – Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman no.5 (1993)
Joan Tower – Into the Night (2022)
Erica Lindsay – slowly, letting go (2024)* – World Premiere **
Erica Lindsay – Transmutation Variations
John Boggs – Descending the Catskills (2019)* – NY Premiere
* Written for Joan Tower and the Da Capo Chamber Players
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DA CAPO CHAMBER PLAYERS
Curtis Macomber violin
Chris Gross cello
Marianne Gythfeldt clarinet
Steven Beck piano
Patricia Spencer curator
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GUEST ARTISTS
Laura Cocks flute
Michael Lipsey percussion
Andrea Ábel flute
Isabel Lepanto Gleicher flute
Jessica Taskov flute
Mark Helias upright bass
James Baker conductor
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Tuesday,December 12, 2023, 7pm
on the Da Capo Chamber Players YouTube channel
Exploring Persia and Mongolia
Works inspired by a Medieval Sufi poem and Mongolian traditional song
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Joining host Lara Pellegrinelli and series curator Patricia Spencer, are the composers, and percussionist Michael Lipsey, a longtime collaborating musician with the ensemble.
• Learn more about Lara Pellegrinell
Shirish Korde – The Conference of the Birds 2 (2022)
written for the 50th anniversary celebration of Da Capo Chamber Players
Curtis Macomber, violin | Chris Gross, cello | Patricia Spencer, flute | Marianne Gythfeldt, clarinet | Steven Beck, piano | Ariadne Greif, soprano | Michael Lipsey, guest percussion
– Performed live at Merkin Hall, April 6, 2022
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This piece will also be performed live on Da Capo Chamber Players' NYC series at Tenri Cultural Institute on May 19, 2024
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• Learn more about Shirish Korde
• See the images and credits for Conference of the Birds II
• Read the texts for Conference of the Birds II
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Lei Liang – Gobi Canticle (2004)
Curtis Macomber, violin | Chris Gross, cello
– Performed live at the CUNY Graduate Center, October 6, 2022
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• Learn more about Lei Liang
• Read about the Lei Lab at UC San Diego
SEE & HEAR
EXPLORING PERSIA AND MONGOLIA
This concert series of the Da Capo Chamber Players is made possible in part with public funds from:
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New York State Council on the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts which believes that a great nation deserves great art
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
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They are also made possible with private funds from: The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Alice M. Ditson Fund, Amphion Foundation, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Zethus Fund, and generous individuals.
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Da Capo is a Presenter Partner of Composers Now, www.composers-now.org
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Design: Lia Di Stefano | Da Capo photo: Beowulf Sheehan
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51st Season | Three Concerts at Tenri Cultural Institute
Sunday, December 11, 2022, 8pm
Juxtapositions
Eminent composers with whom Da Capo has worked closely for decades will be juxtaposed with young, budding talents and recent discoveries:
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Amy Williams – First Lines (2006)
Lei Liang – Gobi Canticle (2004)
Davidovsky – Quartetto No. 4 (2005)
Charles Wuorinen – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1983)
Robert Martin – Nighttime (1979)
Jason Eckardt – After Serra (2000)
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GUEST ARTISTS
Yoshi Weinberg flute
Lois Martin viola
Michael Nicolas cello
James Baker conductor
Sunday, February 26, 2023, 8pm EDT
Women Composers plus a new work by David Sanford
Three exciting women composers plus the World Premiere of a piece incorporating Jazz references
Belinda Reynolds – coming around... (1995)
Barbara White – Learning to See (2004)
Eleanor Hovda – Ariadne Music (1984)
David Sanford – “time isn’t holding us” (2023)
(incorporating jazz references)
50th Anniversary commission, World Premiere
Enjoy a conversation facilitated by David Bridges with Barbara White and David Sanford, a Composers Interviewing Composers segment live during the evening, produced by Composers Now, to enhance the audience's experience of works on the program. Learn more in advance of the concert.
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GUEST ARTISTS
Yoshi Weinberg flute
Hannah Levinson viola
Michael Lipsey percussion
James Baker conductor
Sunday, June 11, 2023, 8pm EDT
Young Composers Abound III
Da Capo continues to explore the works of the next generation! These pieces take us from an intimate stillness to the most intense virtuosity. This program concludes our 2022–23 Season | 51 Strong!
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Jessica Mays – Look Again (2013)
Wang Lu – Trinkets (2013)
Andile Khumalo – Schaufe[r]nster II (2014)
Katherine Balch – Prelude (2019)
Matthew Ricketts – Enclosed Position (2014)
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GUEST ARTISTS
Roberta Michel flute
Lois Martin viola
Molly Morkoski piano
This concert series of the Da Capo Chamber Players is made possible in part with public funds from:
New York State Council on the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts which believes that a great nation deserves great art
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
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They are also made possible with private funds from: The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Alice M. Ditson Fund, Amphion Foundation, Hulbert Charitable Trust, Zethus Fund, and generous individuals.
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Da Capo is a Presenter Partner of Composers Now, www.composers-now.org
Da Capo Bridges—50th Anniversary Season
Premieres written for the occasion by 3 major composers
Merkin Concert Hall Kaufman Music Center
129 West 67th Street, NYC
This concert series was live-streamed. ​​
Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 8pm EDT
Bridging Cultures
Chamber works honoring musics and cultures from around the globe.
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Shirish Korde – The Conference of the Birds II*
World Premiere. Written for Da Capo’s 50th Anniversary
Shulamit Ran* (Israel) – Mirage*
Tania León (Cuba) – One Mo’ Time*
George Walker (African-American) – Music for 3
Eric Moe – Spirit Mountain (based on a Nepalese offering song)
Hannah Kendall – Tan-Tan (a Caribbean tale)
*Written for the Da Capo Chamber Players
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GUEST ARTISTS
Lucy Shelton soprano
Ariadne Greif soprano
Yoshi Weinberg flute, alto flute, bass flute and piccolo
Jacqueline Leclair oboe, English horn
Nanci Belmont bassoon
Michael Lipsey percussion
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Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 8pm EDT
Bridging Styles
Diversity of styles — the ultimate contrasts
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Judith Shatin – Gregor’s Dream (chamber work with electronics)
Jason Eckardt – Rendition (new complexity)
Erica Lindsay – Further Explorations (jazz). Written for Da Capo, NY Premiere
Elliott Carter – Con leggerezza pensosa (old complexity)
Steve Reich – Double Sextet (minimalism)
GUEST ARTISTS
Oliver Xu percussion
Caroline Davis alto saxophone
Erica Lindsay tenor saxophone
Mark Helias acoustic bass
Allan Mednard drums
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​Thursday, June 9, 2022, 8pm EDT
Bridging Eras: Then and Now
Eminent composers with whom Da Capo has collaborated from the beginning of its half-century of music-making, plus exciting new voices
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Bruce Adolphe – Portraits World Premiere
Written for Da Capo’s 50th Anniversary
George Perle – Sonata a quattro*
Joan Tower – Looking Back*
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Younger composers | Recent collaborations
Shen Yiwen – Guo Shang: Hymn to the Fallen and Li Hun: Recessional*
Sid Richardson – Astrolabe* NY Premiere
*Written for the Da Capo Chamber Players
GUEST ARTIST
James Baker percussion
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This concert series of the Da Capo Chamber Players has been made possible in part with public funds from:
New York State Council on the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts – which believes that a great nation deserves great art
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They are also made possible with private funds from: The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Alice M. Ditson Fund, The Amphion Foundation, Hulbert Charitable Trust, Zethus Fund, and generous individuals.
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Da Capo is a Presenter Partner of Composers Now, www.composers-now.org
Thursday, October 6, 2022, 1pm EDT
Contrasting Musical Gems of the 21st Century
Music in Midtown
Elebash Hall, Graduate Center, City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue, NYC
Matthew Ricketts – Enclosed Position (2014)
Mario Davidovsky – Quartetto No. 4 (2005)
Amy Williams – First Lines (2006)
Lei Liang – Gobi Canticle (2004)
Da Capo at the Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
Saturday, March 26, 2022, 8 pm EDT
Sound Series: Da Capo Chamber Players
Co-presented with Music on the Edge series of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Music
The Warhol Theater at the Andy Warhol Museum
117 Sandusky Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5890
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Featuring new works including three written for Da Capo!
Shulamit Ran, Mirage*
Tania León, One Mo’ Time*
George Walker, Music for 3
Eric Moe, Spirit Mountain
Lei Liang, Gobi Canticle
Shen Yiwen, Guo Shang: Hymn to the Fallen and Li Hun: Recessional*
*Written for the Da Capo Chamber Players
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GUEST ARTISTS
Jacqueline Leclair oboe, English horn
Nanci Belmont bassoon
Michael Lipsey percussion
Friday, November 12, 2021, 4 pm
Premieres of works by Bard Student Composers
presented by Bard College Conservatory
Bard Hall, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
Featuring works by:
Ayanna Battle, Caleb Carman, Joshua Kreinke, OGA, Zeke Morgan, Sam Mutter
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A CAPO CHAMBER PLAYERS
Curtis Macomber, violin
Chris Gross, cello
Patricia Spencer, flute
Marianne Gythfeldt, clarinet
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GUEST ARTISTS
Melissa Reardon, viola
Molly Morkoski, piano
Rea Ábel, piccolo
Patricia Spencer, Da Capo’s flutist, is thrilled to appear with Bard colleagues in this chamber recital
Sunday, November 7, 2021, 4 pm ET
French and French Connections
A Faculty Chamber Music Recital
presented by Bard College and Conservatory
László Z. Bitó Conservatory Building
Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
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Frank Corliss, piano
Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano
Marka Gustavsson, viola
Patricia Spencer, flute
Featuring two French composers, two American composers who studied with Nadia Boulanger, plus an outlier.
Thea Musgrave – Primavera (1971), soprano and flute
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de St. Georges – Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 1a, No. 1
flute and piano
Maurice Duruflé – Prélude, Récitatif et Variations, flute, viola, and piano
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Quartet in D Major, Wq 94, flute, viola, and piano
Aaron Copland – Duo for Flute and Piano (1971)
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Thea Musgrave (b.1928) spent four years at the Paris Conservatoire, studying with Nadia Boulanger.
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) was among the first American students of Boulanger, with whom he studied for three years.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de St. Georges (1745-1799), was born in Guadeloupe but educated in France where he had a major career as a conductor, violin soloist, and composer of operas. He was also a champion fencer, and gained special respect when he defeated a fencing master who challenged him – a man who had publicly mocked him with racist remarks.
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) was a renowned organist, composer, and professor at the Paris Conservatoire from 1943 to 1970.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), the fifth son of Johann Sebastian Bach, was for 28 years the cembalist for Frederick the Great (a secret flutist for years, because of the disapproval of his father the King). ​
Musical Offerings for Human Rights
Building awareness with the universal language of music
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A series of three online events combining performances from the ensemble’s digital archives with current conversations.
Each anchored by our shared conviction that the more we explore, experience, and understand cultural differences and varying viewpoints as captured in music, the more we honor and celebrate every individual's right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
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Works by composers Luciano Berio, Valerie Coleman, Kyle Gann, Wendell Logan, Chinary Ung, Chou Wen-chung
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Bruce Adolphe, Carman Moore, Harvey Sollberger, hosts
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Kyle Gann, Michael Lipsey, David Rakowski, David Sanford, Whitney Slaten, Chinary Ung, speakers
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Patricia Spencer, curator
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SEE & HEAR all three events in this series
Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 7 pm EDT
Hearing the African-American Experience
Wendell Logan’s Runagate, Runagate, a musical embodiment of the spirit and determination to be free, and Berio’s tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., O King
Carman Moore, host
David Sanford, David Rakowski, Da Capo's Patricia Spencer and Steven Beck, speakers
Wendell Logan – Runagate, Runagate (1989)
Robert Mack, tenor soloist | Curtis Macomber, violin | ChrisGross, cello | Patricia Spencer, flute and piccolo | Marianne Gythfeldt, clarinet and bass clarinet | Christopher Oldfather, guest piano | Michael Lipsey, guest percussion | Marcus Parris, conductor
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Performance from: February 12, 2020 at Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center, NYC
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Luciano Berio – O King (1968)
Lucy Shelton, soprano | Curtis Macomber, violin | Chris Gross, cello | Patricia Spencer, flute | Meighan Stoops, clarinet | Steven Beck, piano
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Performance from: May 1, 2017 at Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center, NYC
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 7 pm EDT
Asian Echoes
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Chinary Ung’s Child Song, delighting in and preserving Cambodian song in a time when it was forbidden, plus Chou Wen-chung’s Ode to Eternal Pine, a musical reflection of the Chinese terms “tian di ren – heaven, earth, and humanity”
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Harvey Sollberger, host
Chinary Ung, Michael Lipsey, members of Da Capo Chamber Players, speakers
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Chinary Ung – Child Song (1985)
Patricia Spencer, flute | Curtis Macomber, violin | Chris Gross, cello |
Steven Beck, piano
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Performance from: June 5, 2019 at Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center, NYC
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Chou Wen-chung – Ode to Eternal Pine (2009)
Curtis Macomber, violin | Chris Gross, cello | Patricia Spencer, flute | Nuno Antunes, guest clarinet | Steven Beck, piano | Michael Lipsey, guest percussion
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Performance from: June 5, 2019 at Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center, NTC
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Lia Di Stefano, images | Andrés León, video
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Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 7 pm EDT
Paean To Merging Cultures
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Exploring sounds of Native American history — merged with African American history in Valerie Coleman’s Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes — and as memorialized in Kyle Gann's Hovenweep.
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Bruce Adolphe, host
Kyle Gann, Whitney Slaten, Curtis Macomber, Patricia Spencer, speakers
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Valerie Coleman – Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes (2014)
Curtis Macomber violin | Chris Gross cello | Patricia Spencer flute | Marianne Gythfeldt clarinet | Steven Beck piano
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Performance pre-recorded for August 13, 2021 virtual National Flute Association Convention. Recorded on June 11, 2021, Oktaven Audio, Mount Vernon, NY, by Judith Sherman and Charles Mueller.
Kyle Gann – Hovenweep (2000)\
Curtis Macomber, violin | Chris Gross, cello | Patricia Spencer, flute | Marianne Gythfeldt, clarinet | Margaret Kampmeier, guest piano
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Performance from: March 10, 2020 at The László Z. Bitó ’60 Conservatory Performance Space, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
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Hovenweep is an ancient, highly developed, and well-preserved village on the Utah-Colorado border, occupied by the Anasazi from 500 BC to 1300. The Anasazi (the “Ancient Ones”) are thought to be ancestors of the modern Pueblo Indians.
Consultants for Musical Offerings for Human Rights
Amy Roberts Frawley, producer; Hemsing Associates, public relations , Andrés León, technical director; Lia Di Stefano, graphic designer, Sarah Elia, social media
Background music: Petroushkates (1980) by Joan Tower, founding pianist of Da Capo Chamber Players, commissioned by the ensemble in honor of its 10th anniversary – performance by Da Capo Chamber Players at Bard College, September 10, 2014
This series is dedicated to the memory of Bernard Hulbert, MD
This concert series of the Da Capo Chamber Players was made possible in part with public funds from:
National Endowment for the Arts – which believes that a great nation deserves great art
They are also made possible with private funds from: The Aaron Copland Fund, The Alice M. Ditson Fund, The Amphion Foundation, Hulbert Charitable Trust, Zethus Fund, and generous individuals
POSTPONED
Wednesday, June 3, 2020, 8pm
Juxtapositions
Merkin Concert Hall Kaufman Music Center
129 West 67th Street, NYC
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Eminent composers with whom Da Capo has worked closely for decades will be juxtaposed with young, budding talents and recent discoveries. Featuring works by Elliott Carter, George Perle, and younger composers/new discoveries, Robert Martin, Amy Williams, Kate Soper, and Lei Liang.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 8pm
Celebrate Bard!
László Z. Bitó ’60 Conservatory Building Bard College
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The Bard College Conservatory of Music and the Music Program present a program featuring works by faculty, alumni/ae, and the Bard community
Tan Dun, In Distance (1987)
Joan Tower, String Force (2010)
Kyle Gann, Hovenweep (2000)
John Halle, A Free People (2006)
Corey Chang'19, Foreshadowed Flashback (2017)
Peri Mauer'76, Pixeliance (2011/2017)
Elizabeth Brown, Liguria (1999)
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DA CAPO CHAMBER PLAYERS
Curtis Macomber, violin
Chris Gross, cello
Patricia Spencer, flute
Marianne Gythfeldt, clarinet
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GUEST ARTISTS
Margaret Kampmeier, piano
Sara Cutler, harp
John Ferrari, percussion
Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 8pm
Remembering George Walker
Merkin Concert Hall Kaufman Music Center
129 West 67th Street, NYC
Celebrate Lincoln’s birthday by hearing masterworks by two African-American composers, cited as “ultimately life-enhancing” (about George Walker, in Fanfare Magazine) and “sharply drawn and gripping” (about Wendell Logan, in The New York Times)
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George Walker, Music for 3 (1970/1991)
George Walker, Tangents (1999), arr. David Sanford
George Walker, Modus (1998) – Special collaboration with Cygnus Ensemble
Wendell Logan, Runagate, Runagate (1989)
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DA CAPO CHAMBER PLAYERS
Curtis Macomber, violin
Patricia Spencer, flute
Marianne Gythfeldt, clarinet
Chris Gross, cello
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GUEST ARTISTS
Robert Mack, tenor
Christopher Oldfather, piano
Thomas Feng, piano
William Anderson, guitar & mandolin
Oren Fader, guitar
Robert Ingliss, oboe
Michael Lipsey, percussion
Marcus Parris, conductor
Wednesday, October 30, 2019​, 8pm
Musical Spirits Reappear
Merkin Concert Hall
Kaufman Music Center Series
129 West 67th Street, NYC
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Hildegard von Bingen receives belated 900th birthday greetings. Ockeghem (15th century composer) sneaks into a piece written last year. Louis Karchin’s Ancient Scenes places Seamus Heaney’s poetry in the context of ancient panoramas. Arm yourself for Halloween with musical spirits from long ago!
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Louis Karchin, Ancient Scenes (2014)
Jihyun Kim, Once Upon a Time (2018) – Winner of the League of
Composers/ISCM annual composers competition
Jonathan Dawe, On Again, Ockeghem (2018)
Cynthia Folio, Through Window’s Lattices (1999) – Written in celebration of the 900th birthday of Hildegard von Bingen
Bruce Adolphe, And All Is Always Now (1992)
Vasiliki Krimitza, Aeoliás (2019)
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DA CAPO CHAMBER PLAYERS
Curtis Macomber, violin
Patricia Spencer, flute
Marianne Gythfeldt, clarinet
Chris Gross, cello
Steven Beck, piano
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GUEST ARTISTS
Marisa Karchin, soprano
John Ferrari, percussion
Louis Karchin, conductor
Wednesday, June 5, 2019​, 8pm
Global American Chamber Music
Merkin Concert Hall
Kaufman Music Center Series
129 West 67th Street, NYC
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Chamber works by American composers with major
background ties to global musical influences.
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Chou Wen-chung, Ode to Eternal Pine (2009)
Reinaldo Moya, Cronica de una Muerta (2007)
Chinary Ung, Child Song (1985)
Pablo Ortiz, Vida Furtiva (1992)
Noel Da Costa, Blue-Tune Verses (1997)
Gabriela Lena Frank, Cuatro Bosquejos Pre-Incaicos (2006)
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Global representation: China, Venezuela, Cambodia, Argentina, Jamaican/Nigerian, and Peruvian/Chinese/Lithuanian/Jewish. All are Americans!
Saturday, May 11, 2019​, 5pm
Bard College and Conservatory
Bard Hall
PREMERS!
by Bard Student Composers
Kathryn Blaine
Luke Haaksma
Meghan Mercier
Mikalah Jenifer
Patrick Staples
Lindsey Williams
Guang Yang
Sindy Yang
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DA CAPO CHAMBER PLAYERS
Curtis Macomber, violin
Chris Gross, cello
Patricia Spencer, flute
Benjamin Fingland, guest clarinet
Christopher Oldfather, guest piano
Wednesday, May 1, 2019​
Brooklyn College Conservatory Concert and mini-residency
Buchwald Theater, Brooklyn College​
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Pre-concert activities in Buchwald Theater are open to the public:​
10am –11:30 am
Da Capo open rehearsal
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12:30 – 2 pm
Da Capo Masterclasses for Brooklyn College/Conservatory performers
2:15 – 3:15 pm
Student compositions – reading sessions by Da Capo Chamber Players
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5:00 pm – CONCERT
​John Harbison, Songs America Loves to Sing (2004)
Thea Musgrave, Chamber Concerto No. 2 (1966)
Gabriela Lena Frank, Cuatro Bosquejos Pre-Incaicos (2006)
Joan Tower, Looking Back (2018)
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DA CAPO CHAMBER PLAYERS
Curtis Macomber, violin
Patricia Spencer, flute
Marianne Gythfeldt, guest clarinet
Chris Gross, cello
Steven Beck, piano
Thursday, March 14, 2019, 8pm
Evocations: Chamber music with poetic inspiration
Merkin Concert Hall
Kaufman Music Center Series
129 West 67th Street, NYC
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Eric Moe, Strenuous Pleasures (2010)
Ralph Shapey, Evocation #2 (1971)
Valerie Coleman, Portraits of Langston (2007)
Yotam Haber, Estro poetico-armonico II (2014)
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Guest Artists:
Carol McGonnell, clarinet
Michael Lipsey, percussion
Benjamin Grow, conductor
Michael Ofori, reciter
Thursday, February 28, 2019​, 5:15pm
Yale University
Concert Premieres works by student composers.
Beinecke Library
February 15 and 16, 2019​
Mount Holyoke College Concert and mini-residency
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CONCERT:
Friday, February 15, 7pm
McCulloch Auditorium, Pratt Music Hall
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Honoring Black History, and Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire
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Arnold Schoenberg, Pierrot lunaire
David Sanford, Dogma 74
Luciano Berio, O King
Valerie Coleman, Portraits of Langston
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Guest Artists:
Lucy Shelton, soprano
Jo-Ann Sternberg, clarinet
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MASTER CLASSES and WORKSHOPS:
Saturday, February 16, 2019, morning and early afternoon
February 2 and 3, 2019
University of Pittsburgh Concert and mini-residency
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CONCERT:
Saturday, February 2, 8pm
Andy Warhol Museum
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Eric Moe, Strenuous Pleasures
Valerie Coleman, Portraits of Langston
Rakowski, Thickly Settled
David Sanford, Dogma 74
Joan Tower, Looking Back
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Guest Artists:
Carol McGonnell, clarinet
Michael Lipsey, percussion
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READING and RECORDING of STUDENT COMPOSITIONS:
Sunday, February 3, 2019 from 10am – 12:30pm
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
Wednesday, November 28, 2018, 8pm
Triple Anniversary: John Harbison’s 80th,
Thea Musgrave’s 90th, Joan Tower’s 80th
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Merkin Concert Hall / Kaufman Music Center Series
129 West 67th Street, NYC
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Join us as we celebrate three eminent and exciting composers with whom Da Capo has worked extensively over the years!
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John Harbison, Songs America Loves to Sing (2004)
Thea Musgrave, Chamber Concerto No. 2 (1966)
Thea Musgrave, Sunrise (2009)
Joan Tower, Looking Back (2018)
Joan Tower, Très Lent (1994) and Wild Run (2018)
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Guest Artists:
Marianne Gythfeldt, clarinet
Susan Jolles, harp