2002-2003 Subscription Concerts - Rockland County

Nauraushaun Presbyterian Church (Sickletown Road, Pearl River, NY)

The 24th Season!

Our 24th Season offers both a retrospective and a look ahead. The artists assume prominent roles as we introduce composers new to our series and revisit impressive old friends.

Saturday, October 5, 2002, 8PM Saturday, December 7, 2002, 8PM Saturday, January 18, 2003, 8PM Saturday, March 15, 2003, 8PM Saturday, May 3, 2003, 8PM Detailed programs at a glance

Thus we feature Robert Levin in our first program, as we induct him to the status of Artist Laureate. Meg Bachman Vas revisits the Piano Quintet—dedicated to New York Philomusica by our first Featured Composer, the late Iain Hamilton—marking the start of a retrospective over several seasons to honor Iain’s contribution to the founding of our ensemble. Jeb Patton takes the place of his former teacher, the great jazz pianist/composer Sir Roland Hanna, who was to have premiered his arrangement of Duke Ellington's New World A-Comin. Naoko Tanaka performs a Bach Sonata for unaccompanied violin. Joseph Rabbai, our Founding Clarinetist and a Principal Clarinetist of the Met Orchestra, is featured in beautiful music for his instrument. Rieko Aizawa returns after a stunning debut with us last season to perform Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes. Favorite composers of the past are joined by Jan Swafford and two fine composers you will hear for the first time in our series—Michael Berkeley and Gordon Getty.




Detailed Programs

Saturday, October 5, 2002, 8PM

ALL-BEETHOVEN
Trio in G, Op 1, No 2, piano, violin & 'cello
Quintet in C, Op 29, 2 violins, 2 violas & 'cello
Concerto No 4 in G, Op 58, piano, 2 violins, 2 violas & 'cello


Saturday, December 7, 2002, 8PM

IAIN HAMILTON: Piano Quintet (1993), piano, 2 violins, viola & 'cello
JAN SWAFFORD: Requiem in Winter (1991), violin, viola & 'cello   New York Premiere
GORDON GETTY: Three Diatonic Waltzes, 2 violins, viola & 'cello   New York Premiere
MAURICE RAVEL: Trio in A Minor (1914), piano, violin, & 'cello



Saturday, January 18, 2003, 8PM
A Tribute to Sir Roland Hanna

JOSEPH HAYDN: Divertimento in E, Hob XV:34, piano, violin & 'cello
DUKE ELLINGTON: Piano Concerto (arr. Sir Roland Hanna), piano, clarinet, horn, violin, viola, 'cello, bass & drums   World Premiere
MICHAEL BERKELEY: Chamber Symphony, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, piano, violin, viola & 'cello   U.S. Premiere
BRAHMS: Quintet in B Minor, Op 115, clarinet, 2 violins, viola & 'cello


Saturday, March 15, 2003, 8PM

SHOSTAKOVICH: 24 Preludes, Op 34, piano
J.S. BACH: Sonata in A Minor, BWV 1003, solo violin
SAINT-SAËNS: Sonata in E-flat, Op 167, clarinet & piano
HINDEMITH: Quartet, clarinet, violin, 'cello & piano (1938)


Saturday, May 3, 2003, 8PM

SHOSTAKOVICH: Trio No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 67 (1944), piano, violin & 'cello
BELA BARTOK: Rhapsody No. 1, Sz. 86 (1928), violin & piano
STRAVINSKY: Pieces (3) for Clarinet (1919)
IAIN HAMILTON: Hyperion (1977), clarinet, horn, piano, violin & 'cello