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52nd Season | Three Concerts at Tenri Cultural Institute

TENRI – Joan Tower
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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 HeydarbeygiDar Sineye Xaak  (2008) **

Kareem Roustom Letters Home (2011/18)

Füsun Köksal Voce Rotta (2018-19) **

Shirish KordeThe 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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SEE THE PROGRAM BOOKLET

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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 Lindsayslowly, 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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SEE THE PROGRAM BOOKLET

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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.  â€‹â€‹

SEE & HEAR all three concerts in this series 

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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 MoeSpirit 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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SEE & HEAR this concert

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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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SEE & HEAR this concert

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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 PerleSonata a quattro*

Joan TowerLooking Back*

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Younger composers | Recent collaborations

Shen YiwenGuo Shang: Hymn to the Fallen and Li Hun: Recessional*   

Sid RichardsonAstrolabe*  NY Premiere

 

*Written for the Da Capo Chamber Players

 

GUEST ARTIST

James Baker percussion

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SEE & HEAR this concert

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 
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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).  â€‹

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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

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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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SEE & HEAR this YouTubePremiere

EVENT PROGRAM PDF

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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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SEE & HEAR this YouTubePremiere

EVENT PROGRAM PDF

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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, fluteMarianne 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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SEE & HEAR this YouTubePremiere

EVENT PROGRAM PDF

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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!

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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

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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

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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

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