Concerts Presented August and September 2006
August 31, 2006 3 pm: Dimitriy Goldgisser, bass. There is no program for this concert. Seven tunes were played: Mac the Knife, 2., 3., 4., 5., 6., 7.
September 14, 2006 12:15 pm: Jan-Piet Knijff plays the newly-renovated Maynard-Walker Memorial Organ. Nicolaus Bruhns, Prelude in E Minor "Great", Johann Sebastian Bach, Three "Schübler" Chorales: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (1731), Ach, bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ (1725), Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter (1725), Dietrich Buxtehude, Passacaglia in D minor, Béla Bartók, Romanian Folk Dances (1915), Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 641.
Thursday, September 21, 2006 12:15 pm: Elena Rojas, violin and Viola, Sylwia Kloc, guitar. Canaries, (16th Century Scottish Piece. Arr. Allan Alexander and Jessica Walsh), The Road To Listonvarna – Morris Dance, Traditional Celtic Tune, Var. by Jessica Walsh, W.A. Amadeus Mozart, “Four Little Pieces” Scherzo , Menuett, Cavatine, Deutscher Tanz, Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro for Viola and Guitar, Niccolo Paganini, Sonata IV,Opera II, for violin and guitar, I. – Quasi Adagio Amorosamente, II. Allegro, Cantabile for Violin and Guitar, Sonata VI, Opera II, for Violin and Guitar. I. – Adagio con Sentimento, II. – Andantino, Alan Hovhaness, Songs I, III and IX from Twelve Armenian Folk Songs, Enrique Granados, Fandango – Danza Espanola No. 3, Astor Piazzolla, Taguisimo (Very, very tango), Dernier Lamento (The very last cry), Revirado (Crazy).
Monday, September 25, 2006 6:30 pm: Sergey Deych (Manhattan School of Music), piano. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 "Pathetique," Grave: allegro di molto e con brio, Adagio cantabile, Rondo: allegro, Frederick Chopin (1810-1849), Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1, Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Prelude and Nocturne, Op. 9, Sergey Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Prelude in C# minor, Op.3 No.2, “Elegia”, Op.3, No.1, Mompou, Prelude (encore).
September 27, 2006 12:15 pm: The Queens College Orchestra, Maurice Peress, Music Director, Stephen Hamilton, Organ. Aaron Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man; Symphony for Organ and Orchestra: 1. Prelude, 2. Scherzo, 3. Finale; Jean Silbelius, Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82: 1. Tempo molto moderato - Allegro Moderato, 2. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto, 3. Allegro Molto.
Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:15: Leo Kraft and Friends. Sol Berkowitz, Syncopations, Jeb Patton, piano. Jack Gottlieb, Letting Go: Vocalise for flute and piano, Barry D. Crawford, flute, Bernadette Hoke, piano. Edward Smaldone, Double Duo, Emma Hospelhorn, flute, Asuka Yamamota, Clarinet, Chern Hwei Fung, violin, Sokol Nikaj, cello. Allen Brings, Concert Piece in Three Movements for Four Flutes, Femmes Four Flute Quartet: Lauren Ausubel, Anna Povicch de Mayor, Helen Richman Rathbun, Amy Ziegelbaum. Leo Kraft, Partita 6, for four flutes.