January 9: Galileo’s Daughters: Sarah Pillow, soprano;
Jennifer Peterson, harpsichord; Mary Anne Ballard, viola da gamba: Faith
and Fate: nuns in 17th century Italy. Readings and music evoking the
life of 17th century women. Music by Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana, Rosa
Giacinta, Isabella Leonarda and Chiara Margarita Cozzolani.
January 16: Mainstreet Brass: Kevin Lang and Donald Hughes, trumpet; Gregory Helseth, French horn; Bryan Hay, trombone; Ron Demkee, tuba: Music by Alan Danson, Giles Farnaby, Samuel Scheidt, Victor Ewald, Manuel de Sumaya, Scott Joplin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Hosea Ripley, Lowell Mason, Stephen Foster, Erskin Hawkins and John Philip Sousa.
January 23: The New York Piano Trio: Annaliesa Place, violin; Rob LaRue, cello; Lily Friedman, piano. Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat; Alfred Schnittke: Piano Trio; Beethoven: Piano Trio, Op. 70, No. 1 “Ghost.”
January 30: All Seasons Chamber Players: Brenda Sakofsky, flute; Robert Lawrence, violin; Ellen Zoe Hassman, cello; Jean Strickholm and Ron Levy, piano. From Paris to Vienna: Pierné: Sonata da Camera for Flute, Cello and Piano, Op. 48; Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A, Op. 100; Debussy: Piano Trio in G Major; Mozart: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in C, K. 548.
February 6: The Lumina String Quartet: Asya Meshberg and Lynn Bechtold, violin; Boris Deviatov, viola; Jennifer Devore, cello; Haydn: Quartet in F Major, Op. 3 #5; Ron Mazurek: Chants for String Quartet (2004); Barber: Serenade for String Quartet, Op. 1; Binnette Lipper: String Quartet No. 2 (2003); Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade for String Quartet; Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Serenade for String Quartet.
February 13: Ambrosia and Friends: Beulah Cox, violin; Martin Fett, cello; Frank Daykin, piano. Schubert: Sonatensatz D 28 (Piano Trio); Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello; Beethoven: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 97 “The Archduke”
February 20: Harmonie Ensemble/New York: Steven Richman, Music Director; Music by Kay Swift, (Gershwin's friend and associate) and George Gershwin. Kay Swift: Theme and Variations for Cello and Piano; Song for String Quartet; Can’t We Be Friends; Sawing a Woman in Half; Fine and Dandy. Gershwin: Lullaby for String Quartet; Three Preludes, Porgy and Bess Suite for Violin and Piano.
February 27: All Seasons Chamber Players: Brenda Sakofsky, flute; Robert Lawrence, violin; Ellen Zoe Hassman, cello. International Festival: Haydn: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in D Minor, Hob. 15:23; Copland: Duo for Flute and Piano; Bizet: Children’s Games for Piano Duet, Op. 22; Sinding: Piano Trio No. 2 in A Major, Op. 64
March 6: Amy Kim, cello, Eugenia Glivinski, piano: Beethoven: 12 Variations on “See the conquering hero comes” from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus; Bach: Suite in C Minor; Schumann: Fantasiestüke for Cello and Piano, Op. 73; Prokofieff: Sonata in C Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 119.
March 13: Music Amici: Marti Sweet, violin; Michael Drapkin, clarinet; Mark Shuman, cello; Christopher Oldfather, piano. Beethoven: Trio No. 1, Op. 1 in E-flat for Violin, Cello and Piano. Ives: Largo for Violin, Clarinet and Piano; Brahms: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano.
*March 20, 2005
The Saint Andrew Chorale
Soloists and Orchestra
Mendelssohn: Elijah
John Weaver, Conductor
Jack Brown, Elijah
March 27: Easter Day (no concert)
April 3: The New York Treble Singers: Virginia Davidson, conductor; Anna Stoytcheva, piano; David Davidson, violin; Katherine Davidson, soprano; the Loren Davidson Dancers. Music by David Davidson, Walter Hilse, Lynn Kurtz, John Coligan, David Avshalomov (premiere performance) and Gregg Smith, plus Composition Competition Winners’ Awards presented.
May 22, 2005
Saint Andrew Chorale and the
Harmonie Ensemble/New York Orchestra
Steven Richman, conductor
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3
John Weaver, organist
Saint-Saëns: Prière for cello and
organ
(New York Premiere)
Gounod: St. Cecilia Mass
There is no charge, collection or donation for this concert.
Suggested donations: $10 (Senior Citizens/Students: $8)
*For the March 20 concert the donation is $15/$10