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- Sunday, May 4, 2014 2:00pm
The Broadway Presbyterian Church, 601 West 114th Street
New York, NY
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Waltz on Unchanged Theme ‘Tati-Tati’
Posted on June 17, 2012 | No CommentsNotes to come. -
Haydn Variations
Posted on August 7, 2011 | No CommentsThe third of the “Three B’s” (along with Bach and Beethoven), Brahms adhered to the use of classical forms in his works but dramatically altered the musical landscape in terms... -
Ride of the Valkyries
Posted on February 21, 2011 | No CommentsInstantly recognizable, this work is taken from Wagner’s opera “The Valkyries,” his second opera in the Ring cycle. The “Ride” is a musical tone poem in which the Valkyries –... -
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
Posted on October 25, 2009 | No CommentsThis short well-known work is actually an instrumental interlude contained in the oratorio Solomon, which Handel composed in 1749. The sinfonia contains vigorous running passages in the violins with contrasting... -
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Posted on February 8, 2009 | No CommentsThis work is considered by many to be among Vaughan William’s finest compositions. Its theme is taken from a tune composed by Thomas Tallis, a 16th-century English renaissance composer. Vaughan... -
Terminus
Posted on October 26, 2008 | No CommentsThis work explores issues of scale. I have always been fascinated by the very large, the very small, and most of all by the sensory experiences induced by juxtaposing myself... -
4th Box of Maps
Posted on October 28, 2007 | No CommentsThe idea for 4th Box of Maps first occurred to me while in Venice. The Basilica of San Marco is the obvious Venetian destination for a musician, and indeed it... -
Danse Macabre
Posted on October 29, 2006 | No CommentsAccording to an old French superstition, Death appears at a graveyard at midnight on Halloween, “tunes” his violin (a very peculiar type of tuning), and calls forth the skeletons from... -
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Posted on October 29, 2006 | No CommentsThe great Johann Sebastian Bach early on made his mark as a composer and performer on the organ. The D minor Toccata and Fugue is one of his earliest organ... -
An Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise
Posted on February 5, 2006 | No CommentsSir Peter Maxwell Davies (called “Max” by many of his friends) has long been one of Britain’s most respected composers. He was born in Manchester, England, and studied music at... -
Church Sonata in D Major
Posted on May 25, 2005 | No CommentsAs part of his vast musical output, Mozart wrote numerous works for use in church services. Among them were 17 short pieces, none more than 4 minutes long, known as... -
Idée Fixe
Posted on October 24, 2004 | No CommentsWorld premiere of this work. -
Voyage
Posted on October 25, 2003 | No CommentsVoyage is a string-orchestral version of the choral setting of Richard Wilbur’s translation of Baudelaire’s “L’Invitation au Voyage.” The lyrical, seamless vocal lines translated themselves naturally to strings, and the... -
Hungarian Rondo
Posted on October 25, 2003 | No CommentsKodály, together with Bartok, was a major figure in the collection and analysis of Hungarian folk music. Many of Kodály’s compositions are based on Hungarian folk tunes of various types.... -
“The Belle of Chicago”
Posted on February 3, 2003 | No CommentsSousa reigned as the “March King” in the latter part of the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries. His musical output was prodigious, consisting of marches (well over... -
The Unanswered Question
Posted on March 8, 2002 | No CommentsIves is one of America’s most intriguing composers. He began his musical studies under his father (a bandmaster), became an organist for a Connecticut church, and began composing around the... -
Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte
Posted on February 4, 2001 | No CommentsThis short piece can perhaps best be described as an impressionist miniature jewel, more evocative of mood than anything else. Curiously, the title has no particular significance; Ravel used it... -
Valse Triste
Posted on March 8, 2000 | No CommentsOne of Sibelius’ best-known works, this little waltz comes from the incidental music written in 1903 for Arvid Järnefelt’s play “Kuolema.” Sibelius was a great miniaturist, and in this brief...
