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Composer
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Title and other information
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Place / Date of Premiere
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John Harbison
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Songs America Loves to Sing
Commissioned with an award from the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University. (A joint commission with the Atlanta Chamber Players)
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Merkin Concert Hall, November 16, 2004 (NY premiere)
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Chinary Ung
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Oracle
Commissioned by the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust
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Merkin Concert Hall, November 16, 2004
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Daniel Wohl
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5 Chemical Elements
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Olin Hall, Bard College, April 21, 2004
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Serge Tcherepnin
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look up firefly the night is calling
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Olin Hall, Bard College, April 21, 2004
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Harold Farberman
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Games
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Olin Hall, Bard College, April 21, 2004
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Martin Bresnick
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My Twentieth Century (text by Tom Andrews)
A Millennium Commissioning Project of CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA
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Miller Theatre, March 4, 2002
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Louis Karchin
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Fanfare/Pavane
Written for Patricia Spencer
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The Knitting Factory, November 11, 2001
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Harold Meltzer
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Exiles
Written for Paul Sperry and the Da Capo Chamber Players
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The Knitting Factory, November 11, 2001
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Penka Kouneva
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Climbing the Ladder of Unraveling Rope
Commissioned with a grant from MEET THE COMPOSER
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The Knitting Factory, November 11, 2001
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Jonathan Leshnoff
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Riverend
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The Great Hall of the Cooper Union, October 23, 2000
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Philippe Bodin
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Peal
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Washington Square United Methodist Church, June 1, 2000
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Larry Wallach
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Canzona
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Olin Hall, Bard College, May 7, 2000
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Paul Lansky
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Odd Moments
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The Great Hall of the Cooper Union, November 30, 1999
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Carlos Carillo
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De la brevedad de la vida
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Anthology Film Archives, April 6, 1999
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Louis Karchin
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American Visions - Two Songs on Poems of Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Written for the Da Capo Chamber Players with support from the Research Challenge Fund of New York University
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January 28, 1999, Christ & St. Stephen's Church.
Guest speaker, Yevgeny Yevthushenko
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Carlos Carrillo
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De la brevedad de la vida
Written for the Da Capo Chamber Players with support from Music At the Anthology
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April 6, 1999, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
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Shirish Korde
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RASA
Chamber opera for soprano, chamber ensemble, tabla, tape, chorus, dancers, and actors. Co-produced with Holy Cross College theatre ensemble and the New York Virtuoso Singers.
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October 25, 1998 Miller Theatre
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David Lang
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Dance Drop
World premiere (instrumentation revised for Da Capo)
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December 10, 1997 Christ & St. Stephen's Church
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Su Lian Tan
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Invention and Sinfonia
Trio for flute, cello, piano
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CUNY Graduate Center, May 22, 1996
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Joan Tower
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Trčs lent
For cello and piano
Written for André Emelianoff
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Merkin Concert Hall, May 8, 1994
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David Sanford
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From Behind a Red Light
For solo cello, narrator and dancer
Written for André Emelianoff
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Merkin Concert Hall, May 8, 1994
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Peter Golub
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Now Be Witness Again
For solo flute and actors
Written for Patricia Spencer
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Merkin Concert Hall, November 14, 1993
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Jeffrey Mumford
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a diffuse light that knows no particular hour
Quintet, commissioned for Da Capo by the Amphion Foundation
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Merkin Concert Hall, November 25, 1991
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Gerald Levinson
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Dreamlight
Trio for cello, piano, and percussion;
commissioned by André Emelianoff
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Kathryn Bache Miller Theatre, March 11, 1992
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Richard Wilson
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Affirmations
Quintet for Da Capo, commissioned by Chamber Music America
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92nd Street Y, March 7, 1991
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Shulamit Ran
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Mirage
Quintet, commissioned for Da Capo by National Endowment for the Arts Consortium Commissioning Program
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92nd Street Y, March 7, 1991
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Gunther Schuller
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Paradigm Exchanges
Quintet, commissioned for Da Capo by the New York State Council on the Arts
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92nd Street Y, March 7, 1991
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John Gibson
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In-Between
Quintet, commissioned by the Jerome Foundation
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92nd Street Y, March 7, 1991
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Bruce Adolphe
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Encore!
Quintet, written in honor of the 20th Anniversary of the Da Capo Chamber Players
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92nd Street Y, March 7, 1991
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Stephen Albert
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Rilke Song
Quintet and soprano, written in honor of the 20th Anniversary of the Da Capo Chamber Players
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92nd Street Y, March 7, 1991
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Yehudi Wyner
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Changing Times
Quintet, written in honor of the 20th Anniversary of the Da Capo Chamber Players
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92nd Street Y, March 7, 1991
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George Perle
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Andante Tranquillo
Quintet, written in honor of the 20th Anniversary of the Da Capo Chamber Players
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92nd Street Y, March 7, 1991
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Bruce Adolphe
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Machaut is my Beginning
Quintet, based on Machaut's "Ma fin est mon commencement"
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Bard College, February 7, 1990
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John Harbison
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November 19, 1828
Quartet, commissioned by National Endowment for the Arts Consortium Commissioning Program
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Bard College, February 7, 1990
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Leo Smith
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Afrikan Genesis
Quintet
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Bard College, December 6, 1989
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+ John Corigliano
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For Joan on her 50th
Quintet
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Merkin Concert Hall, October 24, 1988
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+ John Harbison
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Minuet from Short Suite
Quartet
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Merkin Concert Hall, October 24, 1988
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+ Bruce MacCombie
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Fifty Bars for Joan
Quintet
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Merkin Concert Hall, October 24, 1988
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+ Joseph Schwantner
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Tower Power
Quintet
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Merkin Concert Hall, October 24, 1988
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+ Tania León
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Parajota delate
Quintet
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Merkin Concert Hall, October 24, 1988
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+ The above five works were commissioned by the Da Capo Chamber Players as musical greetings for composer Joan Tower, in celebration of her 50th Anniversary.
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Nicholas Maw
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Ghost Dances: Imaginary Ballet for Five Players
Dedicated to the members of the Nash Ensemble of London and the Da Capo Chamber Players of New York, for whom it was jointly written
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Merkin Concert Hall, May 16, 1988
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Louis Pelosi
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Elegiac Quintet
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West Virginia University, April 11, 1988
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Elie Yarden
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Entering New Spaces
Written for the Da Capo Chamber Players on the occasion of the dedication of the F. W. Olin Humanities Building, Bard College
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Bard College, October 9, 1987
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Roger Briggs
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Chamber Music
Written for the Da Capo Chamber Players in celebration of the
bicentennial of Franklin and Marshall College
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Franklin and Marshall College, April 10, 1987
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Bruce Adolphe
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Ballade
Written for the Da Capo Chamber Players with assistance from the C. Michael Paul Foundation
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Merkin Concert Hall, May 4, 1987
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Joseph Schwantner
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Distant Runes and Incantations
Written with an NEA Consortium Commissioning Award to the Da Capo Chamber Players, the Twentieth Century Consort, and the Boston
Musica Viva
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Merkin Concert Hall, May 4, 1987
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David Chaitkin
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Quintet
Commissioned with grants from the New York State Council on the Arts and from Broadcast Music, Inc.
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Carnegie Recital Hall, January 31, 1986
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Louise Talma
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The Ambient Air
Quartet
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Symphony Space October 16, 1984
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Theodore Antoniou
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Aphierosis
Quintet, written for concert celebrating George Perle's 70th birthday
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Carnegie Recital Hall, January 18, 1985
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Charles Porter
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Cyclic Celebration
Quintet, written for concert celebrating George Perle's 70th birthday
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Carnegie Recital Hall, January 18, 1985
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William Thomas McKinley
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March Symphony
Quintet
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Jordan Hall, Boston January 21, 1985
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Alvin Brehm
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La Bocca della Verita
Quintet
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Carnegie Recital Hall, May 1, 1984
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Judith Shatin
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Werther
Quintet
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Carnegie Recital Hall, May 1, 1984
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Stephen Jaffe
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A Nonesuch Serenade
Quintet, commissioned by Warner Communications
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Carnegie Recital Hall, May 1, 1984
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Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
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Intrada
Quintet, commissioned by Chamber Music America with assistance from the Mary Flagler Cary Trust and the Jerome Foundation
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Carnegie Recital Hall, May 1, 1984
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James Greeson
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Fantasy
Quintet, commissioned with a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts
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Carnegie Recital Hall, May 1, 1984
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Elie Yarden
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"...(and yet, what if knowledge itself were delicious?)."
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Bard College, May 17, 1984
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Preston Trombly
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...The Trumpets of Solitude...
Quintet, commissioned by the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music
Center
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McMillin Theatre December 8, 1982
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George Perle
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Sonata a quattro
Quartet, commissioned with a Consortium Commissioning Award from the National Endowment for the Arts
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Carnegie Recital Hall May 17, 1982
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Chester Biscardi
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Di Vivere
Quintet, commissioned with a National Endowment for the Arts Composer Fellowship
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Carnegie Recital Hall May 17, 1982
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Les Thimmig
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Concerto for Six Players
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Lawrence University March 5, 1982
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Joan Tower
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Wings
Solo Clarinet
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Merkin Concert Hall, December 4, 1981
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*Philip Glass
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Modern Love Waltz
Quintet
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Alice Tully Hall March 23, 1980
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*George Perle
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Scherzo
Quartet
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Alice Tully Hall March 23, 1980
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*Shulamit Ran
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Private Game
Duo for clarinet and cello
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Alice Tully Hall March 23, 1980
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*Joseph Schwantner
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Wind, Willow, Whisper...
Quintet
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Alice Tully Hall March 23, 1980
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*Joan Tower
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Petroushskates
Quintet
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Alice Tully Hall March 23, 1980
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*Charles
Wuorinen
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Joan's Quintet
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Alice Tully Hall March 23, 1980
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* The above six works were written for the 10th Anniversary of the Da Capo Chamber Players with commissioning grants from the Fromm Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, and Meet the Composer.
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Ursula Mamlok
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When Summer Sang
Quintet
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Rutgers University April 27, 1980
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Ronald Roseman
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Three Psalms
Quartet plus soprano
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Carnegie Recital Hall April 18, 1979
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Louise Talma
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Diadem
Quintet plus tenor
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Carnegie Recital Hall April 18, 1979
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Miriam Gideon
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Voices from Elysium
Quintet plus tenor
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Carnegie Recital Hall April 18, 1979
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Bruce Taub
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Extremities
Quintet
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Carnegie Recital Hall February 14, 1979
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Joan Tower
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Amazon
Quintet, commissioned by the Contemporary Music Society
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Carnegie Recital Hall January 11, 1978
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Shulamit Ran
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For an Actor--Monologue for Clarinet
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Carnegie Recital Hall May 10, 1978
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Leo Kraft
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Dialectica
Quartet plus electronic sounds, commissioned by the Chamber Music
Society of Baltimore
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Baltimore Museum of Art May 15, 1977
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Francis Thorne
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Head Music
Trio
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Carnegie Recital Hall May 4, 1977
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Elie Yarden
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Septentrion
Trio
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Carnegie Recital Hall May 4, 1977
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Andrew Thomas
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How the News Was Spread
Quintet, commissioned by the Thorne Fund for Music and the New York State Council on the Arts
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Carnegie Recital Hall March 16, 1977
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Robert Helps
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Quintet
National Endowment for the Arts Composer Fellowship
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Carnegie Recital Hall January 12, 1977
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Preston Trombly
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The Windmills of Paris
Quintet, National Endowment for the Arts Composer Fellowship
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Carnegie Recital Hall April 12, 1976
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Paul Lansky
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Crossworks
Quintet, National Endowment for the Arts Composer Fellowship
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Carnegie Recital Hall April 12, 1976
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Claudio Spies
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Shirim Le Hathunatham
Quintet plus soprano, National Endowment for the Arts Composer Fellowship
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Carnegie Recital hall April 21, 1976
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Joan Tower
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Breakfast Rhythms
Clarinet solo plus five instruments
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Town Hall, February 4, 1974
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Elaine Barkin
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Prim Cycles
Quintet
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Carnegie Recital Hall December 20, 1973
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Jeffrey Kresky
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Aria Da Capo
Quintet
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Carnegie Recital Hall December 20, 1973
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Rolv Yttrehus
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Quintet
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Town Hall, February 4, 1974
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Milton Babbitt
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Arie Da Capo
Quintet, commissioned by the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation for the winners of the Chamber Music Award
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Alice Tully Hall, April 25, 1974
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Harvey Sollberger
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Riding the Wind I
Solo flute with four instruments, commissioned by the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation for the winners of the Chamber Music Award
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Alice Tully Hall April 25, 1974
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Bruce Taub
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Quintet I
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Carnegie Recital Hall February 9, 1973
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Erik Lundborg
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Trio
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Carnegie Recital Hall May 4, 1973
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Thomas James
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String and Wind Quartet
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Greenwich House March 30, 1972
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Joan Tower
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Hexachords
Solo flute
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New York University February 26, 1972
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Stanley Persky
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Symbiosynthesis
Quintet plus electronic sounds
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Greenwich House February 24, 1972
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Joan Tower
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Prelude for Five Players
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Carnegie Recital Hall October 22, 1971
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