All concerts at Merkin Concert Hall, West 67th Street, New York City, 8 p.m.
Tickets $20/$10 students at the Box Office
33rd Season
NYC, November 23, 2009 at 8pm
Mario Davidovsky Turns 75— A Celebration
A Retrospective Concert of Works by one of our Great Innovators!
James Baker, conductor
Haleh Abghari, soprano
Lois Martin, viola
- Synchronisms No. 6 for Piano and Electronic Sound (1970) Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 1971
- Quartetto No. 3 for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello (2002)
- Biblical Songs for Soprano and Small Ensemble (1990)
- Synchronisms No. 12 for Clarinet and Electronic Sound (2006)
- Flashbacks Sextet written for NYNME (1995)
NYC , March 1, 2010 at 8 pm
Two + 2
New Works for Pianos and Percussion
Two pianos and two percussionists. And many, many percussion instruments—mallets, bows, strikers and beaters; metals, woods, skins; plus electronic discoveries never before heard. Charles Wuorinen’s Metagong, written for NYNME, will be heard for the first time, and that’s only one of the extraordinary sonic worlds we will explore.
- Morris Rosensweig: Trace (1998)
- Charles Wuorinen: Metagong (2009) World Premiere; Written for NYNME
- Michael Jarrell: Rhizomes (1993)
- Rolf Wallin: Mandala (1985)
NYC, April 19, 2010 at 8 pm
Keeping Time
Five Premieres
“Under its hat / many secrets / asleep / keeping time.”
From Acorn, one of Phillis Levin’s poems used in David Rakowski’s Phillis Levin Songs. Nuff Said!
- David Rakowski: Phillis Levin Songs (2008) New York Premier
- David Cope: Quartet, for flute, violin, cello, piano (2009) World Premiere; Written for NYNME
- Charles Wuorinen: Trio for Flute, Bass Clarinet and Piano (2009) World Premiere; Written for NYNME
- Lei Liang: Trio for Piano, Cello and Percussion (2002) New York Premiere
- Jeremy Sagala: Tenebrae (2009) World Premiere; Written for NYNME
