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the phoenix concerts
Directions by subway:
B, C trains to the 86th Street stop; walk south on Central Park West to 84th street and turn right. Saint Matthew & Timothy is on the south side of 84th street between Central Park West and Columbus. 1 train to 86th street stop; walk south on Broadway to 84th street and turn left, continuing past Amsterdam and Columbus Ave. Saint Matthew & Timothy is on the south side of 84th street between Columbus and Central Park West. 
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[All concerts take place at the Church of Saint Matthew and Saint Timothy, 26 West 84th Street, New York City, at 8 PM unless otherwise indicated.]
Tickets: $10 donation at the door. FREE admission with student I.D.
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fall season |
The Folk Tale Project
new works for piano trio & the tales that inspired them co-presented with the Beijing New Music Ensemble Manjusaka — Chen Si'ang • Intensive Care — Daron Hagen • New Work — Paula Kimper • Piano Trio No. 1 — Wendy Wan-Ki Lee • La Novia de Tola — Gilda Lyons • Hannah's Prayer — Eli Marshall • 6 Folk Songs — Shen Ye • The Sketching of Xiao Xiang — Zhou Xu premiered in Beijing and in New York City on Friday December 9, 2011 Hymns, Hers works for solo female voice Adrienne Danrich — Gilda Lyons — Nicole Mitchell Anne Ricci — Delea Shand — Elaine Valby King Herald's Saga (1979) — Judith Weir • Lullaby for Daisy Pauline (1980) — Pauline Oliveros • The Four Immeasureables (2011)* — Gilda Lyons • A Small Handful (2002) — Lyons • Emergenc(y)e (2011)*§ — Kaeza Fearn • Sun Greeting (2009) — Ruth Cunningham • traditional: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing Going Back to Jesus I'll Fly Away A Mighty Fortress is Our God Welcome Table Wings of a Dove *=World Premiere §=The Phoenix Commissions Friday October 28, 2011 |
Mark Adamo
Aaron Alon Juhi Bansal Brian Baxter Larry Bell Leonard Bernstein Heinrich Biber Hayes Biggs § Robert Carl Chandler Carter Theodore Chanler Chen Si'ang § Tom Cipullo Andrea Clearfield Brendan Connelly John Corigliano Ruth Cunningham Chris Czubay Jesse DAiello § David Del Tredici Stephen Dembski § Jed Distler § Kaeza Fearn § Daniel Felsenfeld § Helen Fisher Ryan Gee Scott Gendel Daniel Gilliam § Zachary Green Noa Guy Daron Hagen § Jocelyn Hagen John Harbison Drew Hemenger Martin Hennessy Edie Hill Elizabeth Hoffman Wang Jie § Laura Kaminsky Paula M. Kimper § David Lang Libby Larsen Anne LeBaron Wendy Wan-ki Lee § Elliot Z. Levine Franz Liszt |
Gilda Lyons Kieren Macmillan Keeril Makan Eric Malmquist Eli Marshall § Eric Moe Meredith Monk Daphna Mor § Pauline Oliveros Frank J. Oteri Gregory Peebles Russell Platt David Rakowski § Ned Rorem Matthew Rosenblum Jessica Rudman § Erik Satie Franz Schubert Robert Schumann Shen Ye § Joseph Shwantner Faye-Ellen Silverman § Larry Alan Smith Martha Sullivan Conrad Susa Georg Philip Teleman Augusta Read Thomas Dennis Tobenski § Damien Top Michael Torke Joan Tower Craig Urquhart § Giancarlo Vulcano Zachary Wadsworth Orianna Webb Michael Webster Judith Weir Beth Wiemann § Amy Williams Peter Winkler § Randall Woolf Ben Yarmolinsky Roger Zahab Joseph / David Zellnick Zhou Xu § |
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10.28.2011
concert #29 |
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Hymns, Hers works for solo female voice Adrienne Danrich — Gilda Lyons — Nicole Mitchell Anne Ricci — Delea Shand — Elaine Valby King Herald's Saga (1979) — Judith Weir • Lullaby for Daisy Pauline (1980) — Pauline Oliveros • The Four Immeasureables (2011)* — Gilda Lyons • A Small Handful (2002) — Lyons • Emergenc(y)e (2011)*+ — Kaeza Fearn • Sun Greeting (2009) — Ruth Cunningham • traditional: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing Going Back to Jesus I'll Fly Away A Mighty Fortress is Our God Welcome Table Wings of a Dove *=World Premiere +=The Phoenix Commissions |
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4.29.2011
concert #28 |
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Chrysalis music for transformative duo Lindsey Goodman, voice / flute Robert Frankenberry, voice / piano Everything is Green (2004) — Randall Woolf • Warm Waxing Wail (1986) — Robert Carl • Te Tangi a te Matui (1986) — Helen Fisher • Black Anemones (1980) — Joseph Schwantner • Metamorphosis (2008)§ — Kieren MacMillan • Chrysalis (2011) — Gilda Lyons meditations on transformation I. Transformation into a pool of water II. Becoming ice III. Summoning fire IV. Levitation V. Transformation into an orb of light • First Lines (2006) — Amy Williams §New York Premiere |
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3.28.2011
concert #27 |
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Music from Mt. San Angelo a Celebration of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Robert Frankenberry, piano Eleanor Taylor, voice & Daniel Neer, voice and performances by the composers of original works Railroad (Travel Song)(1981) — Meredith Monk Window in 7's(1986) Mr. Frankenberry • Ballad in Yellow (1998) — David Del Tredici • Amok from The Golem Psalms (2006) — Andrea Clearfield • Mr. Neer & Mr. Frankenberry • Calendar Music (2008)— Laura Kaminsky • Mr. Frankenberry ˜ performed by the composers: In Memorium J.G. (2011)*+ — Craig Urquhart • Lake Song (2009) § — Gilda Lyons • Bagatelle (2011) *+ — Peter Winkler • Song (2004) — Ben Yarmolinsky • The Negro Speaks of Rivers (2011) — Drew Hemenger with Adrienne Danrich, soprano • Contrasts (2011)*+ — Faye-Ellen Silverman • Permanently (2008) — Dennis Tobenski ˜ Enigma of Papilio (2011)*— Anne LeBaron • Mr. Frankenberry Crickets (2001) — Tom Cipullo • Song (2011)*+ — Daron Hagen • I Want A Boyfriend With Antlers (2011)*+ — Eric Moe • It don’t sound so terrible… (2010) — Larry Alan Smith Ms. Taylor & Mr. Frankenberry *=World Premiere +=The Phoenix Commissions §New York Premiere |
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12.3.2010
concert #26 |
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Meditations and Dances for recorder and voice Daphna Mor, recorder Elaine Valby, voice & Gilda Lyons, voice Meditations and Dances (2010) — Daphna Mor*+ Ms. Mor • Ëtz Harimon (2007/10) — Traditional / arr. Lyons Kol Dodi (2007/10) — Traditional / arr. Lyons Ms. Valby, Ms. Lyons & Ms. Mor • A Manual for the Use of Wings (2010) — Gilda Lyons Ms. Lyons • Caprice #3 (2000) — Larry Bell Ms. Mor • Take, O take those lips away (2010) — Paula Kimper*+ Ms. Valby & Ms. Mor • Al alva venid, buen amigo (c.1510) — Anonymous Ms. Valby, Ms. Lyons & Ms. Mor • The forgotten ways (2010) — Roger Zahab*+ Ms. Lyons & Ms. Mor • Idumea (1571/2006) — Praetorious/arr. Lyons Nahua Hymn at a Fast — Gilda Lyons Ms. Valby & Ms. Lyons • Circles (1988) — Noa Guy Ms. Mor • Peace Invocation (2010) — Ruth Cunningham*+ Ms. Valby, Ms. Lyons & Ms. Mor *=World Premiere +=The Phoenix Commissions |
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9.24.2010
concert #25 |
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String Theory Voxare String Quartet Emily Ondracek-Peterson, violin; Galina Zhdanova, violin Erik Peterson, viola; Adrian Daurov, cello with Robert Frankenberry, voice Flare (2010) — Juhi Bansal*+ • String Quartet No.4 (1994) — Ned Rorem Ugly and relentless Infinitely tender Very fast Absolutely strict Wistful Massive Very Fast Cold and hot Like the wind Infinitely tender • Bone Needles II (2007) — Gilda Lyons • Alive in a Moment (2003) — Daron Hagen poetry of W.H. Auden I. Rondo: O What is That Sound II. Variations: Orpheus III. Song: Epitaph on a Tyrant IV. Interlude: A Moment V. Song: The Composer VI. Scherzo: In Moments of Joy VII. Closing Hymn: Alive in a Moment *=World Premiere +=The Phoenix Commissions |
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5.26.10
5.28.10 5.29.10 concerts #22, #23, #24 |
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The Hymn Tune Project a concert of premieres & the hymns that inspired them Friday, May 28 — St. Matthew & St. Timothy, NYC Saturday, May 29 — Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY Finisterra Piano Trio Simon James, violin; Kevin Krentz, cello; Tanya Stambuk, piano with Gilda Lyons & Elaine Valby, voice Amazing Grace — Newton/Kimper/Lyons Amazing Grace (2010) — Paula M. Kimper*+ • Madre Óyeme — Gabaráin Madre Óyeme (2010) — Gilda Lyons*+ Madre Óyeme (2010) — Zachary Green*+ • Amazing Grace — Newton Amazed (2010) &mdash Daniel Felsenfeld*+ • ye watchers and ye holy ones — Riley/ Vaughan Williams Distant Watchers (2009) — Beth Wiemann*+ • The Old Rugged Cross — Bennard The Old Rugged Cross (2010) — Daniel Gilliam*+ • • De Colores — traditional Faded Colors (2010) — Wang Jie*+ • Ofertorio Nicaragüense — traditional Blessed Assurance Mdash; Crosby/Knapp interwoven graces (2010) — Roger Zahab*+ • ¡Qué Detalle, Señor! — Cubiella/Viejo Soy Feliz — Matéu Double Fantasy (2009) — David Rakowski*+ *=World Premiere +=The Phoenix Commissions |
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3.11.2010
concert #21 |
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Artsong Forward: unplugged a 21st Century Song Salon at the Galapagos Art Space Co-presented with the Lotte Lehmann Foundation & Beth Morrison Projects Martha Guth, soprano • Nicole Mitchell, mezzo • Daniel Neer, tenor/baritone Michael Fennelly, piano Dulce et Decorum Est — Aaron Alon+ A Line-storm Song — Juhi Bansal+ O Captain, My Captain / Out of the Rolling Ocean — Chandler Carter
Aperto Segno — Stephen Dembski §*Escoge antes el morir que exponerse — Jesse Daiello§ The rat is the concisest tenant — Ryan Gee+ A Song of Thanks / At Last &mdash Scott Gendel+ Youth, Day, Old Age, and Night — Zachary Green Youth, Day, Old Age, and Night &mdash Daron Hagen burn — Jocelyn Hagen+ Kiss Me Sweet — Martin Hennessy Songs from the F Train (Nos.1&2) — Gilda Lyons ** Sons of the Fathers / I laid me down — Eli Marshall+ The Dismantled Ship — Russell Platt Youth, Day, Old Age, and Night — Ned Rorem All Music, All Delight — Larry Alan Smith Errichtet keinen Denkstein / Good Morning Midnight — Martha Sullivan
Even as I lie — Damien TopHere the frailest — Craig Urquhart The Garden by Moonlight — Zachary Wadsworth+ * World premiere § The Phoenix Commissions + Winning composer, ASCAP/Lotte Lehmann Foundation Art Song Competition **Commissioned by American Opera Projects, Ft. Greene Park Conservancy and The Walt Whitman Project |
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3.5.2010
concert #20 |
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Suite Solitude works for solo violin Anthea Kreston, violin Passacaglia (c. 1676) — Heinrich Biber • Suite for Violin (1984) — Daron Hagen • four (2009) — Anne LeBaron* • Between Dog and Wolf (2010) &mdash Gilda Lyons* • Fantasia No. 7 (1732) — Georg Philipp Teleman • Incantation (1995) — Augusta Read Thomas • *=World Premiere +=The Phoenix Commissions |
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11.20.2009
concert #19 |
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Sea Changes new works for voices and image Ruth Cunningham, voice; Gilda Lyons, voice; Elaine Valby, voice Holen Sabrina Kahn, film artist Sun Greeting • Mountain Stream • Moon Greeting — Ruth Cunningham*+
•Bone Needles (2009) — Gilda Lyons a working song for two voices • Three Celtic Songs (2009) — Daron Hagen*+ for three voices 1. Bring a Chant 2. That Night 3.The Islands of Earthly Paradise • Grey-eyed Sailor — Irish traditional • Holy Ground — Irish traditional • riverrun (2009) &mdash Gilda Lyons* two meditations for three voices I. swerve of shore (lullaby) II. bend of bay (angels) *=World Premiere +=The Phoenix Commissions |
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10.2.2009
concert #18 |
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IonSound chamber works Peggy Yoo, flute; Jonathan Moser, violin; Elisa Kohanski, cello; Robert Frankenberry, piano; Eliseo Rael, percussion *Wakka-Chikka (2009) —Jed Distler*+ for chamber ensemble • Sequence Dreams (2000)— Orianna Webb Five Bagatelles for Violin, Marimba, and Glass Instruments I. Reverb II. Dream Sequence III. Melismalogue IV. Village Dance V. Finale • Firebrand (2003) — Libby Larsen for flute/ piccolo, violin, cello and piano • After the Forest Fire (2005) — Michael Torke for flute, cello and marimba • for chamber ensemble In Order to Begin Prolongation on the Same I. Slowly II. Removed III. Brutal Once Again A Gratuitous Repetition *=World Premiere +=The Phoenix Commissions |
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5.1.2009
concert #17 |
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Musical Heirlooms
Some Things Old & Some Things New Gilda Lyons & Elaine Valby, voice Jocelyn Dueck & Daron Hagen, piano Now let me fly — Traditional Over yandro — Traditional Ms. Valby; Ms. Dueck • Three De la Cruz Fragments — Jesse D'Aiello*§ For Two Voices and Piano 1. Which contains...
2. Escoge antes el morir... 3. Sonnet Ms. Lyons; Ms. Valby; Ms. Dueck • Atticus* — Roger Zahab Ms. Dueck • Selected Art Songs of Daron Hagen 1. The Waking Father (Muldoon) 2. A Suite of Appearances (Strand) 3. Why did you go...? (cummings) 4. Confession (Griffin) 5. Little Uneasy Song (Hauser) 6. Holy Thursday (Muldoon) Ms. Lyons; Mr. Hagen • Afterimage — Paula M. Kimper Ms. Dueck • Colette's Heirlooms — Gilda Lyons*~ Song Cycle on Poetry of Colette Inez 1. Old Woman, Eskimo
2. Skokie River Cadenzas
3. Reading Da Leaves 4. God and Gravity 5. Sylvia, Aloft 6. Elizabeth, the Rain 7. Lake Song Ms. Lyons; Ms. Valby • Little Lullaby — Craig Urquhart* Ms. Dueck • A Suite of Traditional Irish Songs** 1. The Praties — arr. Lyons 2. The Bard of Armagh — arr. Hagen 3. Little Boats — arr. Hagen 4. The Parting Glass — arr. Lyons 5. Danny Boy — arr. Hagen Ms. Lyons; Ms. Valby; Mr. Hagen *=World Premiere **=NYC premiere §=The Phoenix Commissions ~=ASCAP/Kingsford Fund Commission Special thanks to The Seasons Fall "Side by Side" Music Festival, Daron Hagen, Artistic Director, in Yakima, Washington where tonight's premieres were developed in fall 2008. |
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3.6.2009
concert #16 |
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minimal minimal
chamber works Erika Rauer, voice ~ Jocelyn Dueck, piano Roger Zahab, violin ~ Eric Moe, piano ~ Gilda Lyons, voice Seasons Songs Autumn Movement (2008) — Chris Czubay* Autumn Dusk (1997) — Edie Hill Woman
with the Guitar (2008) — Eric Malmquist**
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Meeting-House Bell (2008) — Brian Baxter** Ms. Rauer; Ms. Dueck • Illumination Rounds (1982) — David Lang Mr. Zahab; Mr. Moe • Five Songs of Solomon (2001) — Michael Torke 1.On My Bed 2. I Will Rise 3. The Watchmen Came 4. I Had Hardly Left Them 5. I Adjure You Ms. Rauer; Ms. Dueck • Sonic Meditation I: Teach Yourself to Fly (1974) — Pauline Oliveros Ms. Lyons; Mr. Zahab; Mr. Moe *=world premiere
** =New York premiere Special thanks to The Seasons Fall "Side by Side" Music Festival, Daron Hagen, Artistic Director, in Yakima, Washington where tonight's premieres were developed in fall 2008. |
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12.19.2008
concert #15 |
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Light and Shadow Ruth Cunningham in concert Ruth Cunningham, voice with: Gilda Lyons, voice; Elaine Valby, voice (all works by Ruth Cunningham except where indicated) Canam an achan o mo Bheal — Prayer of the Ceile De Gayatri Mantra Ave Maria
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Virgen Madre groriosa — Cantigas de Santa Maria 340
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Flute song What if Sky Prayer — Gilda Lyons; text Elizabeth Cunningham
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Psalm O virtus Sapientie — Hildegard von Bingen Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
• Sound Journey • Spring Song: Pipes of Pan • Dost thou in a Manger lie — Ruth Cunningham; arr. Gilda Lyons
Ave maris stella
Alma Redemptoris Mater — Gregorian chant O lillium convalium • Wind The River Stick Peace Prayer of St Francis Asato Ma Sad gamaya Universal Peace Prayer Healing Song |
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10.24.2008
concert #14 |
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A Ned Rorem Celebration works for violin, cello and piano Roger Zahab, violin; David Russell, cello; Robert Frankenberry, piano Three Slow Pieces (1978) for cello and piano Autumn Music (1996/97) for violin and piano Spring Music (1990) for violin, cello, and piano |
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5.30.2008
concert #13 |
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Seraphim Music for Voices and Cello Gilda Lyons, soprano Elaine Valby, mezzo-soprano Robert La Rue, cello Essex Songs (16th c. /2007) — Dowland / Lyons Three Songs (2008)* — Daron Hagen Heavenly Labials (2007)* § — Eric Moe Manhattan Fixation (2007)* § — Faye-Ellen Silverman * = world premiere § = phoenix commissions |
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3.14.2008
concert #12 |
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Isn't it Neo-Romantic? composer and pianist Eric Moe Gatsby Etudes (2000) — John Harbison Legend of the Sad Triad (2005) — Eric Moe Widmung (1848) — Robert Schumann / Franz Liszt Virtuoso Alice (1984) — David Del Tredici Shadow Waltz (2002)* — Mathew Rosenblum Tangozilla (2004) — Laurie San Martin Mud Wrestling at the O.K. Corral (2007)* — Eric Moe * = world premiere |
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12.7.2007
concert #11 |
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Wayfaring Strangers piano trios by Daron Hagen & the spirituals that inspired them The Finisterra Piano Trio Kwan Bin Park, violin; Kevin Krentz, cello Tanya Stambuck, piano with Gilda Lyons, soprano & Elaine Valby, mezzo Wayfaring Stranger (19th century) — traditional, arr. Lyons/Valby Ms Lyons; Ms Valby 1. Mazurka 2. Wayfaring Stranger 3. Fandango 4. Aubade and Variations Angel Band (19th century) — Bradbury/Haskell, arr. Lyons/Valby Ms Lyons; Ms Valby Piano Trio No. 4: Angel Band (2007)* — Daron Hagen 1. Morning 2. Waltz: The Violinist on the Pont Neuf 3. Rondo 4. Blue Chaconne 5. Finale: Angel Band * = new york premiere |
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10.5.2007
concert #10 |
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Witches, Ghosts and Fairy Tales music for voice and piano Elaine Valby, mezzo Paul Sperry, tenor Jocelyn Dueck, piano On a Nineteenth Century Color Lithograph of Red Riding Hood by the Artist J.H. — Tom Cipullo (Gray) Mr. Sperry; Ms. Dueck Ghost Chapter: A Cold Cold Kiss Mercy #62 — Paula M. Kimper (Gardinier) Jimmy Whelan — traditional, Newfoundland In Memoriam: Helen Coates — Leonard Bernstein Seven Times — Gilda Lyons (Sexton) Mona's Prayer — Daron Hagen (Muldoon) Ms. Valby; Ms. Dueck Phantoms and Visitations* — Gilda Lyons 1. Ghostly Phenomena 2. The Phantom Rat 3. Apparitions at the Moment of Passing 4. The Queen and the Countess 5. Hauntings 6. In County Wicklow Mr. Sperry; Ms. Dueck Three Witches The Witch's Lullaby — Conrad Susa (Sexton) Susannah Fry — Theodore Chanler (de la Mare) Ms. Valby; Ms. Dueck Tommy Kane — Daron Hagen (Newspaper Article) Der Erlkönig — Franz Schubert (Goethe) Mr. Sperry; Ms. Dueck * = world premiere |
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4.27.2007
concert #9 |
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Seraphim Music for Voices and Cello Gilda Lyons, soprano Elaine Valby, mezzo-soprano Robert La Rue, cello Ancient and Baroque Suite O Virgo Splendens — anonymous (14th century) There Is No Rose — anonymous (15th century) Cello Suite No. 4, Prelude — J.S. Bach (1717-1723) arr. La Rue; Lyons; Valby (2006/07) Phoenix Commissions Care-charmer Sleep — Hayes Biggs (2007)*§ Cáscaras — Gilda Lyons (2007)* Suite of Hymns — arr. Gilda Lyons (2006) Idumea — Praetorius/Watts (16th/18th century) Wayfaring Stranger — traditional (19th century) Angel Band — Bradbury/Haskell (19th century) * = world premiere § = phoenix commissions |
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2.16.2007
concert #8 |
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TimeTable A Concert of Premieres for Percussion Trio Matthew Gold, percussion Joseph Tompkins, percussion Matt Ward, percussion MASK MEAN BUNDLE (2006)* — Brendan Connelly Calder Pieces (2003) — Giancarlo Vulcano I. Sea Scape, 1947 I asked Marcel Duchamp in 1931 what sort of name I could give these things and he at once produced "mobile." Gather (2006)* — Keeril Makan Calder Pieces (2003) — Giancarlo Vulcano II. Calderberry Bush, 1932 Why must art be static? The next step is sculpture in motion. in red weather (2006)* — Elizabeth Hoffman * = world premiere All works on this program were composed for TimeTable. |
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12.15.2006
concert #7 |
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Silent Night A Suite of Carols for Four Voices and Cello by Daron Hagen Gilda Lyons, soprano Elaine Valby, mezzo-soprano Robert Frankenberry, tenor James Gregory, bass Robert La Rue, cello conducted by the composer Lullay — SATB O Come, O Come, Emmanuel — SATB God Rest Ye / Emmanuel — SATB Silent Night — SATB Once in Royal David's City — SA Sussex Carol — Solo Cello What Child is This? — SATB At Bethlehem Proper — TB Hosanna — SATB |
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9.29.2006
concert #6 |
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Conversations New Music for Two Countertenors Mark Crayton, countertenor Daniel Gundlach, countertenor James Janssen, piano I The Quilt Song — Craig Urquhart Audio Visual — Michael Webster II The Lake Isle of Innisfree — Elliot Z. Levine yes is a pleasant country Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Now You Will Feel No Rain Amor mío III from Sonette an Orpheus — Martha Sullivan Zu Unterst der Alte Errichtet keinen Denkstein Nur wer die Leier schon hob IV The Wind and the Sky and the Road: Three Theater Songs — Joseph and David Zellnik Wind Song I'm Not Afraid Just True V Thy Lucifer* — Gilda Lyons VI Narcissus — Gregory Peebles * = New York premiere |
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5.12.2006
concert #5 |
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Celebrating the Living Trio Roger Zahab, violin David Russell, cello Robert Frankenberry, piano Trés Lent (1994) — Joan Tower for cello and piano Owl-Light (2004) — Gilda Lyons for solo violin We Happy Few (1990) — Eric Moe for piano trio Piano Trio Two (2003-4) — Judith Weir I. How grass and trees become enlightened II. Your light may go out III. Open your own treasure house? |
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3.17.2006
concert #4 |
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THE SPRING OF MUSIC Solo Piano Music by Craig Urquhart Frühling The Dalliance of Eagles Secret Spaces Evocation The Dream of Mother Earth Soliloquy Morning Eagle Flow On The Awakening Venetian Snowfall Poem Streamwalker Craig Urquhart, piano |
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12.16.2005
concert #3 |
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Songs for Voices and Chamber Ensemble Songs for Voice and Piano 1. No Fame, No Trace — Gilda Lyons (Khayyam) 2. Swan's Elegy — Tom Cipullo (Manrique) 3. Keeping Things Whole — Russell Platt (Strand) 4. Some Thoughts — Anne LeBaron (Crawford) 5. Acrostic Song — David Del Tredici (Carroll) 6. Emily's Aria, from Our Town* — Ned Rorem (McClatchy/Wilder) Gilda Lyons, soprano Daron Hagen, piano Intimate Lines (1997) — Roger Zahab (Whitman) Robert Frankenberry, tenor Roger Zahab, violin as long as forever is (2003) — Frank J. Oteri (Thomas) 1. Process — 2. Here 3. Time — 4. Still 5. The Natural Doorway Gilda Lyons, soprano Robert Frankenberry, tenor Daphna Mor, alto recorder Jorge Taylor, alto recorder Martha Bixler, crumhorn Judith Davidoff, viola de gamba Roger Zahab, handbells Daron Hagen, conductor * = first public performance |
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10.21.2005
concert #2
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An Evening of Songs by Daron Hagen Gilda Lyons, soprano — Robert Frankenberry, tenor Jocelyn Dueck, piano PHANTOMS OF MYSELF (2000) Cycle for Soprano and Piano on Poetry of Susan Griffin 1. I Wake Thinking of Myself as a Man 2. A Story 3. Confession 4. Her Sadness Runs Beside Her Like a Horse 5. "Quiet, quiet heart" 6. Absence 7. "I wake to your gestures?" Ms. Lyons & Ms. Dueck LETTING GO (2002)* Cycle for Voice and Piano 1. "A Suite of Appearances" (Mark Strand) 2. Ferry Me Across the Water (Christina Rosetti) 3. Ghost Letter (Richard McCann) 4. "I'll sing a song to my love" (Gwen Hagen) 5. Prayer to Sparrow in Two Seasons (Jeffrey Skinner) 6. The Second Law (Stephen Sandy) 7. Psalm 150 Mr. Frankenberry & Ms. Dueck BROKEN PIECES (2003) A Love Story in One Scene Libretto by Barbara Grecki Ms. Lyons, Mr. Frankenberry, Ms. Dueck * = New York premiere |
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9.23.2005
concert #1 |
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Seraphim Songs for Voices and Cello A Concert of World Premiéres Gilda Lyons, soprano Elaine Valby, mezzo-soprano Robert La Rue, cello Sappho Songs — Daron Hagen 10 of 10,000 — Paula M. Kimper Incantations — Gilda Lyons |