Festival Schedule and Repertoire
Monday, March 27— Two Continents Meeting
Eastman School of Music Main Hall | Noon-1 p.m.
L’Astratto (9′) — Barbara Strozzi
Kristin Goodkin, soprano
Michael Unger, harpsichord
Scott Shubeck, chitarrone
Deux Morceaux pour Violon & Piano (7′) — Lili Boulanger
Nocturne – Assez lent
Cortège – Pas vite
Nathan Simington, violin
Larisa Simington, piano
Improvisation (3′) — Lavinia Kell Parker
Lavinia Kell Parker, piano
From Three Browning Songs (3′) — Amy Beach
Ah Love, but a day!
Madeline Miskie, soprano
Marion Scott, piano
Forests (5′) — Beata Golec
Beata Golec, piano
Suite in g minor (10′) — Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gigue
Menuet Double
Josephine Gaeffke, harpsichord
From Pointillisms for solo piano (3′) — Laura Elise Schwendinger
Point of Balance
Boiling Point
Christopher Foley, piano
From Suite for Clarinet & Viola (1942)(8′) — Rebecca Clarke
Prelude
Allegro
Kenneth grant, clarinet
Melissa Matson, viola
Three Sung Songs (7′) — Barbara Pentland
1. Divining
2. Life
3. Let the Harp Speak
Wendy Hatala Foley, mezzo-soprano
Christopher Foley, piano
Blue Motel Room (7′) — Joni Mitchell
Adam Baratz, piano
Tuesday, March 28 — Exotic Influences
Miller Center Atrium | Noon-1 p.m.
Midnight Rain (7′) — Elizabeth Falconer
Ryuko Mizutani & Juliet Grabowski, koto
From Men I Have Known (8′) — Elizabeth Raum
I. J.D.
II. J.P.
III. T.S.
Pamela Terry, mezzo-soprano
Min-Kuei Yang, piano
From Quatre Pièces Charactéristiques (7′) —
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Caprice à la Boléro
Jongwa Park, piano
Perineo (5′) — Libby Larsen
Zachary Palamara, baritone
Sophia Ahmad, piano
From Duo Sonata for Violin & Piano (1963) (6′) — Jean Coulthard
III. Allegro, tempo giusto
Pia Liptak, violin
Sylvie Beaudette, piano
From Beloved, thou hast brought me flowers (5′) — Libby Larsen
Liebeslied
Yvonne Douhat, mezzo soprano
Andrew Barnhart, cello
From My Garden (6′) — Ursula Mamlock
Lynn Blakeslee, violin
From Sonata for Piano(9′) — Sofiya Gubaydulina
II. Adagio
III. Allegretto
Daniela Mineva, piano
Wednesday, March 29 — Music in the Time of Susan B. Anthony
Eastman School of Music Main Hall | Noon-1 p.m.
Suffragette Songs (3′)
Votes for Women — Marie Zimmerman
Marching on to Victory — Otto Motzan
Suffrage Song — Eleanor Smith
Eastman Women’s Chorus; Susan Conkling, director
Rudy deVos, piano
Song for the Spinning Wheel (4′) — Florence Newell Barbour
Behold the Spring (4′) — Florence Newell Barbour
Eastman Women’s Chorus; Susan Conkling, director
Soloists: Katherine Scally, soprano & Abigail Levis, mezzo-soprano
Rudy deVos, piano
Trois Mélodies (6′) — Cécile Chaminade
Auprès de ma Mie
La Fiancée du Soldat
Absence
Kathryn Cowdrick, mezzo-soprano
Alexandra Nguyen, piano
From Treasure Island (6′) — Florence Newell Barbour
Song of the South Wind
Little Ships at Sea
Frolic of the Mermaids
Andres Gomez-Bravo & Eun Mi Ko, piano
Rochesterian Parlor Songs (10′)
* O What Shall I Do My Dear — Jennie Ellis
** Bird of Beauty — Miss M.B. Scott
*** Where the Poppies Glow — Florence Newell Barbour
**** The Bridge — Miss M. Lindsay
**** Rommani or Gipsy Death from Love — Virginia Gabriel
* Casey Dunn, baritone & JooHyun Lee, piano
** Jared Schwartz, baritone; Darla Mattern, soprano & Fang Zhang, piano
*** Analisa Leaming, soprano & Annie Wang, piano
**** Yvonne Douhat, mezzo-soprano & JooHyun Lee, piano
From Summer Dreams (6′) — Amy Beach
I. The Brownies
II. Twilight
III. Elfin Tarentelle
Alexandra Nguyen & Shannon Hesse, piano
Songs about Local Treasures (6′)
* On Thousand Island River — Mary F. Bunnell
** In the Vale of the Sweet Genesee — Edna May Lenahan
*** Rochester Maid Means Quality — Florence Newell Barbour
* Katherine Scally, soprano & Eun Young Choi
** Anton Grasch, tenor & Julia Hatamyar, piano
*** Audrey Snyder, mezzo-soprano & Jonathan Ware, piano
Turn of the 20th Century Art Songs (10′)
O Mistress Mine — Mary Howe
Men Dorothy E. Reid) — Mary Howe
Two Songs (Louis Zacharias) — Amy Beach
Der Totenkranz
Grossmütterchen
Song to a Dark Virgin (Langston Hughes) — Florence Price
Kelly Samarzea, contralto & Diane Birr, piano
Thursday, March 30 — The World is Our Village
Schmitt Hall | Noon-1 p.m.
Morning Melted Into the Sky (5′) — Momoko Hayashi
Catie Hickey, trombone
Adam Matthes, viola
Rebecca Herman, cello
Toccata for Organ Solo (8′) — Beata Golec
Joo Soo Son, organ
Taking the Scarlet (10′) — Winnie Cheung
Pia Liptak, violin & Ryuko Mizutani, koto
Pié Jesu (5′) — Lili Boulanger
Karen Holvik, soprano
The Ying String Quartet (Timothy & Janet Ying, violin; Philip Ying, viola; David Ying, cello)
Kathleen Bride, harp
David Higgs, organ
Impromptu for Flute & Oboe (1967) (5′) — Thea Musgrave
Tabatha Easly, flute
Alyssa McKeithen, oboe
Flores del Desierto: Tangos for Organ (1998) (15′) — Pamela Decker
I. Albarda
II. Espuelita
III. Saiya
Michael Unger, Ruth Draper & Christopher Jacobson, organ
Friday, March 31 — Music of Our Time
Eastman School of Music Main Hall | Noon-1 p.m.
Night Dances (8′) — Ruby Aspinall
Twilight
Moonlight
Dying Night
Jennifer Ruggieri, harp
Five Improvisations for Piano op. 148 (10′) — Amy Beach
Lauren Woodward, piano
From Lovesongs (e.e. cummings) (8′) — Margaret Garwood
I. who knows if the moon’s
II. now all the fingers of this tree (darling) have
III. it may not always be so; and i say
Eileen Strempel, soprano & Sylvie Beaudette, piano
From String Quartet: Schoenberg, Schenker, Schillinger (6′) — Libby Larsen
III. Schillinger
Grace Lee & Kitty Cheung, violins
Kimberley Fitch, viola
Sunny Yang, cello
Three Dream Portraits (Langston Hughes) (8′) — Margaret Bonds
I. Minstrel Man
II. Dream Variations
III. I, Too
Derrick Smith, baritone
Berryl Garver, piano
From Calendar Collection (1976) (4′) — Judith Lang Zaimont
II. February: Ice Melts Slowly
X. October: Autumn Thoughts
IV. April: The First-Bird Song
Zuzanna Szewczyk, piano
Four Portraits (7′) — Thea Musgrave
I. The Phisition
II. The Lawyer
III. The Divine
IV. The Courtier
Zachary Palamara, baritone
Juliet Grabowski, clarinet
Sophia Ahmad, piano
Tenement Rhapsody (2005) (10′) — Amanda Harberg
I. Subway
II. At Home
III. At Play
Bobby Mitchell & Janneke Brits, piano
Dr. Sylvie Beaudette, Festival Director
Sophia Ahmad, Assistant Director
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