Past Concerts

2012

Saturday, November 3, 2012, 8 p.m.
San Francisco Community Music Center
544 Capp St., San Francisco, CA

Monika Gruber
violin		   Dahna Rudin
cello
Diana Tucker
flute and
soprano sax		   Libby Kardontchik,
Miles Graber, and Davide Verotta
piano

 


Composers Performance Ensemble
Greg Steinke     Van Gogh Vignettes (#1 and #3), for flute and cello
Ken Malucelli     The Shooting of Dan McGrew, for baritone and piano
Cynthia Liuska     Beauty, for soprano and piano
Simon Bokman     Variations on Glinka and Rachmaninoff, for piano four-hands
Nancy Bloomer Deussen     Afternoon in Asbury Park, for soprano saxophone and piano
Adrienne Albert      New York Gardens, for soprano saxophone, cello and piano
Intermission
Alessandro Rotundo 
2012 NACUSA-SF Student Competition Winner		    La Canzone del Violino Verde, for violin and piano
John Bilotta     Beauty from Forgetfulness, 2nd movement, for violin, cello and piano
Karl Schmidt     Trio No. 4, A Little Night Music, for violin, cello and piano
Mark Behm     Convergence, for violin, cello and piano
Davide Verotta     Dances to Mytilini, for flute/alto flute, violin, cello and piano

 



Saturday June 16, 2012, 8 p.m.
Covenant Presbyterian Church
670 E. Meadow Dr., Palo Alto

Delphi Piano Trio
Simon Bokman     Trio, for violin, cello and piano
  1. Wind and Joy.
Sondra Clark     Two California Treasures
  1. Muir Woods.
  2. The Golden Gate.
Nancy Bloomer Deussen     Trio, for violin, cello and piano
  1. Divertimento e Canto.
  2. Largo.
  3. In Movimento.
I'lana Cotton     WindRiders
Dale Victorine     Trio, for violin, cello and piano
  1. Andante.
  2. Allegro.
Davide Verotta     In Flight

 

Sunday, April 22, 2012, 3 p.m.
Foothill Presbyterian Church
5301 McKee Rd, San Jose 95127

Composers and Friends II
Dale Victorine     Piano Sonata No. 2
John Bilotta     Renaissance Songs, for tenor voice and piano
  1. Prisoners.
  2. The Silver Swan.
  3. Aubade.
  4. Bitter-Sweet.
  5. V. A. Fancy.
Greg Steinke     Tomorrow on Yesterday, for harp
Sondra Clark     Caribbean Dances, for piano four hands
  1. Aruba Rumba.
  2. Jamaican Serenade.
  3. Havana Beguine.
Intermission
Nancy Bloomer Deussen     Musings: Circa 1940, for piano
  1. A Recollection.
  2. Youthful Frolics.
Carolyn Hawley     Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, for tenor voice and piano
  1. Knight of Pentacles.
  2. Knight of Swords.
  3. Knight of Cups.
  4. Knight of Wands.
Ken Malucelli     The Midway!, movements 2, 5 and 6, for piano four-hands
  1. Crowd.
  2. Museum.
  3. a. Weary;
  4. b. Dream;
  5. c. Exit.

 


Saturday February 11, 2012, 8 p.m.
Covenant Presbyterian Church
670 E. Meadow Dr., Palo Alto

Composers and Friends I
 L. Peter Deutsch    When You Are Old And Gray, for bass-voice and piano
 Alden Jenks    Unrestful Sleep, for piano
 Simon Bokman    Aria, for mezzo-soprano
 Jeff Dunn    Bear-Foot Waltz, for piano
 Ken Malucelli    The Midway!, for piano four-hands
  1. Entrance.
  2. Pleasure Rides: Carousel, Pony, Bumper Cars, Ferris Wheel, Roller Coaster.
Intermission
 Anne Baldwin    Recovery, for piano
  1. Broken.
  2. House-bound.
  3. Mending.
  4. Restored.
 Simon Bokman    The Organ Grinder, for mezzo-soprano, viola, piano four-hands
 Karl Schmidt    On a Thursday Night, for wind quintet
 Sondra Clark    Caribbean Dances, for piano four-hands
  1. Aruba Rumba.
  2. Jamaican Serenade.
  3. Havana Beguine.