The Group for Contemporary Music
Harvey Sollberger and Charles Wuorinen, Directors
Concerts and Repertoire 1962 -
lst Season
1. October 22, 1962, McMillin Theater, Columbia University
Thomas Morley Christes Crosse (1597)
Peter Westergaard Quartet for violin, vibraphone, clarinet, and cello( 1960)
Peter Westergaard Trio for flute, cello, and piano (1962) Ritornellos and
Variations
Karlheinz Stockhausen Kreuzspiel (1951)
Otto Luening Trio for flute, cello, and piano (1962)
Ralph.Shapey Chamber Symphony (1962)
2. November 19, 1962, McMillin Theater
Music from the Mensural Codex of Nikolaus Apel (late 15th century)
George Perle Monody No. 1 for flute solo (1960)
Ernst Krenek Flotenstuck Neunphasig, Part B (1959)
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati Interpolation, mobile for flute (1959)
Edward Staempfli Ornaments (1960)
Pierre Boulez Sonatine (1946)
3. December 17, 1962, McMillin Theater
Charles Wuorinen Bearbeitungen uber das Liederbuch (1477-88;1962)
Raoul Pleskow Movement for Flute, Cello, and Piano (1962)
Isaac Nemiroff Variations to a Theme (1958)
Roger Reynolds Abrupt Antic Acceptance Acquaintances
Donald Martino Cinque Frammenti for Oboe and String Bass (1961)
Igor Stravinsky String Quartet Music (1959 & 1914)
4. January 14, 1963, McMillin Theater
Matheus de Perusio Se je me plaing & Belle sans Per
(ca. 1400)
Anthonello de Caserta Amour m'a le cuer mis
Ursula Mamlok Composition for Solo Cello (1962)
Edgard Varese Density 21.5 for Flute Solo (1938, 1946)
Harvey Sollberger Trio (1961)
Olivier Messiaen Le Merle Noir (1952)
Arnold Schoenberg Sechs Kleine Klavierstuecke, Op.19 (1913)
Guillaume Dufay Vergine Bella (ca. 1425)
Anton Webern Drei Kleine Stuecke, Op. 11 (1914)
Anonymous ca. 1500 Jam Insignis, Jam Fulait
5. February 18. 1963, McMillin Theater
Perotin? Benediciamus Domino (13th century)
Matheus de Perusio Puisque je Sui (ca. 1400)
Le Greygnour Bien (ca. 1400)
Robert Helps Solo (1961) Portrait (1960)
Milton Babbitt Partitions for Piano (1957)
Alban Berg Streichquartett, Op. 3 (1910)
Robert Stewart Hydra for Six Instruments (1963)
Stefan Wolpe Piece for Two Instrumental Units (1963)
6. March 11, 1963, McMillin Theater
Otto Luening Sonata for Violoncello Solo (1952)
Ralph Shapey Sonate for Cello and Piano (1954)
Charles Wuorinen Duuiensela (1962)
Joseph Penna Four Reflections for Solo Cello (1961)
Elliott Carter Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (1948)
7. April 22, 1963, McMillin Theater
Salvatore Martirano Octet (1963)
George Rochberg La Bocca della Verita; Musicc for Oboe and Piano 1958-59)
Pierre Boulez Sonatine (1946)
Peter Westergaard Trio for flute celloand piano (1962)
Harvey Sollberger Solos for Violin and Instruments (1962)
2nd Season
1. November 11, 1963, McMillin Theater
Desprez Vive le Roy (1503)
Guillaume de Machaut De Toutes Flours (14th Century)
Heinrich Finck Greiner Zanner (ca. 1500)
Lukas Foss Echoi (1961-63)
Milton Babbitt Composition for Four Instruments (1948)
Anton Webern Streichtrio Op. 20 (1927)
Bela Bartok Contrasts (1938)
2. December 16, 1963, McMillin Theater
Francois Couperin Premier Concert Royal (1714)
Robert Stewart Five Miniatures for Piano (1963)
Hod O'Brien Two Pieces for Flute, Cello, and Piano (1963)
Michael Colgrass Rhapsody for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano (1963)
Arnold Schoenberg Phantasy for Violin with Piano Accompaniment Op. 47 (1949)
Donald Martino Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and Pianoforte (1959)
Otto Luening Sonata for Trombone and Piano (1953)
3. January 13, 1964, McMillin Theater
Bicinia (16th Century)
Charles Dodge Duo for Flute and Piano (1963)
George Perle Monody No. 1 (1960)
Kazuo Fukushima Three Pieces from Chu-u (1961)
Charles Wuorinen Piano Variations (1963)
Chou Wen-chung Cursive for Flute and Piano (1963)
Otto Luening Three Duets for Two Flutes (1961)
Pierre Boulez Sonatine (1946; revised 1954)
4. February 17, 1964, McMillin Theater
Music of Willaert and Vicentine (16th Century)
Salvatore Martirano Coctail Music for Piano (1962)
Ursula Mamlok Stray Birds (1963)
Peter Westergaard Variations for Six Players (1963)
Charles Wittenberg Vocalise (1963)
Alban Berg Vier Stucke fur Klarinette und Klavier (1913)
Charles Wuorinen Chamber Concerto for Cello and Ten Players (1963)
5. March 16, 1964, McMillin Theater
Johann Dismas Zelenka Sonata No. 6 for two Oboes, Bassoon Obligato
and Basso Continuo (ca 1720)
Stefan Wolpe Quartet for Oboe, Cello, Percussion, and Piano (1955)
Harvey Sollberger Two Oboes Troping (1963-64)
Stefan Wolpe Sonata for Oboe and Piano (1938-1941)
Elliott Carter Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello, & Harpsichord (1955)
6. April 13, 1964, McMillin Theater
Jean Baptiste Lully Marche des Mousquetaires du Rei de France
(1660) Air des Hautbois (ca.1672)
Milton Babbitt Ensembles for Synthesizer, Part I (1962)
Luciano Berio Sequenza (1958)
Stanley Walden Stretti for Eight Players (1964)
Harvey Sollberger Music for Flute and Piano (1964)
Edgard Varese Poeme Electronique (1958)
Igor Stravinsky Pastorale (1908), Four Russian Songs (1917, instrumented
1954) Epithalamium for flute, clarinet & harp (1958)
Louis Couperin Duex Fantaisies sur le jeu des haubeis (1654)
3rd Season
1. November 16, 1964, McMillin Theater
Andre et Jacques Philidor Military Music for Two Pairs of Timpani
(1683)
Milton Babbitt Ensembles for Synthesizer (1962/64)
Stefan Wolpe Trio in Two Parts (1964)
Chou Wen-chung Cursive (1963)
Charles Wuorinen Chamber Concerto for Cello and Ten Players (1963)
2. December 14, 1964, McMillin Theater
Luciano Berio Thema (Omaggio a Joyce) (1958)
Otto Luening Fantasia Brevis for Flute and Piano (1952)
Milton Babbitt Woodwind Quartet (1952)
Luigi Dallapiceela Quaderno Musicale Di Annalibera (1952-53)
John Bull In Nomine (ca.1600; 1964)
3. January 11, 1965, McMillin Theater
Charles Wuorinen Bearbeitungen uber des Glogauer Liederbuch
(ca.1470; 1962)
Mel Powell Events (1963)
Charles Dodge Composition for Oboe, Violin, Contrabass, Horn and Piano (1964)
Peter Westergaard Variations for Six Players (1963)
Elliott Carter Eight Etudes and a Fantasy (1950)
4. February 22, 1965, McMillin Theater
Heinrich Finck Two Instrumental Pieces (ca 1500)
Nicolas Roussakis Sextet (1964)
Bela Bartok Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (1937)
Arthur Berger 3 Pieces for 2 Pianos (1961-62)
Harvey Sollberger Chamber Variations for Twelve Players and Conductor (1964)
5. March 22, 1965, McMillin Theater
Nicola Vicentino Treccie di fila; Voi fra tanti altri, Laura che il verde lauro;
Candida rosa, Canzone da senor "La bella"
Mario Davidovsky Synchronisms No. 3 for Cello and Electronic Sounds (1965)
Beverly Bond Clarkson The Second Coming (1964)
Heinz Holliger Mobile fur Oboe und Harfe (1962)
Anton Webern Quartet (1930)
6. April 19, 1965, McMillin Theater
Arnold Schoenberg Eight Canons (1905-45)
Mae Min-chung (trans. Chou Won-chung) From "Yu-ko" for Ch'in (ca.1280; 1965)
Harley Gaber Fantasy for Solo Flute (1962)
Vladimir Ussachevsky Of Wood and Brass (1965)
Gunther Schuller Music for Violin, Percussion, and Piano (1957)
Edgard Varese Integrales (1926)
4th Season
1. November 8, 1965, McMillin Theater
John Blow Welcome, Welcome & If Mighty Wealth that gives
the rules to Vicious Men from Amphion Anglicus (1700)
Josef Matthias Hauer Sieben Kleine Stucke Op. 3 (1913) Zwolftonstuck (1956)
Pierre Boulez Improvisation sur Mallarme No 2 (1958)
Milton Babbitt Vision and Prayer (1961)
Charles Wuorinen Chamber Concerto for Oboe and Ten Players (1965)
2. December 13, 1965, McMillin Theater
Christopher Weait (arr.) Four Marches from the American Revolution
Harley Gaber Voce II (1965)
Aaron Copland Piano Variations (1930)
Otte Luening String Quartet No. 2 (1922)
Leifur Thorarinsson Kadensar (1963)
Hector Villa-Lobos Quintette (en forme de Choros) (1928)
3. January 17, 1966, McMillin Theater
John Bull In Nomine
Christopher Tye In Nomine "Trust"
Christopher Tye In Nomine "Crye"
Elliott Carter Woodwind Quintet (1948)
Raoul Pleskow Music for Two Pianos (1965)
Vladimir Ussachevsky Of Wood and Brass (1965)
Arnold Schoenberg Suite Op. 29 (1925)
4. February 21, 1966, McMillin Theater
Carlos Salzede Sonata for Harp and Piano (1925)
John Harbinson Emily Dickinson's Marriage, for Soprano and Four Treble Instruments
(1965)
Nicolas Roussakis Concert Trio for Oboe, Contrabass & Piano (1965)
Karlheinz Stockhausen Gesang der Junglinge (1955-6)
Igor Stravinsky Duo Concertant (1932)
5. March 21, 1966, McMillin Theater
Peter Phillips Passamezzo Pavane
Peter Phillips Pavane "Pagget" and Galliard (1561-1628)
Marie Davidovsky Electronic Study No 3 In Memoriam Edgard Varese (1966)
Henri Lazarof Asymptotes (1963)
Peter Phillips Pequenita (1966)
Beverly Bond Clarkson Numina for Two Flutes and Percussion (1966)
Peter Westergaard Mr. and Mrs. Discobbolos (1966)
6. April 25, 1966, McMillin Theater
Mao Min-chung (trans. Chou Wen-chung) From "Yu-Ko" for
Ch'in (ca.1280; 1965)
Gunther Schuller Woodwind Quintet (1958)
Stefan Wolpe Piece in Two Parts for Flute and Piano (1960)
Charles Dodge Folia (1965)
Anton Webern Vier Stucke fur Geige und Klavier Op. 7 (1910)
Harvey Sollberger Solos for Violin and Five Instruments (1962)
5th Season
1. October 31, 1966, McMillin Theater
John Bull (set by Charles Wuorinen) Salve Regina (set
1966)
Donald Martino Fantasy Variations (1962)
Claudio Spies Tempi (1960-62)
Mario Davidovsky Junctures (1966)
Igor Stravinsky Concerto per Due Piansforti Soli (1935)
2. December 5, 1966, McMillin Theater
Jack Beeson Sonata Canonica far two alto recorders (1966)
Anton Weborn Variationen fur.Klavier Op. 27 (1937)
J.K. Randall Mudgett; monologues by a mass murderer (1965)
Milton Babbitt Composition far Viola and Piano (1950)
Raoul Pleskow Movement for Oboe, Violin, and Piano (1966)
Elliott Carter Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello, & Harpsichord (1952)
3. January 9. 1967, McMillin Theater
Heinrich Isaac La Mi Sol (circa 1500)
Robert Ward First String Quartet (1966)
Chou Wen-chung Pien for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (1966)
Henry Weinberg Song Cycle (1960)
Edgard Varese Deserts (1950-54)
4. February 13, 1967, McMillin Theater
Ludwig van Beethoven Clavierstuck
Arnold Schoenberg Klavierstueck, Op. 33b (1931)
Otto Luening Gargoyles (1961)
Anton Webern Sechs Gesange, Op.14 (1917-21)
Dennis Riley Five Songs on Japanese Haiku (1963)
William Hellermann Poem for Soprano and Four Instruments (1966)
Roger Sessions Duo for Violin and Piano (1942)
5. March 20, 1967, McMillin Theater
Matheus de Perusio Andray Soulet (ca.1400)
Anonomous Je prends d'amour nouriture (ca.1400)
Jacopo da Bologna Lux purpurta-Diligite iusticiam (ca.1350)
Ralph Shapey Rhapsodie for Oboe and Piano (1957)
William Hibbard Portraits for Flute and Piano (1964)
David Burge Sources II, for Violin, Celeste and Piano (1965)
Stefan Wolpe Quintet with Voice (1956-57)
6. May 1, 1967, McMillin Theater
Arnold Schoenberg Zwei Lieder, Op.48 (1933)
Vladimir Ussachevsky Piece for Tape Recorder (revised 1967)
Peter Westergaard Divertimento on Discobbolic Fragments (1967)
Harvey Sellberger Music for Sophocles' Antigone (1966)
John Harbison Cantata III (1967)
Charles Wuorinen Janissary Music (1966)
6th Season
1. October 30,1967, McMillin Theater
Igor Stravinsky Fanfare for a New Theater (1964)
Josquin Des Prez Vive le roy (ca. 1500)
Raoul Pleskow Bagatelles No. 3 (1967)
Benjamin Boretz Group Variations I (1967)
Charles Ives Trio (1904)
Hubert S. Howe, Jr. Computer Variations (in progress)
Edgard Varese Octandre (1923)
2. December 4, 1967, McMillin Theater
Elliott Carter Canto (1967)
Donald Martino A Set for Clarinet (1954)
Otto Luening A Short Sonata for Piano No. 4 (1967)
Stanley Persky Trio (1967)
Peter Westergaard Divertimento on Discobbolic Fragments (1967)
Pril Smiley Eclipse (1967)
Milton Babbitt Compostion for Tenor and Six Instruments (1961)
3. January 8. 1968, McMillin Theater
David Saperstein Etude III (1966)
Dennis Riley Cantata I (1966)
Stefan Wolps Trio in Two Parts (1964)
William Hibbard String Trio (1964)
Joan Tower Opa Eboni (1966)
Igor Stravinski Concerto en mi b (Dumbarten Oaks 8-V-38)
4. February 12, 1968, McMillin Theater
Claude Debussy En Blanc et Noir (1915)
Richard Monaco Actaeon's Flight (1967)
Mario Davidovsky Synchronisms No. 3 for Cello and Electronic Sounds (1965)
Gunther Schuller Aphorisms (1967)
Charles Dodge Composition for Converted Digital Tape (1967)
Anton Webern Konzert, Op.24 (1934)
5. March 18, 1968, McMillin Theater
Franz Liszt Bagatelle ohne Tonart (1885)
Betsy Jolas Episode pour flute seule (1964)
Bela Bartok Nine Selections from 44 Duos (1933)
Luciano Berio Sequeriza per flauto solo (1958)
Harvey Sollberger Impromptu (1968)
A film by Lloyd Williams; sound by Vladimir Ussachevsky (1967)
6. May program cancelled due to student riots....
7th Season
1. October 28, 1968, McMillin Theater
Aaron Copland Vitebsk (1929)
A Selection of Ewe (Ghana) music
Charles Wuorinen, text by Richard Monaco The Politics of Harmony (1967)
2. January 13, 1969, McMillin Theater
Karl Kohn Encounters (1966)
J.K. Randall Lyric Variations for Violin and Computer (1968)
Chou Wen-chung Yu-Ko (1965)
Bulent Arel For Violin and Piano (1967)
Chou Wen-chung Pien (1966)
3. February 10, 1969, McMillin Theater
Igor Stravinsky Sonata for Two Pianos (1943-44)
Alvin Brehm Dialogues for Bassoon and Percussion (1964)
Elaine Barkin Refrains (1967)
Arthur Berger Five Pieces for Piano (1967-68)
Music from Carnatic India
4. March 24, 1969, McMillin Theater
E.C. Laufer Variations for Seven Instruments (1967)
Nicolas Roussakis Dialogos for Piano and Percussion (1968)
a film by Lloyd M. Williams to music by Vladimir Ussachevsky Two Images of a Computer
Piece (1968)
Edgard Varese Ionization (1931)
Elaine Barkin Refrains (1967)
Stefan Wolpe For Piano and Sixteen Players (1960-61)
8thSeason
1. October 27, 1969, McMillin Theater
J.S. Bach Contrapuncti I-IV from The Art of Fugue (1750)
Mario Davidovsky Study No. 2 (1962)
Elliott Carter Sonata for Cello and Piano (1948)
Anton Webern String Trio, Op. 20 (1927)
Stefan Wolpe Piece for Two Instrumental Units (1962)
2. December 8, 1969, McMillin Theater
Charles Wuorinen Bearbeitungen uber das Glogauer Liederbuch
(1962)
Mario Davidovsky Study No. 2 (1962)
Ingolf Dahl Duettino Concetante for Flute and Percussion (1966)
Pierre Boulez First Sonata for Piano (1946)
Nicolas Roussakis Six Short Pieces for Two Flutes (1969)
Vladimir Ussachevsky Linear Contrasts (1958)
Ursula Mamlok Polyphony for Solo Clarinet (1968)
Luciano Berio Circles (1960)
3. January 12, 1970, McMillin Theater
J.S. Bach Conrtrapuncti IX, X, XI from The Art of Fugue
(1750)
David Gilbert Poem VI (1966)
Karlheinz Stockhausen Gesang der Junglinge (1955-56)
Jeffrey Kresky Cantata (1968)
Otto Luening Trio (1962)
Isaac Nemiroff Three Pieces for Clarinet Alone (1969)
Arnold Schoenberg String Trio, Op. 45 (1946)
4. February 16, 1970, McMillin Theater
Sethus Calvisius Three Psalms from Tricinia (1603)
Bulent Arel Electronic Music No. 1 (1960)
John Harbison from December Music, Four Preludes (1967)
Harvey Sollberger Two Motets from Musica Transalpina (1970)
David Olen Trio (1969)
Igor Stravinsky Four Russian Songs (1915-19 ; instrumented 1954)
Lukas Foss Paradigm (1968)
5. March 23, 1970, McMillin Theater
EWE MUSIC OF GHANA
6. April 27, 1970, McMillin Theater
The Weslsyan University Gamelan and Javanese Dancers
7. May 4, 1970, McMillin Theater
Joan Tower Percussion Quartet (1963, rev. 1969)
Michael Colgrass Fantasy - Variations (1961)
Edgard Varese Ionization (1931)
Lou Harrison Concerto for Violin and Percussion (1940, rev.1959)
Charles Wuorinen Ringing Changes (1970)
9th Season
1. November 9, 1970, McMillin Theater
Lawrence Moss Exchanges (1968)
Ben Johnston Duo for Flute and String Bass (1963)
Harvey Sollberger Eleven Intervals (1970)
Dennis Riley Variations II (1967)
George Wilson Exigencies (1968)
Igor Stravinsky Septet (1952-53)
2. December 14, 1970 ; McMillin Theater
Donald Martino Parisonatina al'Dodecafonia (1964)
Alvin Singleton Cinque (1969)
Girolamo Arrigo Episodi (1963)
Nicolas Roussakis Helix (1970)
Ben Weber Four Songs for Soprano with Cello, Op.4 (1953)
David Saperstein Music for Solo Flute (1970)
Stefan Wolpe String Quartet (1968-69)
3. January 11, 1971, McMillin Theater
Charles Wuorinen A Song to the Lute in Musicke (1970)
Richard Howard From Beyoglu, 1851 - A Message to Denmark Hill (read by the
poet)
Charles Wuorinen A Message to Denmark Hill (1970)
William Hibbard Parsons' Piece (1969)
Richard Howard 1882 - A Montefiore Memorandum, 1907 - A Proposal from Paris
(read by the Poet)
Arnold Schoenberg Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41a (1942)
4. February 22, 1971, McMillin Theater
Edwin London, Quintet (1958-59)
Bulent Arel Frieze; Mimiana No. 2 (1969)
Milton Babbitt String Quartet No.2 (1954)
Billy Jim Layton Five Studies for Violin and Piano (1952)
David Epstein String Trio (1964)
Mario Davidovsky - Synchronisms No. 5 (1969)
5. April 5. 1971, McMillin Theater
Ingolf Dahl Five Duets for Clarinets (1970)
Benjamin Boretz Group Variations II - computer synthesis (1971)
Yehudi Wyner Three Short Fantasies for Piano (1963-71)
Richard Wilson Music for Violin and Cello (1969)
Roger Reynolds Ambages (1965)
Chou Wen-chung Yun (1968)
10th Season
1. December 17, 1971, Borden Auditorium- Manhattan School of Music
Peter Maxwell Davies Antechrist (1967)
Chinary Ung Kama (1970)
Harvey Sollberger Impromptu (1968)
George Crumb Night Music II (1963)
Preston Trombly Kinetics III (1971)
Arnold Schoenberg Third String Quartet, Op. 30 (1926)
2. January 17, 1972, Borden Auditorium
Joan Tower Six Variations for Cello (1971)
Claude Debussy Sonate No. 2 (1916)
Erik Lundborg Sextet (1971)
Aaron Copland Duo for Flute and Piano (1971)
Charles Wuorinen String Trio (1968)
3. February 22, 1972, Borden Auditorium
Charles Whittenberg Iambi (1968)
Igor Stravinsky Three Pieces for String Quartet (1914)
Milton Babbitt Sextets (1966)
Nicolas Roussakis Six Short Pieces for Two Flutes (1969)
Igor Stravinsky Concertino for String Quartet (1920)
a film by Istvan Ventila to music by Pril Smiley
4. March 13, 1972, Borden Auditorium
Carl Ruggles Angels for Muted Brass (1921 rev. 1938)
Seymour Shifrin Duo (1969)
Raoul Pleskow Three Movements for Quintet (1971)
Otto Luening Introduction and Allegro for C Trumpet and Piano (1965)
Peter Lieberson Variations for Solo Flute (1971)
Bela Bartok Third String Quartet (1927)
5. April 10, 1972, Borden Auditorium
Stefan Wolpe Form (1959) Form IV (l969)
Dennis Riley Variations III for Viola Alone (1971)
John Harbison Serenade (1968)
Charles Wuorinen Flute Variations I (1963) Flute Variations II (1968)
Francis Thorne Lyric Variations II (1971)
Harvey Sollberger As Things Are and Become (1969; revised 1972)
6. May 16, 1972, Borden Auditorium
Pierre Boulez Troisieme Sonata pour Piano (1961)
Vladimir Ussachevsky Excerpts from Incidental Music (1971) for "We", a play by
Evgenii Zamiatin
Jeffrey Kresky Cantata II (1971)
Gunther Schuller Double Quintet (1961)
Mario Davidovsky Synchronisms No. 5 (1969)
11th Season
1. November 20, 1972, Hubbard Recital Hall - Manhattan School of Music
Milton Babbitt Occasional Variations (1971)
Richard Wilson Music for Solo Flute (1972)
Kil-sung Oak Duo for Violin and Piano (1972)
George Perle Toccata (1969)
Daria Semegen Electronic Composition No. 1 (1972)
Stefan Wolpe Piece for Trumpet and Seven Instruments (1971)
2. December 18, 1972 1 Borden Auditorium
Eugene Lee Yuh-Woon (1972)
Pierre Boulez Improvisation sur Mallarme I and II (1958)
Andrew Thomas The Death of Yukio Mishima (1972)
Charles Wuorinen Chamber Concerto for Tuba (1970)
3. February 5, 1973, Hubbard Recital Hall
Preston Trombly Kinetics III (1971)
Francis Thorne Sonatina (1962)
Kazu Fukushima Three Pieces from "Chu-u" (1964)
Jeffrey Kresky In Nomine (1972)
Burt Levy Orbs with Flute (1966)
Mario Davidovsky Synchronisms No. 1 (1963)
J.S. Bach Trio Sonata in B-flat Major
4. March 19, 1973 1 Hubbard Recital Hall
Robert Hall Lewis Serenades (1970)
George Crumb Five Pieces (1962)
Roger Sessions Second Sonata (1946)
Hall Overton Polarities No.1 (1958)
Robert Helps 3 Hommages (1972)
Paul Lansky Modal Fantasy (1970)
Mario Davidovsky Synchronisms No. 6 (1970)
5. April 23, 1973 Hubbard Recital Hall
Howard Rovics Piece for Cello, Piano, and Tape (1969)
Stephen Dydo Trio Sonata (1973)
David Winkler Chamber Concerto for Piano and Four Instruments (1973)
Charles Dodge Extensions (1973)
Harvey Sollberger The Two and The One (1972)
6. May 21, 1973, Borden Auditorium
Wallingford Riegger Music for Brass Choir (1949)
Arnold Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 (1906)
Nicolas Rouseakis Concertino (1972-73)
Edgard Varese Integrales (1925)
12th Season
1. November 5, 1973, Hubbard Recital Hall
Peter Westergaard Divertimento on Discobbolic Fragments
(1967)
Fred Lerdahl Piano Fantasy (1964)
Arthur Berger Trio for Guitar, Violin, and Piano (1972)
Preston Trombly Trio for Flute, String Bass, and Percussion (1973)
Mario Davidovsky Chacona (1972)
2. December 17, 1973, Borden Auditorium
Nicolas Roussakis Movement for Brass Quintet (1964)
Bulent Arel Six, and 7 "Mimiana III" (1972)
Stefan Wolpe Cantata for Voice, Voices and Instruments (1963)
Arnold Schoenberg Six Pieces for Piano Four-Hands (1896)
Elliott Carter Double Concerto for Harpsichord, Piano with Two Chamber Orchestras
(1961)
3. January 14, 1974, Hubbard Recital Hall
John Selleck Migrations (1973)
Otto Luening Eight Tone Poems for Two Violas (1971)
Arhtur Kreiger Composition for Electronic Tape (1973)
Harvey Sollberger Riding the Wind I (1973) and III (1974)
Roberk Pollock Song Cycle on Poems of Stephen Crane (1973)
Milton Babbitt All Set for Jazz Ensemble (1957)
4. February 4, 1974, Hubbard Recital Hall
Barbara Kolb Solitaire for Tape and Piano (1971)
David Diamond Tenth String Quartet (1966)
Carlos Rausch Para Gerardo - Phonos II (1973)
Isaac Nemiroff Duo for Oboe and Bass Clarinet (1973)
Maurice Wright Electronic Composition (1973)
Dennis Riley Concertante Music No. 2 (1971-72)
5. March 25, 1974, Borden Auditorium
Gunther Schuller Symphony for Brass and Percussion
(1949-50)
Matthias Kriesberg Esja (1973-74)
Igor Stravinsky Abraham and Isaac (1962-63)
Charles Wuorinen Chamber Concerto for Flute and Ten Players (1964)
6. April 15, 1974, Hubbard Recital Hall
Diego Ortiz Recercada Secunda, Recercada Tercera, Recercada
Sesta (1553)
Igor Stravinsky Elegie (1944)
Charles Wuorinen Adapting to the Times (1968-69)
Donald Martino Parisonatina Al'Dodecafonia (1964)
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata Op. 102, Nr. 1 (1815)
13th Season
1. November 11, 1974, Borden Auditorium
Igor Stravinsky Fanfare for a New Theater (1964)
Charles Ives The Unanswered Question (1908)
Raoul Pleskow Motet and Madrigal (1973)
Peter Lieberson Concerto for Violoncello (1974)
Harvey Sollberger Riding the Wind (1973-74)
Edgard Varese Deserts (1954)
2. December 16, 1974, Hubbard Recital Hall
Elliott Carter String Quartet No. 2 (1959)
Milton Babbitt DU (1951)
Elliott Carter Pieces for Four Timpani (1950-66)
Milton Babbitt Philomel (1963)
3. February 10, 1975, Hubbard Recital Hall
Harley Gaber Koku (1970, rev. 1973)
Ross Lee Finney Two Ballades (1973)
Joan Tower Hexachords (1972)
Arnold Schoenberg Drei Satiren, Op. 28 (1525) Second Chamber Symphony, Op. 38B
(1906-1940)
Drei Satiren, Op. 28 (1925)
4. March 31, 1975 Borden Auditorium
Louis Weingarden Fantasy and Funeral Music (1967)
Arthur Kreiger Dialogue for Steel Drums and Electronic Tape (1974)
Charles Wuorinen Ringing Changes (1969)
George Crumb Music for a Summer Evening (1974)
5. April 28, 1975, Hubbard Recital Hall
Charles Ives Songs (1894-1925)
Francis Thorne Chamber Concerto for Cello and Ten Instruments (1974-75)
Donald Martino Pianississimo (1970)
Erik Lundborg Butte Chord (1975)
6. May 20, 1975, Borden Auditorium
John Bull Salve Regina set by Charles Wuorinen (1966)
Stefan Wolpe Piece for Two Instrumental Units
Igor Stravinsky Monumentum Pro Gesualdo (1960)
Movements for Piano and Orchestra (1959)
Variations Aldous Huxley in Memorium (1964)
Requiem Canticles (1966)
14th Season
1. November 3, 1975, Hubbard Recital Hall
Hugh Aitken Piano Fantasy (1967)
Charles Dodge In Celebration (1975)
Joe Spivack Concertino for Piano and Five Instruments (1974)
Milton Babbitt Phonemena (1969) Phonemena (1974)
Joe Hudson Reflexives (1975)
Donald Jenni Cherry Valley: August, 1975 (1975)
2. December 15, 1975, Borden Auditorium
Arnold Schoenberg, Das Buch der Hangenden Garten (1908)
Charles Wuorinen The W. of Babylon (1971-75) - excerpts
3. March 1, 1976, Hubbard Recital Hall
Jeffrey Kresky Bell Music (1975)
Claus Adam Herbstgesange (1969)
Elliott Carter Brass Quintet (1974)
Andrew Thomas An Wasserflussen Babylon (1973)
William Albright Take That (1972)
4. March 29. 1976 Alice Tully Hall
Preston Trombly Kinetics III (1971)
Otto Luening Lyric Scene (1958)
Harvey Sollberger Riding the Wind I (1974)
George Rochberg Serenata d'estate (1955)
Stefan Wolpe Piece in Two Parts (1960)
Kazuo Fukushima Hi-kyo (1962)
5. April 12, 1976, Hubbard Recital Hall
Igor Stravinsky Duo Concertant (1932)
Roger Sessions Sonata (1953)
John Cage Six Melodies for Violin and Keyboard (1950)
Igor Stravinsky Suite Italienne (1933)
6. May 25, 1976, Borden Auditorium
Chou Wen-chung Yu Ko (1965)
Lee Eu-gene Composition for Eight Instruments (1975)
Nicolas Roussakis Syrtos (1975)
Charles Ives Variations on "America" (1891)
Alban Berg Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with Thirteen Instr. (1923-25)
15th Season
1. November 3. 1976, Borden Auditorium
Roger Reynolds Compass (1973)
Igor Stravinsky L'Histoire du Soldat (1918)
2. November 15, 1976, Hubbard Recital Hall
David Del Tredici Soliloquy (1958)
Gregory Ballard Piano Music 2 (1975)
John Cage From Sonatas and Interludes (1946-48)
Joan Tower Black Topaz (1976)
Milton Babbitt Reflections (1975)
3. January 28, 1977, Borden Auditorium
Igor Stravinsky Variations (Aldous Huxley in Memoriam)
(1964)
Stefan Wolpe Chamber Piece No. 1 (1964)
Anton Webern Variations, Op. 30 (1940)
Charles Wuorinen Reliquary (1974-75)
4. February 14, 1977, Hubbard Recital Hall
Dean Drummond Zurrjir (1976)
Dorrance Stalvey Changes (1966)
John Chowning Turenas (1972)
Stephen Mosko Three Clerks in Niches (1976)
Arnold Schoenberg Variations on a Recitative, Op. 40 (1943)
5. March 21, 1977, Borden Auditorium
Arthur Kreiger Nocturne (1976)
Nicolas Roussakis Tetraphony (1977)
Mario Davidovsky Synchronisms No. 8 (1974)
Stephen Dydo Capriccio (1977)
Gyorgy Ligeti Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet (1968)
6. April 25, 1977, Hubbard Recital Hall
Elias Tanenbaum Piano and Tape (1975)
Gregory Martindale Night Flyer (1977)
Toru Takemitsu Voice (1971)
Robert Morris Motet on Dooh-dah
Francis Thorne Love's Variations (1976-77)
Maurice Wright A Noise Did Rise Like Thunder In My Hearing (1975)
16th Season
1. October 24, 1977, Borden Auditorium
Erik Lundborg Solotremolos (1977)
John Melby Two Stevens Songs (1975)
Morton Feldman Routine Investigations (1976)
Roger Sessions Five Pieces for Piano (1974-75)
Milton Babbitt Arie Da Capo (1973-74)
2. November 21, 1977, Candlelight Concert (Manhattan School, Cabaret setting)
Henry Cowell The Universal Flute (1946)
Jeffrey Kresky Vox Clamantis (1976)
Glenn Lieberman Metalwork (1976-77)
Otto Luening Third Short Sonata (1975)
Ferrucclo Busoni Funf Goethe Lieder (1918-24)
Goffredo Petrassi Souffle (1969)
3. December 12, 1977, Candlelight Concert
Goddard Lieberson String Quartet (1965)
Lejaren Hiller String Quartet No.6 (1975)
Alban Berg Lyric Suite (1926)
4. February 6, 1978, The Great Hall, Cooper Union
Edgard Varese Ionization (1931)
Harvey Sollberger Flutes and Drums (1978)
Charles Wuorinen Percussion Symphony (1976)
5. April 28, 1978, Borden Auditorium
Arnold Schoenberg Five Pieces for Orchestra, Opus 16
(1909)
(performed twice with illustrated commentary by Milton Babbitt)
17th Season
1. November 6, 1978, Candlelight Concert (Manhattan School, Cabaret setting)
George.Gershwin Slap that Bass (1936)
Robert Moevs Una Collana Musicale (1977)
Ernst Krenek They Knew What The Wanted, Op.227 (1976)
Andrew Violette Black Tea (1976)
Aaron Copland Threnody I (1971) Threnody II (1973)
Tobias Picker Rhapsody (1978)
2. November 21, 1978, Borden Auditorium
Morton Feldman Neither (1977)
3. December 18. 1978 ; Borden Auditorium
William Hibbard Menage (1974)
Joan Tower Amazon (1977)
Charles Wuorinen Archangel (1978)
Donald Martino Triple Concerto (1977)
4. February 12, 1979, Candlelight Concert
Elaine Barkin Plein Chant (1977)
Chester Biscardi Tenzone (1975)
Robert Morris Raudra (1976)
Wesley Oye Tripudium (1978)
Francisco Kropfl Musica para Fauta y Piano (l977)
Harvey Sollberger Hara (1977)
5. March 9, 1979, The Great Hall, Cooper Union
William Valente Quintet (1977)
Nicolas Roussakis Ephemeris (1979)
Arnold Schoenberg Fourth String Quartet, Op. 37 (1937)
6. April 16, 1979, The Great Hall, Cooper Union
Stefan Wolpe Quartet (1955)
George Crumb Night of the Four Moons (1969)
Lukas Foss Echoi (1963)
18th Season
1. October 15, 1979, Borden Auditorium
Paul Chihara Willow, Willow (1968)
Roger Reynolds Less Than Two (1976-78)
Edwin Dugger Fantasy for Piano (1977)
Leonard Rosenman Chamber Music No. 2 (1968)
2. November 19, 1979, Borden Auditorium
Allen Shawn Movements (1979)
Tom Johnson Risks for Unrehearsed Performers (1977)
Yehudi Wyner De Novo (1971)
Aaron Copland Sonata for Violin and Piano
Gundaris Pone Ely (1978)
3. December 10, 1979, The Great Hall, Cooper Union
Tod Machover Yoku Mireba (1977)
Charles Wuorinen Fast Fantasy (1977)
Gerald Chenoweth Fantasy Quartet (1972)
John Cage Third Construction in Metal (1941)
4. February 22 1980, The Great Hall, Cooper Union
Michael Tippett Piano Sonata No. 2 (1962)
Bernard Rands Deja (1972)
Roberto Gerhard Gemini (1966)
Harrison Birtwistle Tragoedia (1967)
5. March 17, 1980, Borden Auditorium
Charles Ives, Violin Sonata No. 2 (1903-10)
Stefan Wolpe, Quartet (1955)
Francis Thorne, Third String Quartet (1975-77)
Toru Takemitsu, Bryce (1976)
6. April 21, 1980, The Great Hall, Cooper Union
Harvey Sollberger, Met him pike hoses (1980)
Ezra Laderman, Meditations on Isaiah (1971)
John Melby, Accelerazioni (1979)
Raoul Pleskow, String Quartet (1979)
Milton Babbitt, My Ends Are My Beginnings (1978)
19th Season (1980-1981)
1. November 10, 1980; The Symphony Space
In collaboration with Parnassus, Anthony Korf, Artistic Director
Edgard Varèse: Intégrales (1925)
Anthony Korf: A Farewell (1980)
George Perle: Concertino (1979)
Charles Wuorinen: Tuba Concerto (1970)
2. December 1, 1980; Borden Auditorium
In honor of Otto Luening's 80th Birthday
Ferruccio Busoni: Sonatina No. 2 (1912) and No. 6 (1920)
Phillip Jarnach: Musik zum Gedachtnis des Einsamen (1952)
Otto Luening: Songs, old and new (1918-1980)
Nicolas Roussakis: Voyage (1980)
3. February 2, 1981; The Great Hall, Cooper Union
Joint recital by Harvey Sollberger, flute, and Robert Miller, piano
Chester Biscardi: Mestiere (1979)
Arthur Kreiger: Fantasy (1979)
Robert Moevs: Crystals (1979)
Mario Davidovsky: Synchronisms No. 1 (1963)
Harvey Sollberger: Variation (1981)
Stefan Wolpe: Piece in Two Parts (1960)
4. March 2, 1981; The Symphony Space
In celebration of the 15th Anniversary of The National Endowment for the Arts
Joseph Ness: Bora (1981)
Morton Subotnick: Parallel Lines (1979)
David Olan: Prism (1978)
William Schuman: In Sweet Music (1978)
5. April 6, 1981; Borden Auditorium
Peter Lieberson: Tashi Quartet (1978-79)
John Adams: Shaker Loops (1978)
Igor Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks Concerto (1938)
6. May 8, 1981; The Great Hall, Cooper Union
Erik Lundborg: The Seafarer (1981)
George Crumb: Celestial mechanics (1979)
Jeffrey Kresky: Soliloquy: On the Conditions of Incoming and Departing Souls (1977)
Elliott Carter: Syringa (1978)(In collaboration with Speculum Musicae)
20th Season (1981-1982)
1. November 2, 1981; 92nd Street Y
Elliott Carter: Pieces for Four Timpani (1950-51)
Edgard Varèse: Density 21.5 (1936)
Charles Wuorinen: Chamber Concerto for Cello and 10 players (1963)
Alban Berg: Chamber Concerto for Violin, Piano and Thirteen Wind Instruments (1923-25)
2. December 14, 1981; The Symphony Space
Contemporary Music from The People's Republic of China
American debut of Chen Xieyang, the leading conductor of China
3. January 25, 1982; Borden Auditorium
Ursula Mamlok: Panta Rhei (1981)
Tobias Picker: Nova (1979)
Roger Reynolds: The Palace (1980)
Bruce Saylor: Songs from Water Street (1980)
Gunther Schuller: Sonata Serenata (1978)
Francis Thorne: Cello Concerto (1974-75)
4. February 22, 1982; The Symphony Space
Milton Babbitt: An Elizabethan Sextette (1979)
Paraphrases (1979)
Dual (1980)
Stefan Wolpe: Piece for Trumpet and 7 instruments (1971)
Songs from the Hebrew (1936-39)
String Quartet (1968-75)
5. March 22, 1982; 92nd Street Y
In celebration of Roger Sessions' 85th Birthday
Roger Sessions: Concertino (1971-72)
Piano Sonata No. 1 (1930)
Igor Stravinsky Danses Concertantes (1941-42)
Concertino (1920)
Three Pieces for String Quartet (1914)
6. April 28, 1982; Borden Auditorium
Susan Blaustein: Ricercate (1982)
Dean Drummond: Columbus (1980)
Lukas Foss: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (1978)
Richard Hervig: An Entertainment (1978)
Nicolas Roussakis: Night Speech (1968)
Harvey Sollberger: Riding the Wind II, III, IV (1973)
21th Season (1982-1983)
1. October 25, 1982; 92nd Street Y
In honor of the 70th Birthday of Conlon Nancarrow
Conlon Nancarrow: String Quartet (1945) Study No. 41 for Player
Piano (1980)
Henry Cowell: Ostinato Pianissimo (1934)
Roger Sessions: String Quartet No. 1 (1936)
Edgard Varèse: Ionisation (1933)
2. November 30, 1982; The Symphony Space - A Memorial to Robert Miller
Matthias Kriesberg: a3520 (1980)
Harvey Sollberger: Life Study (1982)
Tobias Picker: When Soft Voices Die (1977)
Milton Babbitt: Reflections (1974)
Anton Webern: String Trio Op. 20 (1927)
Elliott Carter: Night Fantasies (1980)
3. February 8, 1983; Kaufmann Concert Hall at The 92nd Street Y
Nicolas Roussakis: Movement (1964)
Nancy Chance: Exultation and Lament (1980)
Lukas Foss: Round a Common Center (1976)
Luciano Berio: Sequenza VIII (1976)
Jacob Druckman: Other Voices (1976)
4. March 15, 1983; The Symphony Space
The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, Raymond DesRoches, director
John Klopotowski: Percussion Sextet (1978)
Rolv Yttrehus: Angstwagen (1971)
John Cage: Third Construction (1941)
Daniel Levitan: Summer Image (1982)
Chester Biscardi: Transumanar (1980)
5. April 19, 1983; Kaufmann Concert Hall at the 92nd Street Y
Alex Tooker: Fireflies (1980)
Gilbert Amy: Echos XIII (1976)
Charles Wuorinen: Horn Trio (1981)
Raoul Pleskow: Variations (1980)
Mario Davidovsky: String Quartet No. 4 (1979)
Miriam Gideon: Questions of Nature (1968)
6. May 3, 1983; Manhattan School of Music
Richard Rodney Bennett: Oboe Quartet
Nancy Laird Chance: Lamentation and Lament
Robert Hall Lewis: A Due I
Donald Martino: Quodlibets II
Igor Stravinsky: Sermon, Narrative and Prayer
Alex Tooker: Fireflies
7. June 3, 1983; The New York Philharmonic Horizons '83 at Avery
Fisher Hall
The Group for Contemporary Music: Harvey Sollberger, conductor
Donald Martino: Triple Concerto for Soprano Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra (1977)
22nd Season (1983-1984)
1. October 18, 1983; Kaufmann Concert Hall at the 92nd Street Y
The Columbia String Quartet
Nicolas Roussakis: Morning (1979) from Ephemeris
Arnold Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 3 (1927)
John Cage: String Quartet in Four Parts (1950)
Belá Bartók: String Quartet No. 3 (1927)
2. November 22, 1983; The Symphony Space
An Evening of New Composers and Premieres
Thomas Barker: Trikhyalo (1983)
Joel Feigin: First Tragedy (1982)
Glenn Liebermann: Trio Sonata (1980)
Joseph Ness: Piano Quartet (1983)
Aaron Kernis: Music for Trio (Cycle IV) (1982)
3. December 20, 1983; Borden Auditorium
John Melby: Concerto for Viola and Computer-synthesized Tape
(1982)
Hugo Weisgall: Translations (1971)
Frederick Fox: Nexus (1982)
Arthur Kreiger: Passacaglia on Spring and All (1981)
Donald Martino: Quodlibets II (1980)
Bernard Rands: Obbligato (1980)
4. February 21, 1984; The 92nd Street Y - An evening with Fred Sherry, violoncello
Elliott Carter: Sonata for Cello and Piano (1948)
Jeffrey Mumford: Duo Concertante (1981-82)
Louis Karchin: Duo for Violin and Cello (1981)
Igor Stravinsky: Italian Suite (1932)
5. March 20, 1984; The Symphony Space - An evening of New Music for Strings
William Hibbard: P/M Variations - Revisited (1974-75)
Robert Moevs: Trio (1981)
Donald Sur: Il Tango di Trastevere (1977)
Francis Thorne: String Quartet No. 4 (1982)
Roger Reynolds: Aether (1983)
6. April 10, 1984; The 92nd Street Y - An evening with Harvey Sollberger,flute
Robert Hall Lewis: A Due I (1981)
Harvey Sollberger: Killapata/Chaskapata (1983)
Milton Babbitt: Groupwise (1983)
Stefan Wolpe: Piece in Two Parts (1959-60)
Charles Wuorinen: Chamber Concerto for Flute and Ten Players (1964)
7. June 3, 1984; New Philharmonic Horizons '84 Concert - Avery
Fisher Hall
The Group for Contemporary Music "Chamber Music with Computers"
Coordinated by Roger Reynolds and Charles Wuorinen
Harvey Sollberger, conductor
Iannis Xenakis: "Khal Perr" for Brass Quintet
and Percussion
Jean-Claude Risset: "Profils" for Seven Instrumentalists and Computer-
synthesized Tape
Paul Lansky: "As If" for String Trio and Computer-synthesixed Tape
York Hoeller: "Arcus" for Seventeen Instrumentalists and Tape
23rd Season (1984-1985)
1. October 2, 1984; The 92nd Street Y An evening with The New
Jersey Percussion Ensemble
Raymond DesRoches, director
William Albright: Take That (1972)
Mario Davidovsky: Synchronisms No. 5 (1969)
John Cage: Third Construction (1941)
Charles Wuorinen: Percussion Symphony (1976)
2. November 13, 1984; The Symphony Space
Brian Fennelly: Tessarae IX (1981)
Elias Tanenbaum: The Four of Us (1982)
Anthony Korf: Oriole (1983)
Marc-Antonio Consoli: Tre Fiori Musicali (1978)
Donald Sur: Il Tango de Trastevere (1977)
Salvatore Martirano: Thrown (1984)
3. December 18, 1984; Borden Auditorium
Harvey Sollberger: Met him pike hoses (1979)
Eric Chasalow: Hanging in the Balance (1983)
Milton Babbitt: Groupwise (1983)
Tobias Picker: Pianorama (1984)
Matthias Kriegsberg: Hommage à Mirò (1984)
Milton Babbitt: An Elizabethan Sextette (1978-79)
4. February 12, 1985; The Symphony Space
Iannis Xenakis: Khalperr (1983)
Roger Reynolds: Mistral (1985)
5. April 2, 1985; Kaufmann Concert Hall at the 92nd Street Y
An evening with Benjamin Hudson, violin, and Kenneth Bowen, piano
Igor Stravinsky: Duo Concertant (1931-32)
Elliott Carter: Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi (1984)
Nicolas Roussakis: Pas de deux (1985)
George Crumb: Four Nocturnes (Night Music II) (1964)
Stefan Wolpe: Sonata for Violin and Piano
Lukas Foss: Composer's Holiday (1944)
24th Season (1985-1986)
1. November 5, 1985; 92nd Street Y
Mel Powell: Modules: An Intermezzo for Chamber Orchestra
(1985)
John Melby: Concerto for Flute and Computer synthesized Tape (1984)
Milton Babbitt: Composition for Guitar (1984)
Elliott Carter: Changes for Guitar (1984)
Charles Wuorinen: Archaeopteryx (1978)
2. January 29. 1986; Carnegie Recital Hall An 85th birthday tribute to Otto Luening
Otto Luening: Trio for Piano, Flute and Cello (1962)
Donald Martino: Fantasy Variations for Solo Violin (1962)
Francis Thorne: Rhapsodic Variations No. 2 for Clarinet, Violin and Cello (1985)
Otto Luening: Opera Fantasia for Violin and Piano (1985)
Donald Martino: Fantasies and Impromptus (1981)
Harvey Sollberger: Double Triptych (1984)
3. February 23, 1986; Carnegie Recital Hall - 20th Century Masterpieces
Edgard Varèse: Octandre (1923)
Arnold Schoenberg: Drei Satiren, Op. 28 (1926)
Four Songs for Mixed Choir, Op. 27 (1926)
Igor Stravinsky: Octet for Wind Instruments (1923, rev. 1952)
4. April 1, 1986; 92nd Street Y - Recital by Alan Feinberg, pianist
New York premieres by Milton Babbitt and György Ligeti and works by Busoni, Edwards, Rachmaninoff and Wuorinen
5. April 30, 1986; Carnegie Recital Hall, An evening of 20th Century song with Susan Belling and David Hamilton
Aaron Copland: Twelve Dickinson Songs (1951)
Charles Ives: Selected Songs
Hugo Weisgall: Lyrical Interval
25th Season (1986-1987) - 25th Anniversary Season
1. November 4, 1986; Merkin Concert Hall
Sylvestre Revueltas: Hommenaje à Federico Garcia-Lorca
Morton Gould: Cellos (1984)
Harvey Sollberger: Three of Four Things I Know About the Oboe (1985) (dedicated to
the memory of Josef Marx)
Wayne Peterson: Transformations (1986)
Charles Wuorinen: Hyperion (1975)
2. January 13, 1987; Merkin Concert Hall
William Hibbard: Handwork (1985)
Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for Two Solo Pianos (1935)
Stefan Wolpe: Sonata for Violin and Piano (1949)
3. February 24, 1987; Merkin Concert Hall An evening of 20th century song with Judith Bettina and Tobias Picker
Alban Berg: Sieben Frühe Lieder (1907)
Claude Debussy: Trois poèmes de Mallarmé (1913)
Tobias Picker: Three songs (1987)
Mel Powell: Letter to a Young Composer (1987)
David Olan: Fauna (1987) (written for Judith Bettina and Times Square Basstet)
Milton Babbitt: Philomel (1964)
4. March 31, 1987; Merkin Concert Hall
Raoul Pleskow: Composition for Four Instruments (1986)
Ralph Shapey: The Gottlieb Duo for Piano and Percussion (1984)
David Liptak: Giovane vagha, i' non senti
Donald Erb: The Rainbow Snake
5. April 28, 1987; Merkin Concert Hall
Glenn Glass: Nonet (1986)
Nicolas Roussakis: Trigono (1985-86)
Roger Reynolds: Conconino for String Quartet - A Shattered Landscape
Christopher Fulkerson: Sonata for Harp (1985)
Mario Davidovsky: String Trio (1982)
George Crumb: Idyll for the Misbegotten (1986)
26th Season (1987-1988)
1. September 22, 1987; Merkin Concert Hall
A celebration of the 50th Anniversary of The American Composers Alliance
Michelle Ekizian: Octoéchos for Double Quartet and Soprano
Elliott Carter: Riconoscenza (per Groffredo Petrassi)
Louis Karchin: Songs of John Keats (1984) Capriccio for Solo Violin and Seven
Instruments (1977)
2. January 5, 1988; Merkin Concert Hall
New and Unusual Music
Harvey Sollberger: Taking Measures (1987)
John Chowning: Phone (for quadrophonic tape) (1979)
Joseph Ness: Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano (1987)
Charles Wuorinen: Third String Quartet (1987)
3. February 9, 1988; Merkin Concert Hall, Contemporary Music for Saxophone
Anton Webern: Quartet, Op. 22 (1930)
Frederick Fox: Shaking the Pumpkin (1986)
Milton Babbitt: Whirled Series (1987)
Stefan Wolpe: Quartet No. 1 (1950, rev. 1954)
27th Season (1988-1989) in Residence at Rutgers University
1. April 19, 1989; Rutgers University
The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble
Rolv Yttrehus: Sonata for Percussion and Piano
Robert Pollock: Chamber Setting No. 2 with narrator; texts by Ezra Pound
Milton Babbitt: Beaten Paths for solo marimba, Homily for solo snare drum
Mario Davidovsky: Synchronisms No. 5 for percussion and electronic tape
Ulf Grahn: In the Shade
2. April 21, 1989; Rutgers University
James Bennett III: Array! Surrection!
Milton Babbitt: Suite of solo piano works (Feinberg)
Jonathan Harvey: Nataraja
Harvey Sollberger: Riding the Wind
Fred Lerdahl: Fantasy Etudes
3. April 23, 1989; Rutgers University
Barbara Kolb: Umbrian Colors
Donald Martino: Parisonatina al Dedecafonia
Stefan Wolpe: Second Piece for Violin Alone (1966)
Elliott Carter: Changes
Wayne Peterson: Duodecaphony
Charles Wuorinen: String Quartet No. 3
* Each Rutgers University concert included a 7 p.m. preconcert talk by Charles Wuorinen and Joan Peyser, followed by an electronic prelude at 7:30 p.m (Chowning, Risset)
28th Season (1989-1990)
1. October 12 and 13, 1989; Guggenheim Museum Auditorium
Work and process Series*
Milton Babbitt: Homily for snare drum (1987)
All Set for jazz ensemble (1957)
Charles Wuorinen: Sonata for Violin and Piano (1988)
* Included a panel discussion with composers Milton Babbitt and Charles Wuorinen with Tim Page of Newsday and WNYC as moderator
2. March 25, 1990; New York Society of Ethical Culture Auditorium
New and Unusual String Quartets
Jonathan Harvey: String Quartet (1977)
Wayne Peterson: String Quartet (1983)
David Felder: Third Face (1988)
Stefan Wolpe: String Quartet (1969)
3. April 19 and 20, 1990; Guggenheim Museum Auditorium, Works and Process Series *
Charles Wuorinen: New York Notes (1984) accompanied by computer-generated images presented by Benoit B. Mandlebrot
* Included a panel discussion with composer Charles Wuorinen and IBM/Yale mathematician Benoit B. Mandlebrot with Joan Peyser (author and musicologist) as moderator
29th Season (1990-1991)
During the 30th season The Group for Contemporary Music made a conscious shift from live performances to an emphasis on recordings.
1. April 21, 1991; New York Society for Ethical Culture Auditorium, String Quartets
Wayne Peterson: String Quartet (1983)*
Jonathan Harvey: String Quartet (1977)*
Charles Wuorinen: Second String Quartet (1979)*
* Recorded for Koch International Classics - The Group for Contemporary Music
Special Concerts
March 26, 1996
ALL DRUCKMAN PROGRAM (honoring the composer), Miller Theater, Columbia University
Dark Wind (1994)
String Quartet No. 2 (1966)
String Quartet No. 3 (1981)
All three works recorded for Koch CD (issue date, March 1998)
13 & 16 June, 1996
WUORINEN, Piano Quintet, at the Barge, Brooklyn Pier
recorded for Koch CD (issue date, March 1998)
November 8,9 1998
GYORGI KURTAG (Works and Process at the Guggenheim)
Phyllis Bryn Julson, soprano
Violaine Melancon, violin
Gyorgi Kurtag: Kafka Fragments (New York Premiere)
February 12, 13 1999
CHARLES WUORINEN (Works and Process at the Guggenheim)
Charles Wuorinen: The Great Procession (1995)
Charles Wuorinen: The River of Light (1997)
April 18, 19 1999
BERNARD RANDS (Works and Process at the Guggenheim)
Jackie Leclair, oboe
Bernard Rands: Memo 4 (1997)
Bernard Rands: Concertino
Bernard Rands: String Quartet No. 4 (1996)
Bernard Rands: "...in the receding mist"
January 30, 31 2000
ERIC MOE and AUGUSTA READ THOMAS (Works and Process at
the Guggenheim)
Christine Brandes, soprano
J. Karla Lemon, conductor
Augusta Read Thomas: Fugative Star (2000)
Augusta Read Thomas: Invocations (1999)
Augusta Read Thomas: Two Etudes for solo piano (1996)
Eric Moe: Sonnets to Orpheus (1996)
March 3,4 2000
OLIVER KNUSSEN and JULIAN ANDERSON (Works and Process
at the Guggenheim)
Lucy Shelton, soprano
Oliver Knussen, conductor
Julian Anderson: Tiramisu (1995)
Julian Anderson: Sea Drift (1992-93)
Oliver Knussen: Trumpets (1975)
Oliver Knussen: Rosary Songs (1972)
Oliver Knussen: Songs Without Voices (1991-92)
February 3, 4 2001
JOHN HOLLANDER/MILTON BABBITT and ALICE FULTON/ANTHONY
CORNICELLO
(Works and Process at the Guggenheim)
Lucy Shelton, soprano
Bradley Lubman, conductor
Anthony Cornicello (world premiere) "...turns and
turns into the night."
Poetry of Alice Fulton, soprano, chamber ensemble and live electronics
Milton Babbitt: Philomel (1968) & The Virginal Book
March 13 & 14, 2001
CELEBRATING JOHN ASHBERY (Works and Process at the Guggenheim)
5 world premieres of specially commissioned works
John Zorn: Reflections on Stanza 10 (Girls on the
Run), soprano & percussion
Lee Hyla: At North Farm, mezzo and bass clarinet
Peter Lieberson: Forgiveness, baritone and cello
Charles Wuorinen: Stanzas Before Time, tenor and harp
Ricky Ian Gordon: A Poem of Unreast, piano and voice
June 2 & 3 2002
CELEBRATING LES MURRAY (Works and Process at the Guggenheim)
5 world premieres of specially commissioned works
Wayne Peterson: Tympan Alley, soprano &
percussion
Ricky Ian Gordon: Midnight Lake, voice and piano
Jason Eckardt: Performance, mezzo and piano
Charles Wuorinen: Two Machine Portraits, tenor and piano
Jo Kondo: Lotus Dam, mezzo and violin
November 10 & 11, 2002
CELEBRATING DEREK WALCOTT (Works and Process at the Guggenheim)
5 world premieres of specially commissioned works
Tania Leon: Love After Love, soprano and
percussion
Milton Babbitt: Now Evening After Evening, soprano and piano
Bernard Rands: This, mezzo and cello
Charles Wuorinen: Pentecost, tenor and harp
Ricky Ian Gordon: In My Youth, piano and
voice
May 18 & 19 2003
DENIS JOHNSON and RICHARD FESTINGER
(Works and Process at the Guggenheim)
Amy Burton, soprano
Bradley Lubman, conductor
Richard Festinger (world premiere) The Coming Of
Age, four songs to poems of Denis Johnson
Poetry of Denis Johnson read by author
October 19 & 20, 2003
CELEBRATING STANLEY KUNITZ (Works and Process at the Guggenheim)
5 world premieres of specially commissioned works
MILTON BABBITT: A Waltzer in the House
EVE BEGLARIAN: Robin Redbreast
DAVE DOUGLAS The Tides
PAUL SCOTT GOODMAN: When the Light Falls
CHARLES WUORINEN: The Long Boat
September 12 & 13, 2004
CELEBRATING PAUL AUSTER: Poetry and Music (Works and Process at the Guggenheim)
5 world premieres of specially commissioned works
LOUIS KARCHIN: Matrix and Dream
CHARLES WUORINEN: Visible
MILTON BABBITT: Autobiography of the Eye
LEE HYLA: Quarry
ROGER REYNOLDS: Consider... (text from WHITE SPACES)
April 17 & 18, 2005
CHARLES WUORINEN: Music and Dance
Ashberyana, world premiere, commissioned by
Da Camera of Houston
Five (Concerto for Amplified Cello and
Orchestra), choreographer Pam Tanowitz
May 23, 2005
CELEBRATING MILTON BABBITT
Now Evening After Evening (text of Derek
Walcott)
An Elizabethan Sextette
Two Sonnets (text of Gerard Manley Hopkins)
Minute Waltz, Tango, Partitions, Playing for Time
Schoenberg, op. 33b
Stravinsky: The Owl and the Pussycat
October 2 & 3, 2005
CELEBRATING PAUL Muldoon: Poetry and Music (Works and Process at the
Guggenheim)
John P. Harrington, moderator
Paul Muldoon, poet
PERFORMERS:
Darius de Haas, vocals;
Steve Marzullo, piano;
Peter Donovan, bass
MUSICAL SETTINGS
Anonymous: Myself and Pangur Jeff Blumenkrantz, music
The Coney,
Kirsten Childs, music
A Collegelands Catechism, Stephen Flaherty, music
Hard Drive,
Michael John LaChiusa, music
Program conceived and organized by Howard Stokar.
March 19 & 20, 2006
MUSIC OF THE NEW GENERATION
Collection of Caprices (2002) (NY Premiere) Paul Nauert, composer
Marilyn Nonken, piano
Subtext (1998) (NY Premiere) Paul Nauert, composer
William Anderson, guitar
Gray (2003) (NY Premiere) Drew Baker, composer
Molly Morkoski, piano
Gaeta (2004) (NY Premiere) Drew Baker, composer
Molly Morkoski, Marilyn Nonken, pianos
John Ferrari, Pablo Rieppi, percussion
What do the birds think? (2002) (NY Premiere) Derek Charke, composer
Susan Palma-Nidel, flutes;
Allen Blustine, clarinet;
Sunghae Anna Lim, violin;
Gregory Hesselink, cello;
Pablo Rieppi, percussion;
Molly Morkoski, piano;
William Purvis, conductor
transpiration (2004) (New York Premiere) Yu-Hui Chang, composer
David Fulmer, violin;
Gregory Hesselink, cello;
Marilyn Nonken, piano
Perplexing Sorrow (2002) (New York Premiere) Yu-Hui Chang, composer
Susan Palma-Nidel, flute;
Lois Martin, viola;
Molly Morkoski, piano
Shadow Chase (2003) (New York Premiere) Yu-Hui Chang, composer
Sunghae Anna Lim, David Fulmer, violins;
Lois Martin, viola;
Gregory Hesselink, cello
Tongues (2001) (US Premiere)* Jason Eckardt, composer
Tony Arnold, soprano;
Susan Palma-Nidel, flute;
Allen Blustine, clarinet;
William Anderson, guitar;
Lois Martin, viola;
John Ferrari, percussion
William Purvis, conductor
November 5 & 6, 2006
JAMES TATE - WORDS & MUSIC
Sarah Rothenberg, moderator
James Tate, poet
MUSICAL SETTINGS
It Happens Like This,
Musical setting by Eve Beglarian
Gregory Hesselink, cello;
T. Ryder Smith, voice
Teaching the Ape to Write Poems & Dear Reader
Musical setting by Fred Ho
Haleh Abghari, soprano;
Ray Franks, baritone saxophone
Never Again the Same,
Musical settings by Charles Wuorinen
Kevin Deas, bass;
Chris Hall, tuba
Never Again the Same,
Musical settings by Arthur Kreiger
Elizabeth Farnum, soprano;
with electronic sounds
From An Island,
Musical setting by George Flynn
Mary Nessinger, mezzo-soprano;
Alan Feinberg, piano
May 21 & 22, 2007
ROMULUS
an opera in one act
by Louis Karchin
Directed by Peter Flynn
Vocal soloists: Katrina Thurman;
Thomas Meglioranza,
Steven Ebel,
Wilbur Pauley
Based on an English Translation by Barnett Shaw of a play by Alexander Dumas,
pere
In association with the Washington Square Ensemble and American Opera Projects
Conductor: Louis Karchin;
Stage Director: Peter Flynn;
Set Designer: Glenn Reed;
Costume Designer: Lora LaVon
Lighting Designer: Jesse Klug
November 18 & 19, 2007
JO KONDO & ROBERT WILSON
Jo Kondo, composer
Robert Wilson, director, set and light designer
Charles Wuorinen, moderator
Four Short Poems of Louis Zukofsky (2006)—American premiere
High Window (1996) solo piano
Lotus Dam (2002) mezzo-soprano & violin—poem
of Les Murray
Pendulums (1990) solo percussion
Beginning Middle & End (1987) flute and string
quartet
William Anderson, guitar;
Alan Feinberg, piano;
Jennifer Frautschi, violin;
Jessie Mills, violin;
Mary Nessinger, mezzo-soprano;
Tara O’Connor, flutes;
Richard O’Neill, viola;
William Purvis, conductor;
Fred Sherry, cello;
Greg Zuber, percussion
April 27, 2008
POETRY INTO MUSIC WITH DANA GIOIA
In celebration of The Hudson Review's 60th Anniversary
Sarah Rothenberg, moderator
Dana Gioia, poet
Veterans’ Cemetery Setting by Stephen Flaherty
Leon Williams, baritone
Gregory Hesselink, cello
Insomnia,
Setting by David Felder
Ethan Herschenfeld, bass-baritone Daniel Druckman,
percussion
God Only Knows,
Setting by John Harbison
Lucy Shelton, soprano Sarah Rothenberg, piano
Nosferatu’s Serenade (aria from Act II of Nosferatu), Setting
by Kirsten Childs
Alysha Umphress, mezzo Jacqueline Leclair, oboe
The Heart of the Matter—A blues for soprano and clarinet,
Setting by Jimmy Roberts
Judith Bettina, soprano Alan R. Kay, clarinet
September 21& 22, 2008
Two Part Affair:Choreographers: Brian Reeder & Pam Tanowitz
Lighting Design:
Philip Trevino
Pianist, Alan Feinberg
Part I:Renaissance Music
Part 2:
Music from the New Waltz Project Revisited
Self-Similar Waltz Charles Wuorinen
Waltz for Evelyn Hinrichsen Lou Harrison
Ghost Waltz Louis Karchin
Modern Love Waltz Philip Glass
For a Happy Occasion Virgil Thomson
Shadow Waltz Mathew Rosenblum
November 2 & 3, 2008
Wuorinen at 70
Praegustatum for James Levine
Charles Wuorinen, piano
The Mission of Virgil (Dance World Premiere) Sean Curran Dance Company Sean
Curran, choreography
Linda Hall, piano Howard Watkins, pianos
Ashberyana
Leon Williams, baritone James Pugh, trombone Mark Steinberg, violin
Serena Canin, violin Misha Amory, viola Nina Lee, cello Sarah Rothenberg, piano
James Levine, conducting
May 10 & 11, 2009
DONALD HALL – POETRY & MUSIC
Sarah Rothenberg, moderator
Donald Hall, poet
THE SEA Setting by Drew Baker
Mary Nessinger, mezzo-soprano;
Fred Sherry, cello
THE PAINTED BIRD Setting by George Lewis
Robert Frankenberry, tenor;
Lois Martin, viola
MOON CLOCK Setting by Charles Wuorinen
Thomas Megliorana, baritone;
Peter Kolkay, bassoon
ROUTINE Setting by Joshua Schmidt
Thomas Megliorana, baritone;
Moran Katz, bass clarinet
THE POEM @ THE MASTER Setting by David Del Tredici
Lauren Flanigan, soprano;
David Del Tredici, piano