Music

Meridian Arts Ensemble
Dennoch bleibe ich stets an dir - Johann Schein (arr. Theodore Toupin) (1586-1630)
Sermon - David Sanford (1963-)
(Commissioned by Chamber Music America)

Dupree's Paradise - Frank Zappa (arr. Jon Nelson) (1940-1993)
T'Mershi Duween
Echidna's Arf

Jon Nelson, trumpet
Brian McWhorter, trumpet
Daniel Grabois, horn
Benjamin Herrington, trombone
Raymond Stewart, tuba
John Ferrari, percussion

Herrick Ensemble
Introduction and Allegro (1905) - Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Impresiones de la Puna - Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)

John Herrick Littlefield, flute
Robert De Bellis, clarinet
Karen Lindquist, harp
Jesse Mills, violin
Elisabeth Small, violin
Harold Levin, viola
Yari Bond, cello

Peabody Trio
Altars (2002) - Premiere Steven Burke (1967-)
after Beethoven: Passionately
after Schubert/Ravel: Scherzo - smoldering, restless

Violaine Melançon, violin
Natasha Brofsky, cello
Seth Knopp, piano

Pete Malinverni Trio
Good Question (1999) - Pete Malinverni (1957-)
Elegy (2002) - Malinverni
Simpatico (2002) - Malinverni

Pete Malinverni, piano
Ben Allison, bass
Leroy Williams, drums

Anonymous 4
O maria o felix puerpera - 13th-century French conductus
Mater patris et filia - 13th-century French conductus
The lord's prayer - John Tavener (1944-)
Wel, dyma'r borau gorau - Welsh traditional
New Britain (19th-c. American shape-note tune) - from Columbian Harmony, 1829
Angel band - William Bradbury (1816-1868)

Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer, Jacqueline Horner, Johanna Maria Rose

Stefon Harris Quartet
Original compositions by Stefon Harris (1973-)

Stefon Harris, vibraphone, marimba
Xavier Davis, piano
Tarus Mateen, bass
Terreon Gully, drums

Castro-Balbi/Lin Duo
Duo (1970) Joan Guinjoan (1931-)
Sonata in G major, op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Andante

Jesús Castro-Balbi, cello
Gloria Yi-Chen Lin, piano

Ethel
Uh…it all happened so fast - Todd Reynolds (1964-)
Voices and Echoes - John Mackey (1973-)
Shuffle - John King (1953-)

Mary Rowell, violin
Todd Reynolds, viola
Ralph Farris, viola
Dorothy Lawson, cello

Walnut Hill Trio
Piano Trio in G minor, op. posth."Élégiaque" (1892) Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Lento lugubre

Young-Jin Choi, violin
Ethan Philbrick, cello
Alexander Rabin, piano

Music From China
Chinese Fables - Chen Yi (1953-)

Wang Guowei, erhu
Chen Yihan, pipa
Caroline Stinson, cello
Frank Cassara, percussion

Commissioned by Music From China with funds provided by the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust

Chicago Chamber Musicians
Quintet for Horn and Strings, K. 407 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Gail Williams, horn
Jasmine Lin, violin
Rami Solomonow, viola
Joseph Genualdi, viola
Christopher Costanza, cello

Bimbetta
Noi siam tre donzellette - Luigi Rossi (1598-1653)
Pene, pene, chi vuol pene? - Rossi
Perchè se m'odiavi - Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Pasacalli della vita - Anonymous (Milan, 1677) from Canzonette spirituali, e morali
Chacona medley - arr. Bimbetta
Questo crudo d'amor Pietro - Antonio Giramo (c. 1645)
Sdegno campion audace Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597-1640)
Chacona Juan Arañes (d. circa 1649)

Sonja Rasmussen, soprano
Nell Snaidas, soprano
Catherine Webster, soprano
Holly Chatham, harpsichord
Joanna Blendulf, cello

Stage Direction: Rita Pietropinto

Concertante
Verklärte Nacht, op. 4 - Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

Xiao-Dong Wang, violin
Jesse Mills, violin
Rachel Shapiro, viola
Ara Gregorian, viola
Edward Arron, cello
Zvi Plesser, cello

Fula Flute Ensemble
Tahlassa Traditional
Keme Bourema Traditional
Teriya Sylvain Leroux/Trad. (1956- )
Folike Traditional

Sylvain Leroux, tambin
Bailo Bah, tambin
Keba Cissoko, kora
Famoro Dioubate, balafon
Peter Fand, contrabass

Kamikaze Ground Crew
Epilogue - David Hidalgo (arr. Leishman & Wieselman)
Too much time in Brooklyn - Doug Wieselman
Homage au soleil - Gina Leishman

Gina Leishman, alto and baritone sax, bass clarinet, piano
Doug Wieselman, saxophones, clarinets
Steven Bernstein, trumpet, slide trumpet
Peter Apfelbaum, tenor sax
Art Baron, trombone
Marcus Rojas, tuba
Kenny Wollesen, drums

New Century Saxophone Quartet
July (1995) - Michael Torke (1961- )

Contrapuncti 1 & 9 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
from Art of Fugue, BWV 1080

Michael Stephenson, soprano saxophone
Chris Hemingway, alto saxophone
Stephen Pollock, tenor saxophone
Brad Hubbard, baritone saxophone

Juilliard String Quartet
String Quartet in F major, op. 135 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Joel Smirnoff, violin
Ronald Copes, violin
Samuel Rhodes, viola
Joel Krosnick, cello