BARGEMUSIC Presents “Music in Motion”

w Every SATURDAY afternoon at 3 pm.

Admission FREE

Neighborhood Family Concerts — a one hour performance, including a Q&A session

with the musicians (no intermission)June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

July 7, 14, 21, 28August 4, 11, 18, 25

The concerts begin at 3 pm. Doors open at 2:30 pm. The program is announced at the performance.

NO reserved seating.

Olga Bloom, FounderMark Peskanov, President / Executive & Artistic Director

Board of DirectorsDavid Bottoms • Joseph Coyne • Dr. Geza von Habsburg

Mark Peskanov • DeBorge Pinnington • Rita Sloan

x“It doesn’t take long to hear what makes Bargemusic the perfect chamber music hall… ”

—Allan Kozinn, The New York Times

wTICKET INFORMATION

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w June 2012 xJune 1 • Friday, 8 pm

$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

HERE AND NOW SeriesScott Wheeler Spirit GeometryToru Takemitsu Orion (1984)Caroline Mallonée Alaskan King: Crab Canon for Two CellosJacob TV May This Bliss Never End (1996)Elliot Carter Sonata (1948)

Natasha Farny, cello; Evelyn Farny, cello; Kuang-Hao Huang, piano

June 2 • Saturday, 8 pm June 3 • Sunday, 2 pm

$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesBrahms Sonatensatz in C minor, WoO 2Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47, “Kreutzer”Schubert Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, D. 574, “Duo”Sarasate Carmen Fantasy

Mark Peskanov, violin; Nina Kogan, piano

June 6 • Wednesday, 8 pm$40 ($35 Senior, $20 Student)MASTERWORKS SeriesBach Canzona in D minor (BWV 588) arranged for strings by Steve CohenSteve Cohen A Song for Strings for solo viola and strings (World Premiere)Dina Pruzhansky Song of Songs for mezzo-soprano and strings (World Premiere)Rachmaninoff Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14, arranged for violin and strings by Steve CohenManuel de Falla Siete Canciones Populares Españolas (Seven Spanish Folksongs) arranged for solo violin and strings by Steve Cohen

Bachanalia String Orchestra: Nina Beilina, violin; Boris Deviatov, viola; Maya Lahyani, mezzo-soprano

June 9 • Saturday, 8 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

HERE AND NOW SeriesTobias Picker “Suite for Cello and Piano” (1998)Fred Hersch “Three Character Studies” for piano (2001)

“A Tribute to Duke Ellington&Billy Strayhorn” arranged by Larry Hochman

Radiohead/Christopher O’Riley Everything in its right place (2002)Let downThinking about youExit Music (for a film)True love waitsMotion Picture Soundtrack

Justin Dello Joio Due per Due for cello and piano (2009)Solen Dikener, cello; Meral Guneyman, piano

June 10 • Sunday, 2 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

BARGEMIX SeriesGrammy-nominated for Best Classical Crossover Album, Matt Haimovitz on cello, with his ensemble Uccello of 8 “cello warriors”Miles Davis Half NelsonJohn McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra) Open Country JoyOrnette Coleman W.R.U.John Lewis (Modern Jazz Quartet) Blues in A minorJohn McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra) Meeting of the SpiritsDavid Sanford Triptych (*New York Premiere)Billy Strayhorn Blood CountDavid Sanford 7th Ave. KaddishGeorge Gershwin LizaCharles Mingus Haitian Fight Song

Uccello: Matt Haimovitz, cello

June 15 • Friday, 8 pm June 17 • Sunday, 2 pm

$40 ($35 Senior, $20 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesBenjamin Britten Simple Symphony, Op. 4Piazzolla Decarissimo Mozart Symphonie No. 29 in A Major K201/K186a Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major Op. 19

Manhattan Symphonie Orchestra: Gregory Singer, conductor; Steven Beck, piano

June 16 • Saturday, 8 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesBach Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007

Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009Jeffrey Solow, cello

June 20 • Wednesday, 8 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

HERE AND NOW SeriesJanacek Pohadka (Fairytale) Samuel Adams Piano Trio (2011) (*world premiere)Martin Bresnick Trio for piano, violin, and violoncello

Players Remain Forever (2011)TwoSense: Ashley Bathgate, cello; Lisa Moore piano; with guest artists: Karen Bentley-Pollick, violin; Courtney Orlando, violin

June 23 • Saturday, 8 pm June 24 • Sunday, 2 pm

$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesSaint Saens Piano Trio No. 2, in E minor, Op.92Beethoven Piano Trio Op. 70 No. 1 in D Major “Ghost”Ravel Piano Trio

Mark Peskanov, violin; Edward Arron, cello; Jeewon Park, piano

June 29 • Friday, 8 pm$25 ($20 Senior, $15 Student)

BARGEMIX SeriesRob Schwimmer—New Music for Piano, Theremin and Continuum

June 30 • Saturday, 8 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

HERE AND NOW SeriesLiszt Bagatelle sans tonalité

La Gondole lugubreLes Jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este

Cage Two Pieces (1946)Messiaen Le Courlis cendré (from “Catalogue d’oiseaux”)Franco Donatoni Françoise Variationen (1983-1998)

Jeffrey Swann, piano

w July xJuly 1 • Sunday, 2 pm

$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesHaydn Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Hob. XV:11Schumann Fantasy Pieces for piano trio, Op. 88Brahms Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8

Arron Boyd, violin; Sumire Kudo, cello; Steven Beck, piano

July 6 • Friday, 8 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

HERE AND NOW SeriesJohn Cage celebration mini festival (Part I)John Cage Four (1989)

Speech, for 5 Radios and Newsreader (1955)Earl Brown String Quartet (1965)Morton Feldman Three Pieces for String Quartet (1956)Christian Wolff Lines (1972)

Flux Quartet: Tom Chiu, violin; Conrad Harris, violin; Max Mandel, viola; Felix Fan, cello; with Thomas Buckner, newsreader; Mark Peskanov, guest radio operator

July 7 • Saturday, 8 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesBeethoven Sonata for violin and piano in D Major, Op. 12Copland Violin SonataFranck Sonata for violin and piano in A Major

Mark Peskanov, violin; Ursula Oppens, piano

July 8 • Sunday, 2 pm$40 ($35 Senior, $20 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesDebussy String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano in A MajorChausson Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet in D Major, Op. 21

Cassatt Quartet: Muneko Otani, violin; Jennifer Leshnower, violin; Sarah Adams, violaNicole Johnson, cello; with Mark Peskanov, violin; Ursula Oppens, piano

July 11 • Wednesday, 8 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

HERE AND NOW SeriesJohn Cage celebration mini festival (Part II)John Cage String Quartet in Four Parts (1949-50)

Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1957-58)30 Pieces for String Quartet (1983)Flux Quartet: Tom Chiu, violin; Conrad Harris, violin; Max Mandel, viola; Felix Fan, cello

July 13 • Friday, 8 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

HERE AND NOW SeriesJeffrey Mumford “Linear Cycles VII”Mika Pelo “Beatitude”Oscar Bianchi “Semplice” (*US premiere)Michael Hersch Five PiecesRobert Cuckson Rhapsody No. 1Kaija Saariaho NocturneAnna Weesner “The Nearness of Things”

Miranda Cuckson, violin

July 14 • Saturday, 8 pm July 15 • Sunday, 2 pm

$40 ($35 Senior, $20 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesBach Concerto No. 2 for keyboard and orchestra in E Major, BWV 1053Mozart Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488Haydn Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra No. 6 in F Major

Gerald Robbins, piano; The Braude Ensemble with members of JVNY

July 18 • Wednesday, 8 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

HERE AND NOW SeriesJohn Cage celebration mini festival (Part III)John Cage Music for ____ (1984-87)

Seven (1988)Morton Feldman The Viola in my Life [1] (1970)

Flux Quartet: Tom Chiu, violin; Conrad Harris, violin; Max Mandel, viola; Felix Fan, cello; with Marianne Gythfeldt, clarinet; Joseph Kubera, piano; Alex Sopp, flute

July 20 • Friday, 8 pm$25 ($20 Senior, $15 Student)

BARGEMIX SeriesTom Chess, Oud, Ney, Composer; William McEvoy, Double Bass; Shane Shanahan, Percussion; Kenny Warren, Trumpet

July 22 • Sunday, 2 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesHaydn String Trio in G Major, Op. 53, No.1Beethoven String Trio in G Major, Op 9, No 1Schubert String Trio in B-flat Major, D. 581Dohnanyi Serenade in C Major, Op 10

Johnny Gandelsman, violin; Christina Courtin, viola; Alex Greenbaum, cello

July 28 • Saturday, 8 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesBach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903Schumann Fantasy in C Major, Op.17Schubert Fantasie in C major, Op.15, D. 760 “Wanderer”

Alexander Peskanov, piano

July 29 • Sunday, 2 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesSaint-Saens Piano Trio No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat Major, D.929, Op. 100

Horszovski Trio: Jesse Mills, violin; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; Rieko Aizawa, piano

w August xAugust 1 • Wednesday, 8 pm August 3 • Friday, 8 pm

$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesMozart Violin Sonata in G Major, K.301Grieg Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13Schubert Fantasy in C Major, Op. 159, D. 934

Mark Peskanov, violin; Jeffrey Biegel, piano

August 4 • Saturday, 8 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

THERE AND THEN SeriesJourney the Ancient Seas! Music of Early Spain and beyond... Bridging the ancient to the present with exotic songs, compelling dances and virtuosic improvisations, ALBA perform early Mediterranean music on traditional instruments. ALBA evokes the haunting melodies and dynamic rhythms of the Iberian peninsula as well as music from its Middle-Eastern and European

neighbors. Through the time of La Convivencia when Christian, Jewish and Muslim cultures flourished together to the Golden Age of Spain, ALBA makes this passionate music contemporary.

ALBA: Margo Gezairlian Grib, voice, vielle; Rex Benincasa, percussion; Haig Manoukian, oud; Christopher Morrongiello, lute, guitarra española

August 5 • Sunday, 2 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesMozart Sonata in D Major, K. 381Schubert Variations on an Original Theme in A-flat Major, D. 813Schumann Bilder aus Osten (Pictures from the East), Op. 66Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole

Orion Weiss, piano; Anna Polonsky, piano

August 8 • Wednesday, 8 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

HERE AND NOW SeriesGeorge Crumb Makrokosmos IVictoria Bond RageMarc Melitts Etude No 1 Medieval InductionJohn Cage In A LandscapeScott Wheeler Portrait and Tributes (Selection)Laura Kaminsky Danza PicoloJohn Adams China Gates

Olga Vinokur, piano

August 10 • Friday, 8 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesMozart String Quartet in C Major KV 465 “Dissonant”Beethoven String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op 130

Avalon String Quartet: Blaise Magniere, violin; Marie Wang, violin; Anthony Devroye, viola; Cheng-Hou Lee, cello

August 11 • Saturday, 8 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesBeethoven String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131 in C-sharp minor

String Quartet No. 16, Op.135 in F MajorAvalon String Quartet: Blaise Magniere, violin; Marie Wang, violin; Anthony Devroye, viola; Cheng-Hou Lee, cello

August 12 • Sunday, 2 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesBen Haim Three Songs Without WordsR. Calace Concerto No. 2 in A-minor, Op. 144E. Ysaye Melinconia and Obsession from Sonata No. 2Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2 BWV 1004Bloch NigunM. Lavry Three Jewish Dances

Alon Sariel, Mandolin; Yael Manor, Piano

August 18 • Saturday, 8 pm August 19 • Sunday, 2 pm

$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesMozart Piano Trio in C Major, K.548Schubert Rondo “Rondeau brillant” in B minor, D. 895Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50

Mark Peskanov, violin; Eugene Osadchy, cello; Olga Vinokur, piano

August 24 • Friday, 8 pm$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesBach Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010

Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012Jeffrey Solow, cello

August 25 • Saturday, 8 pm August 26 • Sunday, 2 pm

$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

MASTERWORKS SeriesTchaikovsky String Quartet in B-flat Major, “ Unfinished” Op. Post.1865) (1)Schubert String Quartet in A minor, Op. 29, D. 804 “Rosamunde”Ravel String Quartet in F Major

St. Petersburg String Quartet: Alla Aranovskaya, violin; Evgeny Zvonnikov, violin; Boris Vayner, viola; Leonid Shukayev, cello

August 29 • Wednesday, 8 pm August 1 • Friday, 8 pm September 1 • Saturday, 8 pm September 2 • Sunday, 2 pm

$35 ($30 Senior, $15 Student)

HERE AND NOW Labor Day FestivalFollowing is a complete listing of pieces that will be performed during this four day festival. Most pieces, but not all, will be performed by the listed performers on all days.Colin Jacobsen, Eric Jacobsen, Alex Sopp, Kyle Sanna, Mathias Kunzli “improvisational and original compositions inspired by Wolfsonian Museum in Miami” (world premiere)

The Knights: Colin Jacobsen, Violin Eric Jacobsen, Cello Alex Sopp, Flute Kyle Sanna, Guitar Mathias Kunzli, percussion

Ken Thomson “Burst” (world premiere)Caleb Burhans “In the Dark of the Night” Ted Hearne “G # minor”

The Declassified: Arthur Sato, Oboe Alicia Lee, Clarinet Alma Liebrecht, Horn Brad Balliet, Basoon

Selections from Libby Larsen “Songs from Letters” William Bolcom “Briefly it Enters” Ned Rorem “Nantucket Songs”

Lauren Goldsmith, Soprano

Rob Schimmer “New original works for Solo Piano, Continuum, and Theremin specially written for The Labor Day Festival”

Rob Schwimmer, Piano, Theremin, and introducing new instrument Haken Continuum

Milton Babbitt “Reflections” for Piano and TapeElliott Carter Selections for Solo Piano

Steven Beck, Piano

John Musto “Rags” Peter Heller “Rags”

Philip Edward Fisher, Piano

Remy Yutzari, Merimo Kljuco, Moran Katz “Original compositions and arrangements of Classical/Klezmer/Bulgarian/Macedonian Tunes”

Trillo:Moran Katz, Clarinet Merimo Kljuco, Accordion Remy Yutzari, Double Bass

BARGEMUSICMusic in motion, all year long

Summer • 2012

BARGEMUSICFulton Ferry LandingBrooklyn, NY 11201

Concerts Calendar x Summer 2012