2001 UTSA New Music Festival

"The American Century"
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Wednesday, February 21, 7:30, UTSA Recital Hall (Free)


Aaron Copland (1900-1990): Piano Quartet (1950) 21'
Eugene Dowdy, violin
Allyson Dawkins, viola
Judith Vander Weg , cello
Christine Debus, piano
I. Adagio serio
II. Allegro giusto
III. Non troppo lento

Ned Rorem (b. 1923): Lovers (1964) 22'
Philip Kates, oboe
Judith Vander Weg, cello
Sherry Rubins, percussion
Geoffrey Waite, piano

53 Harp Street
Before
Murmuring of Her Past
During
Later
While He Sleeps
Bridge of the Arts
After
The Bridge of Sighs
Harp Street Again

Intermission
 
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring (1943) 30'
Rita Linard, flute
Laura Beech, clarinet
Ron Noble, bassoon
Mark Alexander, piano
Eugene Dowdy, Patricia Lee, Brad Lee, Annette Garza, violins
Allyson Dawkins, Beverly Harnish, violas
Judith Vander Weg , Dan Zollars, cellos
Steven Zeserman, bass

conducted by Bob Rustowicz

2001 UTSA New Music Festival

2001 UTSA New Music Festival

"The American Century"
Thursday, February 22, 7:30, UTSA Recital Hall (Free)


A concert of 20th Century American music by

Guest Pianist James Lowe

Aaron Copland (1900-1990): Piano Variations (1930)

George Crumb (b. 1929): Five Pieces for Piano (1962)

Quasi improvvisando
Ruvido, molto energico; Prestissimo
Notturno-sempre pizzicato
Ruvido, molto energico; Prestissimo
Senza misura, liberamente; Solenne

 

David Rogers (b. 1967): skein/bonk (1992)

Intermission

 

David Heuser (b. 1966): Miniatures for Piano (1999)

World Premiere

Ginastera
Going By
Games
Dunes
Pulse
Playful
Nocturne
For Gwyneth
Ragged
Birds

 

Charles E. Ives (1874-1954): Varied Air and Variations (1923)

Study #2 for Ears or Aural and Mental Exercise!!!

Charles E. Ives: The Anti-Abolitionist Riots in the 1830's and 1840's (1908)

Charles E. Ives: Waltz-Rondo for Piano (1911)

2001 UTSA New Music Festival

2001 UTSA New Music Festival

"The American Century"
Friday February 23, 7:30, UTSA Recital Hall (Free)


Charles Ives (1874-1954):
The Housatonic at Stockbridge
Resolution
Religion
Thoreau
The Cage
Two Little Flowers
The Circus Band

Gerald Seminatore, voice
Mark Alexander, piano
 
Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
Nocturne
Sure on This Shining Night
I Hear an Army

Gerald Seminatore, voice
Mark Alexander, piano
 
Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn (b. 1927): Trio Italiano 11'
(winner of the 1996 International Trumpet Guild Composition Competition)

Alamo Brassworks:
Stuart Smith, trumpet
Joy Hodges, horn
Chris Branagan, trombone

 
Andre Previn (b. 1929): Four Songs (1994) 18'
(words by Toni Morrison)
 
Julie Wood, soprano
Judith Vander Weg, cello
Christine Debus, piano
 
I. Mercy
II. Stones
III. Shelter
IV. The Lacemaker

James Scott Balentine (b. 1947): to be a Puddle (2001) 3'

James Mobberley (b. 1954): Beams! (1986) 8'31"
for trombone and tape
David Bruenger, trombone