Saturday, March 30th at 8pm
Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th St., NY
Free admission
The John Eaton Foundation presents a very special concert to honor the beloved late composer on what would have been his 84th birthday. Celebrating John Eaton's Legacy will present John Eaton's Sor Juana Songs as well as premieres and works by former students Richard Cameron-Wolfe, Winnie Cheung, Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, Carol Ann Weaver, Marc Satterwhite, Eugene O'Brien, Patricia Morehead, Judith Sainte Croix and Randolph Peters.
Performers:
Kate Maroney, mezzo-soprano
Deanne Meek, mezzo-soprano
Mary-Catherine Pazzano, contralto
The Bowers-Fader Duo: Jessica Bowers, mezzo-soprano & Oren Fader, guitar
Roberta Michel, flutes
Vasko Dukovski, bass clarinet
Daniel Lippel, guitar
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, trumpet
Irena Portenko, piano
Carol Ann Weaver, piano
Patricia Morehead, oboe d'amore/oboe, electronics
Yumi Kurosawa, koto
Christopher Otto, violin
Kobi Malkin, violin
Siwoo Kim, violin
Andrew Gonzalez, viola
Jared Blajian, cello
Randolph Peters, electronics
Program:
Songs for My Mother 2017 NYC Premiere
Carol Ann Weaver
Texts by Miriam L. Weaver
Feedsack Curtains
Hard Shell Baptists
Lately Sprung
To The End.
Mary-Catherine Pazzano, contralto
Carol Ann Weaver, piano
Sounds and Sighs for John 2016 NYC Premiere
Patricia Morehead
Patricia Morehead, oboe d'amore/oboe, electronics
Kyrie (Mantra) IV 2016 US Premiere
Richard Cameron-Wolfe
Transcribed by Sergii Gorkusha.
Roberta Michel, flute
Daniel Lippel, guitar
Taking the Scarlet 2004 NYC Premiere
Winnie Cheung
Yumi Kurosawa, koto
Christopher Otto, violin
Juggernaut 1993 US Premiere
Randolph Peters
Kobi Malkin, violin
Siwoo Kim, violin
Andrew Gonzalez, viola
Jared Blajian, cello
Randolph Peters, electronics
INTERMISSION
Improvisations 2019 World Premiere
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
on What if this present were the world's last night?
from John Eaton's The Holy Sonnets of John Donne for soprano and piano
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, trumpet and inside of piano
For John Eaton 2016 World Premiere
Marc Satterwhite
Roberta Michel, bass flute
Vasko Dukovski, bass clarinet
Los Cuatro Acuerdos 2016
Judith Sainte Croix
The Bowers-Fader Duo: Jessica Bowers, mezzo-soprano & Oren Fader, guitar
Lullaby (W.H. Auden) from Algebra of Night 2015 NY Premiere
Eugene O'Brien
Deanne Meek, mezzo-soprano
Kobi Malkin, violin
Andrew Gonzalez, viola
Jared Blajian, cello
Sor Juana Songs 2016
John Eaton
Kate Maroney, mezzo-soprano
Irena Portenko, piano
Admission is free. Donations to The John Eaton Foundation are welcome.