Sat - March 30, 2019, 8:00 pm

John Eaton's Legacy - In celebration with music of John Eaton, Richard Cameron-Wolfe, Judith Sainte Croix, and more, March 30

John Eaton's Legacy - In celebration with music of John Eaton, Richard Cameron-Wolfe, Judith Sainte Croix, and more, March 30

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.

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