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Premiere Performance of 'Romanza' for Violin and Piano
Facebook Friends concert features the Premiere performance
of
"Romanza"
for Violin and Piano
by
Carol Worthey
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Saint Peter's Church
54th Street and Lexington Avenue
New York, NY
Free Admission!
Press Release
Map to Concert
Eight to ten composers who are Facebook Friends of Douglas Townsend have submitted pieces to be performed in a concert that is FREE to the public. Facebook Friend Dan Simon, a young filmmaker, will videotape the performances for YouTube, and Facebook Friend Ken Hedgecock, of Classical Music Discoveries, will podcast the concert worldwide for a month.
The purpose of the concert is to make audiences aware of the composers and the musicians performing their pieces.
The confirmed composers are: Tania Leon, Douglas Townsend, Daniel Dorff, Steve Cohen, Bruce Lazarus, Katherine Hoover, Nataliya Medvedovskaya, and Carol Worthey. A reception follows so everyone can meet!
Musicians for eight pieces (SIX WORLD PREMIERES!!) by eight composers are confirmed.
-
Pianist
Mirian Conti
will premiere
Katherine Hoover
's new work
'Thin Ice'
.
-
Facebook Friends
Beth Levin
, piano, and
Yuki Numata
, violin, will premiere
Carol Worthey
's duo
'Romanza'
.
-
Pianist
David Oei
, flutist
Albert Pae
, hornist
Kelly Csillam
, and
Townsend String Quartet
members
Eriko Sato
and
Jessica Park
, violins,
Chiu-Chen Liu
, viola, and
Rosalyn Clarke
, cello, will premiere
Douglas Townsend
's
'Chamber Concerto No. 3'
for Flute, Horn, Piano and String Quartet.
-
Bruce Lazarus
, piano, and
Barbara Siesel
, flute, will premiere Lazarus' new work
'November Sonata'.
-
Piano duo
Miriam Brickman
and
Nataliya Medvedovskaya
,
Pamela Sklar
, flute, and
Felicity Graham
, soprano and narrator, will premiere the complete version
of
Nataliya Medvedovskaya
's suite
'The Wonderful Adventures of Nils'.
-
The
'Overture'
from
Steve Cohen
's
'String Quartet No. 1'
will be premiered by
Machiko Ozawa
and
Lynn Bechtold
, violins,
Edmundo Ramirez
, viola, and
Jisoo Ok
, cello. Pianist
Adam Kent
will perform
Tania Leon
's
'Mistica'.
- Facebook Friend flutist Cindy Anne Strong will perform with composer-clarinetist Daniel Dorff in Dorff's own 'Three Romances' for flute and clarinet.
