ECCO: EAST COAST CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

OPENING FANFARE : Tiha Voda Breg Roni, ‘Quiet water wears down a shore’, (Serbian Proverb)
WORLD PREMIERE WORK, (2023), Composer, Milica Paranosic
PERFORMED BY : The Westerlies

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, (1756-91),  Divertimento for String Orchestra in D major, K.136, “Salzburg Symphony No. 1”, (1772)
I. Allegro, II. Andante, III. Presto

William Grant Still, (1895-1978), Danzas de Panama, (1948)
I. Tamborito
II. Mejorana y Socavón
III. Punto – Allegretto con grazia
IV. Cumbia y Congo

Intermission

Eleanor Alberga, (b. 1949), Remember for String Orchestra, (arranged by the composer from the original string quartet 2000/arr. 2023), WORLD PREMIERE WORK

Josef Suk,(1874-1935), Serenade for Strings in E flat major, Op. 6, (1892)
        I. Andante con moto
        II. Allegro ma non troppo e grazioso
        III. Adagio
IV. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo presto

WQXR Host: Annie Bergen

The performance of ECCO has been made possible by a generous grant from the Bernhill Fund

NOSKY’S BAROQUE BAND
Aisslinn Nosky - Director and violin soloist

OPENING FANFARE : Fanfare for a New Era
WORLD PREMIERE WORK, (2023), Composer, Brian Raphael Nabors
PERFORMED BY: Novus NY Brass Quintet

Francesco Geminiani, (1687-1762), Concerto Grosso no. 10 in F major, (after Corelli Op. 5), (1726)
1. Preludio, 2. Allemanda, 3. Sarabanda, 4. Gavotta,  5. Giga  

Antonio Vivaldi, (1678-1741), Concerto for two violins in A minor, RV 522, (1711)
1. Allegro, 2. Larghetto e spritoso, 3. Allegro 

George Frideric Handel, (1685-1759), Concerto Grosso Op. 6, no. 1 in G major, (1739)                                    
1. Tempo Giusto, 2. Allegro, 3. Adagio, 4. Allegro, 5. Allegro 

Antonio Vivaldi, (1678-1741), Concerto for cello in D minor, RV 405, 
1. Allegro, 2. Adagio, 3. Allegro

Intermission

Arcangelo Corelli, (1653-1713), Concerto Grosso Op. 6, no. 8, (1714)
1. Vivace, 2. Grave, 3. Allegro, 4. Adagio, 5. Vivace, 6. Allegro, 7. Pastorale

Henry Purcell, (1659-1695), Suite from Fairy Queen, (1692)                                          
1. Preludio, 2. Hornpipe, 3. Rondeau, 4. Jigg, 5. Chaconne

Johann Sebastian Bach, (1685-1750), Concerto for violin in A minor, BWV 1041, (1730)                     
1. Allegro, 2. Andante, 3. Allegro Assai 

Ms. Nosky was the soloist and featured performer last summer in our Naumburg Concert of June 28th 2022 with the Handel & Haydn Society.

WQXR Host: Paul Cavalconte

The performance of Nosky’s Baroque Band has been made possible by a generous grant from the Jerome L. Greene Foundation

A FAR CRY

OPENING FANFARE : If a Fish Kept His Mouth Shut, He Wouldn't Get Caught!
WORLD PREMIERE WORK, (2023), Composer, Anthony Davis
PERFORMED BY: eGALitarian Brass

Osvaldo Golijov, (b. 1960), Un día Bom, (2021)
III. Arum dem Fayer, arr. Alex Fortes (2023)
Jessie Montgomery, (b. 1981), Banner, (2014)
Juantio Becenti, (b. 1983), The Glittering World, (2023)
Alex Fortes, violin

Intermission

Antonín Dvořák, (1841-1904), String Quartet no.12, Op.96, “American”, (1893), arr. by Sarah Darling (2017)
I. Allegro ma non troppo, II. Lento, III. Molto vivace, IV. Finale: Vivace ma non troppo

WQXR Host: Terrance McKnight

The performance of A Far Cry has been made possible by a generous grant from The Hess and Helyn Kline Foundation

COLIN & ERIC JACOBSEN, ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
MICHAEL P. ATKINSON, CONDUCTOR

MASUMI PER ROSTAD, VIOLA

OPENING FANFARE : Bethesda Bliss
WORLD PREMIERE WORK, (2023), Composer, Colin Jacobsen, (b. 1978)
PERFORMED BY : The Knights

Jessie Montgomery, (b. 1981), L.E.S. Characters, (2021), featuring Masumi Per Rostad, viola
NYC Premiere

1. The Can Man

2. The Poet

3. Mosaic Man

4. Garbage Art

5. The Can Man (Reprise)

[Commissioned by the Grant Park Music Festival, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, CityMusic Cleveland, Interlochen Center for the Arts, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, in partnership with The Knights]

Intermission

Béla Bartók, (1881-1945), arr. Alex Fortes, Romanian Folk Dances, (1915-17)

Jessie Montgomery, (b. 1981), Source Code for string orchestra, (2013)

George Enescu, (1881-1955), arr. Ljova, Romanian Rhapsody no. 1 in A major, Op.11, (1901)

WQXR Host: Elliott Forrest

The performance of The Knights has been made possible by a generous grant from The Arthur Loeb Foundation

Acronym Baroque Music Ensemble

OPENING FANFARE : Bandshell Fanfare
WORLD PREMIERE WORK, (2023), Composer, Martin Kennedy
PERFORMED BY: Times Square Brass

Anonymous, (Biber?/Schmelzer?), Sonata Jucunda a5 in D minor
Samuel Capricornus, (1628-1665), Sonata a8 in A minor
Francesco Cavalli, (1602-1676), Canzona a8 in C major
Andreas Kirchhoff, (fl.1700), Sonata a6 in G minor
Alessandro Scarlatti, (1660-1725), Sinfonia a4, (from Agar et Ismaele esiliati)
Clemens Thieme, (1631-1668), Sonata a8 in C major

Intermission

Johann Pezel, (1639-1694), Ciacona a6 in B-flat major
Giovanni Valentini, (1582-1649), Sonata Enharmonisch a8 in G minor
Antonio Bertali, (1605-1669), Sonata a6 in D minor
Johann Philipp Krieger, (1649-1725), Sonata a4 in F major
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704), Battalia a10 in D major

WQXR Host: Paul Cavalconte

The performance of Acronym has been made possible by a generous grant from The MacDonald-Peterson Foundation