They will also perform at the Northeast Horn Workshop at the Hartt School of Music on Satuday, March 25 at 3pm. More info is available at http://www.hartford.edu/hcd/music/workshops-master-classes/northeast-horn-workshop.aspx
The 90-minute Kosciuszko concert will feature interesting music by 8 composers, 4 of whom have won the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, and 6 of whom are Polish composers. In addition to music by Penderecki and Lutosławski, we will perform music by the great film composer, Wojciech Kilar, the 24-year-old emerging composer Aleksandra Chmielewska, who is currently studying in Warsaw, Kazimierz Machala, a successful active composer living in Warsaw, and of course, Frédéric Chopin!
Performers include:
- Kathleen Karr, flute Jennifer Potochnic, oboe
- Matthew Nelson, clarinet Bruce Heim, horn
- Matthew Karr, bassoon Stephen Mattingly, guitar
- Sidney King, bass Naomi Oliphant, piano
Program:
Hornmusic No. 1 (1976) Esa-Pekka Salonen (b. 1958)
Bruce Heim, horn, Naomi Oliphant, piano
Three Miniatures for Clarinet and Piano (1956) Krzysztof Penderecki (b. 1933)
I. Allegro
II. Andante cantabile
III. Allegro ma non troppo
Matthew Nelson, clarinet, Naomi Oliphant, piano
Epitaph in Memoriam Alan Richardson (1979) Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994)
Jennifer Potochnic, oboe, Naomi Oliphant, piano
“Allegretto” from Sonata for Horn and Piano (1954) Wojciech Kilar (1932-2013)
Bruce Heim, horn, Naomi Oliphant, piano
Snow Dreams (1983) Joan Tower (b. 1938)
Kathleen Karr, flute, Stephen Mattingly, guitar
Taniec polska (Polish Dance) (2016) Aleksandra Chmielewska (b. 1993)
Waltz No. 3 in A minor ‘Grande Valse Brillante’, Op. 34 No. 2 Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), arr. Matthew Karr
Waltz No. 10 in B minor, Op. 69 No. 2 Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), arr. Matthew Karr
Celtic Scents, Suite No. 1 Kazimierz Machala (b. 1948)
I. Goldenrod
II. Meadowsweet
III. Juniper
Kathleen Karr (flute), Jennifer Potochnic (oboe), Matthew Nelson (clarinet), Bruce Heim (horn), Matthew Karr (bassoon), Stephen Mattingly (guitar), and Sidney King (double bass)
I. Goldenrod
II. Meadowsweet
III. Juniper
Kathleen Karr (flute), Jennifer Potochnic (oboe), Matthew Nelson (clarinet), Bruce Heim (horn), Matthew Karr (bassoon), Stephen Mattingly (guitar), and Sidney King (double bass)
