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Grawemeyer Players at the Kosciuszko Foundation House in NYC

March 05, 2017

Catch the Grawemeyer Players in action at the Kosciuszko Foundation House in NYC on Sunday, March 26 at 3pm! Free and open to the public.

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)