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2011 - 2012 Season

Saturday November 12, 2011

Susanna Phillips, soprano
Marc Yun, violin
Jonathan Yates, conductor

Dvorak: Romance for Violin and Orchestra Op. 11
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73

8:00 PM • Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church

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Saturday March 3, 2012

Paul Neubauer, viola
Jonathan Yates, conductor

Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances
Glière: Two Concert Pieces for Viola and String Orchestra (New York Premiere)
Hindemith: Trauermusik
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"

8:00 PM • Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church

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Saturday May 5, 2012

Joseph Lin, violin
Tharanga Goonetilleke, soprano
Jacob Ashworth, conductor
Jonathan Yates, conductor

Bach-Webern: Ricercar (1935)
Jesse Jones: For a Faded Mind (2009-2010) (NYC premiere)
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 ("Jupiter")

8:00 PM • Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church

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2010 - 2011 Season

Elliott Carter 102nd Birthday Celebration Saturday December 11, 2010

Charles Neidich, clarinet
Jonathan Yates, conductor

Elliott Carter:
Clarinet Concerto (1996)
Sound Fields (2007 - New York Premiere)
Wind Rose (2008)
Slowly, Gravely from Symphony No. 1
Ives: Selected Works for Chamber Orchestra
Stravinsky: Suite No. 1 for Small Orchestra

8:00 PM • Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse @ Lincoln Center

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Saturday March 19, 2011

David Finckel, cello
Jonathan Yates, conductor

Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies for Strings
Haydn: Cello Concerto in C Major
Respighi: Adagio con Variazioni
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin

8:00 PM • Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church

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Saturday May 14, 2011

Gilbert Kalish, piano
Alicia Bennett, clarinet
Jacob Ashworth, conductor
Jonathan Yates, conductor

Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Debussy: Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra
Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major

8:00 PM • Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church

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2009 - 2010 Season

1788: Rock Me, Amadeus Saturday August 7, 2010
Works from 1788 by W.A. Mozart

Tharanga Goonetilleke, soprano
Jonathan Yates, conductor

Adagio and Fugue in C minor
Symphony No. 40 in G minor
Aria from Don Giovanni: In quali eccessi, o Numi... Mi tradì quell'alma ingrata
Selected movements from Serenade for Winds in C minor, Viola Quintet in C minor

8:00 PM • Church for All Nations

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Saturday May 22, 2010
William Purvis, French horn
Jonathan Yates, conductor

Lieberson: Horn Concerto (1998)
Haydn: Symphony No. 31 "Horn Signal"
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4

8:00 PM • Washington Irving Auditorium

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Saturday March 20, 2010
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Haeran Hong, soprano
Jonathan Yates, conductor

Betty Olivero: Neharot, Neharot (2006)
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G

8:00 PM • St. Mary the Virgin Church

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Firsts and Lasts Saturday November 21, 2009
Jonathan Yates, conductor

Debussy: Prélude à l'aprés-midi d'un faune
Golijov: Last Round (1996)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68

8:00 PM • Church of the Blessed Sacrament

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2008 - 2009 Season

Saturday June 27, 2009
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Christopher Rohrs, clarinet

Weber: Concertino for Clarinet, Op. 26
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Op. 92

8:00 PM • Church for All Nations

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Hands Solo Saturday April 25, 2009
Soloists abound on this concert, as we showcase the virtuosic talent of both our own ensemble and of our guest musicians, including the esteemed Gilbert Kalish, and Dalit Warshaw, master of that most enigmatic instrument, the theremin.

Dalit Warshaw, theremin
Jihyun Kim, cello
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Jonathan Yates, piano

Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in F Major for Two Oboes, Bassoon,
Two Horns and Violin
Dalit Warshaw: "The Departure" for Theremin and
String Orchestra (2005 - NY Premiere)
Glazunov: Chant du ménestrel
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat Major
Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 Solo Strings

8:00 PM • Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church

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Gustav and Gusty Saturday March 7, 2009
A program with Gustav Mahler as the central figure - works composed by, arranged by, and inspired by the last great composer in the German romantic tradition. Featuring the New York premiere of Absolute Ocean, which Augusta Read Thomas wrote specifically to be performed with the music of Mahler.

Chris Pedro Trakas, baritone
Amelia Watkins, soprano
Allegra Lilly, harp

Augusta Read Thomas: Absolute Ocean (2008 - NY premiere)
Beethoven/Mahler: Quartetto Serioso, Op. 95 (arr. for string orchestra)
Schnittke: Piano Quartet (1988)
Schoenberg: Six Little Pieces for Piano, Op. 19
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children)

8:00 PM • Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church

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Folked Up! Saturday November 8, 2008
Camerata Notturna brings three folk-song specialists from around the globe for an evening that sheds new light on folk-inspired orchestral works - by integrating them with the songs that inspired them.

Andre Emelianoff, cello
Fang-Tao Jiang, soprano
Ana Mihanovic, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Young, tenor

Zhou Long: Chinese Folk Songs (2004 - NY Premiere)
Ives: Three Places in New England (1929)
Dvorak: Rondo for Cello and Orchestra
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 ("London")

8:00 PM • Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church

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2007 - 2008 Season

Saturday July 19, 2008
Jessica Lee, violin
Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies for Strings Op. 34
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A K. 219
Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat

8:00 PM • Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church

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Saturday May 17, 2008
Colin Carr, cello
Dan Coleman: Songs and Conversations (1996 - NY Premiere)
David Popper: Requiem for Three Cellos, Op. 66
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite (1945)
Wiancko: La Follia Variations for String Orchestra
after Geminiani and Corelli (2006)

8:00 PM • Washington Irving Auditorium

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Saturday March 15, 2008 "Meet the Orchestra"

Stefan Jackiw, violin
Edward Klorman, viola

Program to include Mozart Sinfonia Concertante;
works by Dvorak, Mendelssohn and Gounod
8:00 PM • Advent Lutheran Church

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Saturday March 1, 2008
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Chester Biscardi: Recognition (2004/2007 - World Premiere)
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622
Stravinsky: Pulcinella (1920)

8:00 PM • Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church

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Saturday December 1, 2007
Fang Tao Jiang, soprano
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Huang Ruo: Leaving Sao for Soprano and String Orchestra
   (2004 - World Premiere)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Kurt Atterberg: Symphony for Strings Op. 53
   (1959 - US Premiere)

8:00 PM  •  Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church
152 West 66th Street, New York, NY

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2006 - 2007 Season

Saturday May 12, 2007
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19 in F
Augusta Read Thomas: Prayer and Celebration (2006 - NY Premiere)
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony Op. 110a

8:00 PM • Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church
152 West 66th Street, New York, NY

Saturday March 24, 2007
Ayano Ninomiya, violin
Melissa Reardon, viola

Lutoslawski: Overture for Strings (1949)
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
Tchaikovsky: Serenade

Saturday December 9, 2006
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Jonathan Gandelsman, violin
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue
Adam Silverman: Peterborough Elegy (2006 - World Premiere)
Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 1
Chen Yi: Romance and Dance for 2 Violins (1998 - NY Premiere)
Grieg: Holberg Suite