Events Calendar
St. Marks in the Bowery: 131 E. 10th St. & Second Ave. |
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NABI GALLERY BENEFIT FOR DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS THURSDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2010 at 7 PM 137 West 25th Street Music, Food, Drink, Good Company "Mimi Stern-Wolfe’s resilient organization is dedicated to causes that most Please Support 2011 DMP LIVE MUSIC EVENTS with your generous donations.
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Downtown Music Productions Marc Biltzstein's Sunday, February 8, 2009 @ 3:00 PM Music Direction: Mimi Stern-Wolfe Donations: $15: $10: Special Recession Rates
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23 @ 6:30 PM The paintings of N.H. Stubbing will be shown at the Gallery, founded by Val Schaffner, brother of deceased composer, Nicholas Schaffner, one of the composers featured on our Sudden Sunsets AIDS CD. We are fortunate that Richard Barone will also be at the Benefit, to sing some of his music. Contralto, Jahneen Otis, music director of St. Marks will sing "Joe Worker Gets Gypped" from The Cradle Will Rock, scheduled on February 8, 2009. Anthony Turner will introduce a powerful anti-war Broadway song and DCOP musicians will perform instrumental chamber works using the gallery’s beautiful grand piano. We’ll offer delicious food, high-class drink, varied music and a chance for you to mingle with new and old folk with shared interests in LIVE music. The aim of this October 23rd BENEFIT is to raise funds for our 2008-2009 season of musical events. In addition to our Senior Musical Arts and Youngsters Outreach choral, orchestral and chamber concerts, we plan to add a special EAST VILLAGE CONCERT SERIES CHILDREN’s CONCERT, a TWIN OPERA BILL; THE CRADLE WILL ROCK and a repeat of our Guest Dance Company to our schedule. |
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11: ARMISTICE DAY PREMIERES & COMMISSIONS: WAR & PIECES CAROLYN STEINBERG: Secular Requiem: 1. “Chorale,” 2. “Of Daniel Pearl,” 3. “Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep,” (M. Frye) 4. “Chorale,”** String Quartet & Vocal Quartet; SIMA WOLF: Ashbah-Ghosts* (Brian Turner) for Violin, Cello, Piano, Narrator; DAVID B. THOMAS: War Song (Whitman) for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano & Piano; DAVID HOLLISTER; “Listen Here, Joe” (Langston Hughes); GEORGE BUTTERWORTH: “The Lads In Their Hundreds” (A. E. Housman); EDDIE VENGAS: Encounters for String Quartet PERFORMERS: Eileen Clarke, Soprano; Megan Friar, Mezzo-Soprano; Jacqueline Thompson, Soprano; Kurt Alakulppi, Tenor; Ivan Thomas, Bass; Matt Fieldes, Double Bass; Sweet Plantain String Quartet; Downtown Piano Trio |
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DECEMBER 1 & 2 WORLD AIDS DAY: BENSON AIDS SERIES One year anniversary of release of Sudden Sunsets CD DECEMBER 1 at LGBT CENTER, Brunch @ 11 AM, Concert @ Noon (13th St. nr. 7th Ave.) March @ 1:15 PM DECEMBER 2 at St. Marks in the Bowery @ 3 PM ROBERT SAVAGE: Sudden Sunsets-“Day Shift/Night Shift”; CHRIS DEBLASIO: Villagers (Gilbert/Brass); DEOLUS HUSBAND: “Here are My Black Clothes” for Flute, Soprano and Piano; NICHOLAS SCHAFFNER: “Journey’s End” PERFORMERS: Richard Barone, Singer; Gilles Denizot, Tenor, Kirstin Norderval, Soprano; Andrew Bolotowsky, Flute; David Hopkins, Clarinet; Michael Nicholas, Violin; Daniel Barrett, Cello; Alan Moverman, Piano; Mimi Stern-Wolfe, Conductor; Downtown Chamber Players |
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8 @ 8 PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 @ 8 PM, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10 @ 3 PM: ONE NIGHT TOGETHER*: CHAMBER OPERA by ILSA GILBERT AND DANIEL BURWASSER SET IN HOLOCAUST PERIOD PRESENTED BY DUO THEATER, 62 EAST 4th STREET, & DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS DOWNTOWN CHAMBER & OPERA PLAYERS Gilles Denizot, Baritone; Steven Goldstein, tenor; soprano (TBA) CONDUCTOR, MIMI STERN-WOLFE; MICHAEL ALASA, DIRECTOR & DESIGNER Admission: $15 |
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17: HONORING LANGSTON HUGHES: BLACK HISTORY MONTH MARGARET BONDS: “Minstel Man,” “I, Too” WILLIAM GRANT STILLS: “The Breath of a Rose”; WILLIAM MAYER: “Dream Variations”* for Tenor and Piano; “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”; DOROTHY RUDD-MOORE: “The Weary Blues”; RICKY IAN GORDON, JEAN BERGER: “In Times of Silver Rain”; TIMOTHY BROWN: “Dream Boogie”; CECIL COHEN: “Death Of An Old Seaman”; ROBERT OWENS: “Genius Child” PERFORMERS: Anthony Turner, Baritone; David Robinson, tenor; Jeannine Otis, Contralto; Erika Banks, Soprano; Allison Semmes, soprano; Roz Woll, mezzo soprano; Kermit Moore, Cello; Ivan Thomas, Bass |
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SUNDAY, MARCH 16 THE DISTAFF SIDE: WOMEN AT WORK Paula Kimper: Perry Brass; "Restless Yearning"* (counter-tenor & string quartet); Mary Carol Warwick: "Viola Sonata"; Ilsa Gilbert: "Imagine"*; Madeleine Dring: "Trio for Oboe, Flute & Piano"; Mira Spektor: "Turn Around" & "The Loving Tree" (Carol Balducci: lyrics); Meira Warschauer: "Aecha"; Laura Wolfe: improvisations and songs PERFORMERS: Special Guest Dan Strba, viola; Andrew Bolotowsky, flute; Jeffrey Hale, oboe; Marshall Coid, counter-tenor; Maeve Hoglund, soprano; Gayla Morgan, soprano; Lori Miller, violin; Eva Gerard, viola; Laura Wolfe, vocalist, guitar; David Eggar, cello Downtown Chamber Trio: (Rieko Kawabata, violin; Daniel Barrett, cello: Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano) |
Video clip of a Labyrinth Dance Theater performance of Waltz for a Shattered World (with sound): |
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SUNDAY, MAY 4 @ 7:30 PM SUNDAY, MAY 4: Marilyn Dubow, violin Downtown Chamber Players: I believe in the sun even when it is not shining —Scratched on cellar walls of Cologne where Jews hid from Nazis |
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SUNDAY, MAY 18 @ 3 PM: PERFORMERS: Janet E. Hopkins, Soprano; Galina Heifetz, Violin; Maeve Hoglund, Soprano, Narrator; Andrew Bolotowsky, Flute; David Hoplins, Clarient; Frank Perowsky, saxophone; Emanouil Manolov, Violin; Sam Lazzara: Percussion; Elizabeth Rodgers, Piano; Mimi Stern-Wolfe, Conductor, Piano Solo; Downtown Chamber & Opera Players |
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SUNDAY, JUNE 22: SUMMER IS A COMIN’ IN: SHAKESPEARE & SONG RICHARD SIMPSON: Shylock**; GERALD FINZI: Let Us Garlands Bring; JOEL MANDELBAUM: Sonnet #118*; RALPH VAUGHN WILLIAMS: “Orpheus with His Lute”; ROGER QUILTER: “It was a Lover and His Lass,” “Come Away, Come Away Death”; CAROLYN STEINBERG: Song**; JAMES THEOBALD, Sonnet**; LEONARD LEHRMAN, Sonnetina #15 “When In Disgrace”**; CAROLYN STEINBERG: Ophelia’s Lament for Soprano and Harp PERFORMERS: Gayla Morgan, Soprano; Helene Williams, Soprano; Piano; Kurt Alakulppi, Tenor; Mary Hurlbut, Soprano; Robert Mobsby, Baritone; Andrew Bolotowsky, Flute; Leonard Lehrman, Piano; Downtown Chamber & Opera Players |
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH CONCERTS
Mimi Stern-Wolfe and Galina HeifetzOctober 27 Caring Community Chorus @ Sirovitz Center
(12th Street near First Ave.)December: Y Community Chorus at 14th Street Y & at Stein Center (dates TBA)
Past Events:
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MAY 6 AT 3PM
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POET OF BLEECKER STREET IV Poetry and Texts in MUSICAL
SETTINGS by: |
Chamber Music & Songs for Women's History Month
Songs by
Mira J. Spektor
Wedding Trio, Julie Mandel
Clara Schumann's Piano Trio
Special Guest: Isreali Mezzo-Soprano Magda Fishman
Sunday,
March 18 at 2 pm
Downtown Chamber Trio
Abrons Arts Center
Henry Street Settlement
466 Grand Street (at Pitt St.)
Free admission
BENSON
SERIES
for
World AIDS Day TWO
CONCERTS !!
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 1 at 6-7 PM
LGBT COMMUNITY
CENTER
208 W. 13th Street
Near Seventh Avenue (FREE)
Followed
by Candle light March to Union SquareAND
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 at 3 PM:ST.
MARKS in The Bowery
131 EAST TENTH STREET (Second Avenue)
COMPOSERS' WORKS:Robert
Chesley (1943-1990) Nobody Knows This Little Rose: Autumn
Lee Gannon (1960-1996) Cello Sonata
Kevin Oldham (1960-1993) Not Even If I Try;Across the Sea
Robert Savage (1951-1993) Tune from Mt. Tremper
Chris DeBlasio (1959-1993) Butcher; Whatever You Say He Sings;
Walt Whitman in 1989Downtown
Chamber & Opera Players:
Alteouise
de Vaughn, mezzo-soprano (Friday)
September Bigelow, mezzo soprano (Sunday)
Marshall Coid, counter-tenor
Gilles Denizot, heldentenor
Andrew Bolotowsky, flute (Friday)Poetry
for Chris DeBlasio, music; Ilsa Gilbert & Perry BrassMimi
Stern-Wolfe, piano; Dave Eggar, celloSPECIAL
EVENT: Release of CD
SUDDEN SUNSETS: Benson AIDS Series
In
memory of the many composers and musicians who have died of AIDSRELEASE
OF SUDDEN SUNSETS CD:
Highlights of the BENSON AIDS SERIES
Opening concert
EAST VILLAGE CONCERT SERIES
St. Marks in the Bowery
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 12 @ 3PM : A TOAST TO THE STEINS:
Works of
l. Bernstein (I Hate Music; Suburbia Trio from Trouble in Tahiti);
Mark Blitzstein (Rain quartet from Regina); Joe Worker Gets Gypped)
Gertrude Stein texts set by Finkelstein (Suzy Assado);
William Turner (Bolgna Tree);
W. Bolcom/Arnold Weinstein (Black Max; George);
Jule Styne (Every Street's a Boulevard in Ole New York)
Don Stein: Vintage Suite flute & piano
Walter Doyle: To The Steins
Stage Director: Lisa Brailoff
DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
EAST VILLAGE CONCERT SERIES
Sunday Afternoon Series @ St. Mark's in the Bowery
(131 SECOND SECOND AVE &10TH STREET)
SUNDAY AFTERNOONS @ 3PM
* $10-$15 ; SENIOR/STUDENT $8
NEW NOTES & MUSICAL MEMORIES
downtown chamber & opera players
mimi stern-wolfe, artistic director
January 29, 2006: EASTERN WIND- WESTERN SONG
Special Guests : Jade String Trio
Works of Davide Zannoni (Trio on Chinese Folk Themes (World Prem); Mozart & Faure Piano Quartets, Chinese String Trio work
February 19, 2006: QUINTESSENCE
Quintets with voice &/or piano by Mary Carol Warwick (Ilsa Gilbert) Light and Heavy Years Creation Du Monde (Darius Milhaud) Joyce Hope Suskind;Yeats poetry QUINTET;SOPRANOS VANESSA SALAZ; JACQUELINE THOMPSON, SOPRANO; PHIIP BASGOIR, CLARINET
March 19,2006: FOUR WOMEN : Downtown Chamber Trio : RIEKO KAWABATA, vl; DANEIL BARRETT; cel; MIMI STERN-WOLFE , pno
Music by: Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann; Rebecca Clarke, Lera Auerbach
May 14, 2006: MUS-ECOLOGY:
Landscape, Moonscape (Lazarus,Gilbert) commissioned; Yellow Cake Revue (Peter Maxwell Davies); Paved Paradise (Joni Mitchell); Die Forelle, Roslein (Schubert)
June 18, 2006: MUSIC & SATIRE (NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND); Music For a Farce (trpt, cl, perc, pno) Paul Bowles; Cinema (Rene Clair film) Piano Solo: Eric Satie; Miniatures (William Mayer);
DOWNTOWN CHAMBER & OPERA [PLAYERS (cl, vl. cello, voice, pno, perc, conductor)
THURSDAY DECEMBER 1: WORLD AIDS DAY at
TRINITY CHURCH @ 74 TRINITY PLACE Church at 1PM.
DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
HIGHLIGHTS from the BENSON AIDS SERIES (1990-2002)
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, artistic director, pianist
CHRIS DEBLASIO(1959-1993) Whatever You Say He Sings; Butcher (poem: Ilsa Gilbert)
Janet E. Hopkins, soprano
ROBERT CHESLEY (1943-1990) "Six Songs" Marshall Coid, counter-tenor;
LEE GANNON (1960-1993): Cello & Piano Sonata David Eggar, cello;
KEVIN OLDHAM (1960-1993) Across the Sea; Not Even If I Try Gilles Denizot, Helden Tenor
The Benson AIDS Series, a twelve year series held on World AIDS Day at Middle Collegiate Church by Downtown Music Productions, under the artistic direction of conductor/pianist, Mimi Stern-Wolfe, will present the music of four composers who were struck down by the HIV/AIDS virus in the early nineties. Trinity Church (at 74 Trinity Place) will host this year's presentation of music by four composers whose music deserves wide attention and recognition by concert audiences. The composers to be performed are Robert Chesley (1943-1990); Lee Gannon(1960-1993); Kevin Oldham (1960-1993); and Chris DeBlasio (1959-1993).Songs to poetry of Ilsa Gilbert are performed. For further information:dmpmimi@verizon.net
Nov. 13, 2005 at 3 pm:
AARON COPLAND (Brooklyn Birthday Boy, Nov. 14, 1900-1990)
A DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS
The concert will commemorate the 105th birthday of this great American Master. Admission is at the suggested Donation of $10-$15. Further information: dmpmimi@verizon.net or 212 477 1594.
Appalachian Spring (Ballet for Martha)
(fl, cl, bassoon, pno, & strings) Ukelele Serenade: Shem Guibbory, violin; Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano
Concerto for Clarinet & String Orch, Harp & Piano: William Blount, clarinet
Old American Songs: Ivan Thomas, bass-baritone
Martin’s Aria from The Tender Land : Kurt Alakulppi, tenor
DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS
MIMI STERN-WOLFE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
THREE’s A CROWD!!!
(TRIOS GALORE !!!)
DOWNTOWN CHAMBER TRIO
Reiko Kawabata, violin; William Blount, clarinet
Daniel Barrett, cello; Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano
Bruce Lazarus: Divertimento (commissioned by Downtown Chamber Trio)
Yuri Bortz: Trio for Now and Thenfor violin, clarinet, piano
Darius Milhaud: Suite
Michael Cohen: Monday Morning Piano Trio (premiere)
Peter Schickele: Serenade for Three
SUNDAY MAY 22 @ 3:00 PM
ST. MARKS in the BOWERY (10th St. & Second Av)
Suggested Donation: $10—15; (Seniors, Students $8)
Information: (212) 477 1594; dmpmimi@verizon.net
HONORING THE AMERICAN ART SONG
mimi stern-wolfe, artistic director, piano
Poetry of Ilsa Gilbert; Edna St. Vincent Millay; W.B. Yeats; C.M. Silver
set by Michael Cohen, (Greenwich Village Voices)
Mark N. Grant (Red Berries); (Book of Illuminations)
Joyce Hope Suskind, (Yeats Love Songs)
Julie Mandel (Portraits)
Sopranos, Janet Hopkins; Nita Baxani; September Bigelow, Tiffany DuMouchelle;
Elizabeth Farnum
Downtown Chamber Players: Oboe:Jeff. Hale; cello: Marisol Espada; Guitar, Matthew Baier, &
pnos.Elizabeth Rodgers& Mimi Stern-Wolfe
Sunday April 24 @ 3PM
St. Marks in the Bowery, 131 E. 10th st.;
212 477 1594; suggested Donation: $10-15
information: dmpmimi@verizon.net
Sound of New Music Series Presents:
If Music Be The Love Of Food
Sunday January 30th at 3 pm
@ ST MARKS IN THE BOWERY (10th Street & 2nd Avenue)
Featuring a chamber opera:
ART OF EATING
inspired by the writing of M.F.K. Fisher
with music: Jeffery Lependorff
Libretto: Joseph Goodrich
with Maria Fatorre, Soprano; John Schenkel, baritone
River Quartet and Mimi Stern-Wolfe, conductor
also featuring:
Eric Satie: Trois Morceaux en forme de Poire
J.S. Bach: Coffee Cantata Aria
Leonard Bertstein: La Bonne Cuisine
Henry Purcell: If Music Be The Food Of Love
Ilsa Gilbert: Two Poems "Food for Thought", "Dinner"
Performers
Elizabeth Rodgers, piano
Andrew Bolotowsky, flute
Mary Hurlbut, Soprano
Karen Sprung, Soprano
and others
Suggested donation $10.00 - $15.00
Ticket information: 212 477-1594
Sunday, December 19, 2004
at 2:00 pm
at The Judaica Museum of the Hebrew Home for the Aged
Galina Heifetz, Violin, Mimi Stern-Wolfe, Piano
music by Jewish Composers
including: Bloch, Irving Schulhoff, Achron, Veinberg, Volpe
The Judaica Museum of the Hebrew Home for the Aged
5961 Palisade Avenue
Riverdale, NY 10471
(718) 548 1006
DOWNTOWN MUSIC
PRODUCTIONS, INC
Mimi Stern-Wolfe’s 2004-2005 series
THE SOUND OF NEW MUSIC
With
Downtown Chamber & Opera Players
@ ST MARKS IN THE BOWERY (10th Street & 2nd Avenue)
ARMISTICE DAY REVISITED
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 14 @ 3:00 pm
Kurt Weill, (Four Walt Whitman Songs);
K. Hoover (Central American Songs): NY premiere
Timothy Brown (In Flanders Field) NY premiere
Peter Kelsh/Ilsa Gilbert: After Life
Joseph Kosma/Jacques Prevert: Barbara
Gary Geld/Udell: Shenandoah
Vocalists: Gayla Morgan, Coloratura; Emily Johnson, mezzo soprano;
Kurt Alakulppi, tenor; Sean Barker, Baritone;
Instrumentalists: Andrew Bolotowsky, flute; Chris Nappi, percussion; James Wilson, oboe
Marshall Coid, violin; Daniel Barrett, cello; Mimi Stern-Wolfe piano
Suggested donation: $10
Information: dmpmimi@verizon.net; (212 477 1594)
DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS
mimi stern-wolfe, artistic director
UPTOWN & UPCOMING
CHAMBER OPERA
THE SATIN CLOAK
A Modern Fable ON A HASIDIC TALE!
MUSIC AND LIBRETTO
MARTIN HALPERN
OCTOBER @ 8:30
Thursday,October 28
Friday, October 29
Saturday, October 30
Cast
Darren Chase, tenor, Tameen
September Bigelow, mezzo- soprano, Akara
Samuel Smith, bass-baritone, Aruhm
William Berges, baritone, Narrator & Messenger
Chorus of Townspeople
Downtown Chamber & Opera Players
Conductor: Mimi Stern-Wolfe
Stage director: Martin Halpern
LEONARD NIMOY THALIA of SYMPHONY SPACE
TICKETS: $21; $16 for members: $12 for seniors & students;
Information & reservations : (212) 864-5400; (212) 477-1594
Orchestral Concert for Children 5 and up
Babar the Elephant meets Tubby the Tuba
illustration by Anique Taylor
Mother's Day, May 9 at 3 pm
St. Marks Church in the Bowery
10th Street & Second Avenue
Narrators: Ivan Thomas & Iris Hiskey; Tuba: Ron Caswell.
plus SPECIAL Folk Sing-a -long for PEACE.
ALSO upcoming...
(Joanne Edelmann as "The Princess"
Marshall Coid as "The Soldier" in a previous production)
The Soldier's Tale (L'Histoire du Soldat)
by Igor Stravinsky
Marshall Coid as "The Soldier"
Valentina Kozlova, choreograher
James B. Nicola, Stage Director
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, Conductor of Downtown Chamber Players.
WESTBETH PRESENTS TUESDAY, APRIL 20 @ 7:30 PM
LIBRETTI & POETRY
BY
ILSA GILBERT
OPERA EXCERPTS
CONCERT PERFORMANCE
ONE NIGHT TOGETHER
MUSIC BY DANIEL BURWASSER
(SET IN HOLOCAUST PERIOD)
PHOENIX PARK (A POET’S JOURNEY)
MUSIC BY DAVID G. STRICKLAND
(SET IN DUBLIN, IRELAND)
“RED BERRIES” (ART SONG PREMIERE)
MUSIC BY MARK N. GRANT
PERFORMED BY
DOWNTOWN CHAMBER & OPERA PLAYERS
MIMI STERN-WOLFE, PIANIST- ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
NITA BAXANI, SOPRANO
GAYLA MORGAN, SOPRANO
KURT ALAKULPPI, TENOR
ROBERT MOBSBY, BARITONE
THE COMMUNITY ROOM @ 55 BETHUNE STREET
***** RECEPTION ****
FREE
TUESDAY APRIL 20 @ 7:30 PM
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
mimi stern-wolfe artistic director presents
WAR & PIECES #3
A SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONCERT SERIES
Sunday, March 28 at 3pm
at
St. Marks Church in the Bowery
10th Street & Second Avenue
WOMEN AND WAR
SPECIAL FEATURED GUESTS: COLORADO QUARTET & Downtown Chamber &
Opera Players
Carolyn Gronlund, mezzo sop; Isabelle Ganz, mezzo-sop; Karen Ruth Sprung, soprano Jeannine Otis, mezzo soprano; Sean Barker, baritone; Daniel Barrett, cello; Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano
WORKS BY: K. Hoover (Da Pacem); D.Hollister/I. Gilbert (Homeless Children)Blitzstein (Mission Scene from The Cradle Will Rock) Joe Worker Gets Gypped; M. Spektor (Where Are the Children; "I Don’t Remember My Childhood" from Lady in the Castle); J.H.Suskind (Sororite-Sisterhood); Barber/Arnold (Dover Beach); Weill/Brecht: (Soldaten Weib)
Suggested Donation: $10; Information: 212 477 1594: dmpmimi@verizon.net
WAR & PIECES
A SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONCERT SERIES
@ St. Marks in the Bowery
10th Street & Second Avenue
“I HAVE A DREAM”
JANUARY 25, 2004 @ 3 PM
The Downtown Chamber & Opera Players
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, conductor, pianist
CONCERT #2
JAN 25, 2004 @ 3PM
SILENCED VOICES Michael Cohen
Daniel Barrett, cello
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano
THREE SONGS Hans Eisler (1898-1962)
(poems by Bertolt Brecht)
Ballad of Marie Sanders translation by Eric Bentley)
Easter Sunday
The Song of the Moldau
Sean Barker, baritone
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano
STRING QUARTET Jorge Washington
Pena Hen (1928-73)
Allegro * Adagio* Vivo
Carpentier Quartet
MOURNING SCENE (from Samuel) Ned Rorem
Kurt Alakulppi, tenor
Carpentier String Quartet
TIME FOR TAPS (poem) Ilsa Gilbert
llsa Gilbert, reader
LETTERS HOME (from VIETNAM )(1968) Willam Mayer
Vocal Solos, spoken solos, chorus,
Strings, brass, flute (piccolo)
Keyboard, percussion,
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, conductor
SONGS OF SOLOMON (a choral ensemble) Chantel R. Wright, (conductor)
WITHOUT JUSTICE Nicholas Scarim
TUTTI
ARMISTICE DAY REMEMBERED
November 9, 2003 @ 3 pm
PEACE
Joyce Hope Suskind (G.M. Hopkins)
THE ARMY SONG from Threepenny Opera
Kurt Weill (B. Brecht)
THEY ARE THERE!
Charles Ives
LISTEN HERE JOE from Peace Cry
David Hollister (L. Hughes)
THE WAR PRAYER
Nicholas Scarim (M. Twain)
on BENJAMIN BRITTEN'S War Requiem
Ilsa Gilbert (poet)
SONGS OF LOVE & WAR
Richard Peaslee
JOHNNY I HARDLY KNEW YOU
Irish Folk Song
Downtown chamber & Opera Players
Nita Baxani, soprano; Sahoko Sato, mezzo-soprano; Joel Briel, tenor;
Michael Schilke, baritone; Ivan Thomas, bass; Ilsa Gilbert, reciter;
Lou Rodgers, stage director; Andrew Bolotowsky, flute;
David Hopkins, clarinet; Lori Berkowitz, viola; Daniel Barrett, cello;
Judy Hirschman, percussion;
Mimi Stern Wolfe, piano & keyboards
ATTENTION! BENEFIT Brunch- Buffet: $30
@ Pangea Restaurant (Second Av 10th-11th) 12:30---2:30
Information: 212 477 1594; dmpmimi@msn.com
DONNELL PUBLIC LIBRARY (53rd street between 5th-6th Avenue)
BEETHOVEN BIRTHDAY BASH!
FREE
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20 @ 2:30 pm
Downtown Music Productions
&
DOWNTOWN CHAMBER TRIO
Matthew Lehmann, violin
David Gotay, cello
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano
PRESENT
Sonata for Cello and Piano #2 in G, op.5 no. 2
Sonata for Violin and Piano #8, op.30 no. 3
Archduke Trio for Violin, Cello, Piano in Bb, op. 97
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HOWL Arts Festival of the EAST VILLAGE
Saturday, August 23 @ Noon and 1PM
Tompkins Square Park: 10th street & Avenue A
TUBBY THE TUBA----Kleinsinger/Tripp
Downtown Chamber Orchestra conductor: Mimi Stern-Wolfe
FREE
Sunday, April 27, 2003 at 3 pm
Piano Solo: Selections from the "Palestine Notebook" by Stefan Wolpe
(100th birthday is celebrated 2002-2003)
Mimi Stern- Wolfe, piano solo
Center for Jewish History
(15 East 16th Street)
Cafe Music
(Trio for vl. cel. pno.) by Paul Schoenfield - Downtown Chamber Trio
(Jill Jaffe, Daniel Barrett, & Mimi Stern-Wolfe)
American Society for Jewish Music & American Jewish Historical Society
A CONCERT OF CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSIC WORKS
by Stefan Wolpe, Ron Yedidia, Kurt Weill, Arnold Schoenberg, Karol Rathaus, Paul Schoenfield
Information: dmpmimi@verizon.net
COMPOSERS OF THE TEREZIN with MOTYL
February 2, 2002 at Library of Locust Valley, Glen Cove, Long Island
Music by composers Viktor Ullmann, Gideon Klein, Martin Roman, Egon Leduc and others.
(A Poet’s Journey)
Libretto by Ilsa Gilbert
Music by David Strickland
Downtown Chamber & Opera Players
Conductor: Mimi Stern-Wolfe
Stage Director: Tom O'Horgan
Performances in NOVEMBER:
7, 8, 9, 10; 14, 15, 16, 17; 21, 22, 23, 24, 2002
@ Theater for the New City
Benefit "PHOENIX PARK"
by
David Strickland and Ilsa Gilbert
BIRDS WE HAVE KNOWN
Soprano, Piano and Cello
with Kim Strickland, mezzo-soprano
@ Church Of The Epiphany
22nd Street & Second Avenue
Downtown Chamber & Opera Players
Monday, October 15, 2001 at 8 p.m.
Contemporary Chamber & Vocal Music:
Works by: Norman Grossman, Prokofiev,
Mary Carol Warwick/Perry Brass,
Paul Schoenfield
The Construction Company
10 East 18th St., 3rd Floor
Monday February 4, 2002 @ 2:30 PM
The Donnell Library
20 West 53 Street * (212) 340-0849 * FREE
Joel Briel, tenor
Alexander Boder, violin
Sam Kephart, viola
David Gotay, cello
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano
Program:
Ervin Schulhoff
Tango from 5 Etudes
for piano
Brahms
Piano Quartet In C Minor
Paul Schoenfield
Café Music
for viola cello, piano
Astor Piazzolla
Le Grand Tango
for viola & piano
Perry Brass (poetry)
The Human City
(premiere)
Mary C. Warwick (music)
tenor, viola, piano
BENSON AIDS CONCERT #11:
Sunday, December 2, 2001 @ 3:30 PM
..... to honor the LIVES and MEMORIES of the people lost on September 11
......to present music of composers stricken with the AIDS virus
to launch our upcoming AIDS LIVE CD, SUDDEN SUNSETS
Program:
Yvar Mikhashoff (1941-1993)
Opera Arrangements for Piano Solo
"Vissi D'Arte" (from Tosca by Puccini)
"Casta Diva" (from Norma by Bellini)
Yvar Mikhashoff (1941-1993)
Dances for Davia (flute& piano)
William Schimmel
"Fromage Dangereux"
(Tango from Incitation to Desire CD)
Bruce Lazarus
Threnodies and Anthems
for ten sax & bagpipe
(dedicated to composer's parents)
Gerald Busby
COMETANGO
(1984)
for Piano Solo
Mary Carol Warwick
Chris at 34
(Chris deBlasio,1959-1993)
Poetry
Ilsa Gilbert
"DH Remembered"
(Deolus Husband, 1953-1989)
Chris De Blasio (1959-1993)
"Villagers"
(po
All Rights Reserved.
Kevin Oldham (1960-1993)
"Not Even If I Try"
Jack Briece (1945-1988)
Four Songs on Poems of John Ciardi
Gilles Denizot, baritone
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano
Downtown Chamber Players:
Gilles Denizot, baritone; John Ingram, bagpipes and saxophone;
William Schimmel, accordion; Mimi Stern-Wolfe, conductor, piano
Middle Collegiate Church
Second Avenue & Seventh Street