21st Century Shakespeare 

Chamber Music inspired by the Bard for the New Millenium


    


Tuesday, May 1 at 8pm • $20
Saint Peter’s Church • 54th & Lexington • NYC

Beth Anne Hatton, soprano
Rita Litchfield, Anna Tonna, mezzo-sopranos
William George, Steven Ebel, tenors
 Bruce Rameker, baritone
Andrew Pau, piano
William Dickerson, flute
Mitchell Johnson, violin
Malina Rauschenfels, cello
Alyssa Reit, harp

21st century world premieres and commissions:

Sondra Clark - That Time of Year
Steven Ebel - The Fool's Air & Prophecy (from King Lear)
Scott Gendel - Since I Left You
William George - It Was A Lover & His Lass
Stephen Gorbos - For Restful Death I Cry
William Holab - Remembrance
Gustav Hoyer - The Willow Song (from Othello)
Marga Richter - Two Sonnets
L.Warde - Unless Thou Get A Son

plus:

Christopher Berg - Fear No More the Heat O' the Sun (2003 NMNY commission)
Marc Blitzstein - Trio from A Winter's Tale (world premiere)
Leonard Lehrman - Sonnetina 15 (world premiere)

&
20th & 21st century songs set to Shakespeare texts by

David Amram
Tom Cipullo
F.R.C. Clarke
Gerald Finzi
Lee Hoiby
Richard Hundley
Erich Korngold
Dorian Le Gallienne
Thomas Pasatieri
Kaija Sariaaho
Virgil Thomson
Michael Tippett
Ben Yarmolinsky