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ALIVEmusica is an exciting new collaboration from a group of leading chamber music presenters in New York's Hudson Valley.
The Hudson Valley region has long had a thriving culture for the arts, and in particular Chamber Music.
We have joined together to present renowned musicians performing live in a superb concert hall, and streamed directly to you, our esteemed patrons, and to audiences beyond as well.
In the fall of 2020, we presented four concerts from the unique ambiance of the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, NY, an acoustically and visually stunning space, appreciated by both musicians and audiences. Our first concerts are listed below.
We will continue to bring more superb streaming concerts to you in the Winter and Spring of 2021.
Be sure to catch these concerts as they are broadcast, and feel free to return to enjoy them again afterwards.
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ALIVEmusica is a partnership among the following presenters.
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Howland Chamber
Music Circle |
- The Chapel
Restoration |
Newburgh
Chamber Music |
Pawling
Concert Series |
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Media sponsorship from
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This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.
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Upcoming Concerts ...
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Terrence Wilson, piano May 2, 2021, 8:00 PM (ET)
“One of the biggest pianistic talents
to have emerged in this country
in the last 25 years” Baltimore Sun
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| Haydn: Andante and Variations in f minor, Hob. XVII:6 |
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| Liszt: Funèrailles (from “Harmonies Poétiques et Réligieuses”) |
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| Rachmaninoff: 4 Etudes tableaux from Op. 39 (Nos. 1, 2, 5, 9) |
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Cassatt String Quartet with Ursula Oppens, piano May 23, 2021, 8:00 PM (ET)
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| Fanny Mendelssohn: Selections from Das Jahr (Ursula Oppens, piano) |
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| Victoria Bond: Blue and Green Music (world premiere online) (Cassatt String Quartet) * |
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| Amy Beach: Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor Op.67 (Cassatt String Quartet with Ursula Oppens) |
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| * This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund. |
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Past Concerts ...
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Lark Thurber Duo April 11, 2021, 8:00 PM (ET)
"With exhilarating teamwork, humor and educational instincts, the two musicians charmed an eager crowd..." Strad Magazine
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| Original compositions by Lark and Thurber interspersed with 2-part Inventions by J. S. Bach |
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Schroeder Umansky Duo March 21, 2021, 8:00 PM (ET)
Grammy winning members of the Attacca and Harlem Quartets.
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| Arthur Honegger: Sonatine for Violin and Cello, H. 80 |
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| Zoltán Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, Opus 7 |
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MET Orchestra Musicians February 21, 2021, 8:00 PM (ET)
Noted as one of today's most
stylistically versatile and musically
satisfying orchestras.
Musicians:
Caterina Szepes, Violin
Stacey Shames, Harp
Bruno Eicher, Violin
Mary Hammann, Viola
Kari Jane Docter, Cello
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| Camille Saint-Saëns: Fantasie in A Major, Op. 124 for violin and harp |
| Caterina Szepes, violin; Stacey Shames, harp |
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| Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thais |
| Caterina Szepes, violin; Stacey Shames, harp |
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| Gabriela Lena Frank: Zapatos de Chincha |
| Bruno Eicher, violin; Kari Jane Docter, cello |
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| Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio in C Minor, Op. 9 No. 3 |
| Bruno Eicher, violin; Mary Hammann, viola; Kari Jane Docter, cello |
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Alessio Bax & Lucille Chung, piano duo January 24, 2021, 8:00 PM (ET)
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| Claude Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (for piano four hands) |
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| Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka (complete original version for piano four hands) |
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| The Shrove-Tide Fair |
| Russian Dance |
| Scene II |
| Petrushka |
| Scene III |
| The Blackamoor |
| Waltz (Blackamoor and Ballerina) |
| Scene IV |
| The Shrove-Tide Fair (Towards Evening) |
| Wet-Nurses’ Dance |
| Peasant with Bear |
| Gypsies and a Rake Vendor |
| Dance of the Coachmen |
| Masqueraders |
| The Scuffle (Blackamoor and Petrushka) |
| Death of Petrushka |
| Police and the Juggler |
| Apparition of Petrushka’s Double |
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| Encore: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 6 — Vivace |
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Jesse Mills and Rieko Aizawa, violin/piano November 15, 2020, 8:00 PM (ET)
Founding members of the Horszowski Trio
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| Olivier Messiaen: Theme and Variations for Violin and Piano |
| Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96 for Violin and Piano |
| Allegro moderato |
| Adagio espressivo |
| Scherzo: Allegro—Trio |
| Poco allegretto |
| Paul Chihara: "Storm" after The Tempest Sonata (from Four Reveries on Beethoven, 2018) for Solo Piano |
| Maurice Ravel: Sonata No. 2 in G Major for Violin and Piano |
| Allegretto |
| Blues Moderato |
| Perpetuum mobile. Allegro |
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Colin and Eric Jacobsen, violin/cello October 25, 2020, 8:00 PM (ET)
Founders of The Knights chamber ensemble and Brooklyn Rider String Quartet
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| Heinrich Biber: Passacaglia |
| Reinhold Gliere: Duets, Op. 39 |
| Prelude |
| Gavotte |
| Berceuse |
| Niccolò Paganini: Caprice No. 1 |
| Colin Jacobsen: Lydia's Reflection |
| Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello |
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Michael Brown, piano October 11, 2020, 8:00 PM (ET)
Winner of the 2018 Emerging Artist Award from Lincoln Center
and a 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant
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| Haydn: Fantasia (Capriccio) in C Major, Hob. XVII:4 |
| Debussy: Hommage à Haydn |
| Ravel: Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn |
| Michael Brown: Breakup Etude for the Right Hand Alone (World Premiere) |
| Scriaben: Prelude and Nocturne for Left Hand Alone, Op. 9 |
| Beethoven: Sonata no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 (“Pathétique”) |
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| Beethoven: Sonata No. 26, Op. 81a |
| Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 1, Op. 28 |
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