WOMEN COMPOSERS CONCERT
  May 2, 2009

Musicians:
Sarah Case, violin & viola; Kari Gunderson, violin;  Nathan Hamm, piano; Lea Pearson, flute and Mark Rudoff, cello were joined by Judy Kleen, violin; Joanna Lowenstein, soprano and Mark Merchant, bass.


Works performed:

Hildegard, a medieval mystic, wrote more than 70 vocal works. The Antiphon presented in this concert was transcribed for the Kronos string quartet.

Italian Ana Bon’s Baroque Sonata for flute and keyboard, with cello continuo, was followed by a beautiful Romantic Trio for flute, cello and piano by Louise Farrenc.

To honor the earth-centered spirituality embraced by much of the women’s community, a work for voice, piano and flute by Andrea Clearfield, entitled “Gaia,” opened the second half of the program.

Music by the early 20th century French composer Mel Bonis has only recently been published, and includes a Suite for flute, violin and piano.

Closing the program was the exciting “Four on the Floor” by Libby Larsen – a boogie woogie-style tribute to fast American cars  -  for violin, viola, piano and bass.

The UUNIVERSE! concert series debuted Saturday, May 2, 2009, to an audience of more than 80 enthusiastic music lovers. People enjoyed the variety of repertoire, the diversity of composers, and most importantly, the exciting music beautifully played! Two favorites were the Farrenc Trio and the Larsen Four on the Floor (see description below). The June 18 GLBT composers concert on the eve of PRIDE weekend, was attended by more than 90 patrons, gamely participating in Pauline Oliveros’ Sonic Meditation. First UU’s Senior Minister Reverend Mark Belletini offered personal thoughts on the power of discovering music by gay composers and the affirmation it brought for a gay minister.
“SERENADE FOR SOTOMAYOR” chamber music of Latin and Hispanic composers in honor of the Supreme Court’s first Hispanic judge, Sonia Sotomayor. was performed on Sunday, October 18, 2009 3:00 PM works performed Brazilian composers: Mozart Camargo Guarnieri’s Sonata for flute & piano Hector Villa Lobos’ The Jet Whistle for flute & cello The End of the Nineteenth Century, written to be performed during the last minutes of 1900 and the first minutes of 1901, for 2 flutes & piano Dance rhythms: Baroque composer Santiago de Murcia’s dances arranged for flute & cello Cuban musician Paquito D’Rivera’s Prelude and Merengue for trumpet, trombone & piano, and Contradanza for flute & piano Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz’ Tango for viola & piano Two Brazilian dances for cello & guitar Songs: Two arrangements by Joaquin Nin for viola & piano Piano: Spanish/Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona’s Malaguena for solo piano; Prelude by Mexican composer Carlos Chavez. Musicians: Nathan Hamm, piano; Nancy Nehring. Viola; Peter Case, cello; Sid Omasta, guitar and mandolin; Lea Pearson & Amara Guitry, flute; Tony McDonald, trombone; and Richard Scranton, trumpet.

“SERENADE FOR SOTOMAYOR”

chamber music of Latin and Hispanic composers in honor of the Supreme Court’s first Hispanic judge, Sonia Sotomayor.

was performed on Sunday, October 18, 2009 3:00 PM


works performed

Brazilian composers:

Mozart Camargo Guarnieri’s Sonata for flute & piano

Hector Villa Lobos’ The Jet Whistle for flute & cello

The End of the Nineteenth Century, written to be performed during the last minutes of 1900 and the first minutes of 1901, for 2 flutes & piano

Dance rhythms:

Baroque composer Santiago de Murcia’s dances arranged for flute & cello

Cuban musician Paquito D’Rivera’s Prelude and Merengue for trumpet, trombone & piano, and Contradanza for flute & piano

Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz’ Tango for viola & piano

Two Brazilian dances for cello & guitar

Songs:

Two arrangements by Joaquin Nin for viola & piano

Piano:

Spanish/Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona’s Malaguena for solo piano; Prelude by Mexican composer Carlos Chavez.

Musicians: Nathan Hamm, piano; Nancy Nehring. Viola; Peter Case, cello; Sid Omasta, guitar and mandolin; Lea Pearson & Amara Guitry, flute;  Tony McDonald, trombone; and  Richard Scranton, trumpet.

AFRICAN AMERICAN COMPOSERS Program:

Sunday, January 31, 2010 3:00 PM

Worship Center

First Unitarian Universalist Church

93 West Weisheimer Rd., Columbus


Works performed:

Umoja: The First Day of Kwanzaa  for flute, oboe, clarinet  

    by  Valerie Coleman

Roots II: Dance in Congo Square  for piano, violin, cello                                          

    by David Baker

Duet  for flute and bassoon     (World Premiere)                 

    by Tony McDonald

Portraits in Jazz for flute and piano                         

    by Valerie Capers

Afro-American Suite  for flute, cello and piano                    

    by Undine Smith Moore

The Deserted Garden                                                        

Elfentanz for violin and piano

    by Florence Price

Troubled Water  for piano solo                                          

    by Margaret Bonds

Five Miniatures (1948)  for flute, oboe and piano              

    by William Grant Still


Musicians:

Nathan Hamm and Nancy Nehring, piano; Peter Case and Mark Rudoff, cello; Lea Pearson, flute; Stephen Rosenberg, oboe; Karen Pierson, bassoon; Sarah Case, violin; & Melanie Richards, clarinet

Music of Arab Composers

Sunday, May 2, 2010, 3:00 PM

93 W. Weisheimer Rd., Columbus.

Chamber music by composers of Arab descent for string quartet, flute, piano and bassoon.

   GLBT COMPOSERS CONCERT
  June 18, 2009

Musicians:
Sarah Case, violin & viola; Judy Kleen, violin; Kari Gunderson, viola;  Peter Case, cello;  Nathan Hamm, piano; Lea Pearson, flute; Doug O’Neal, baritone; Tony McDonald, trombone


Works performed:

Dominique Phinot Ecce tu pulcher es: Renaissance love song by a composer executed for homo-sexuality arranged for string quintet

Wendy Carlos:  Selections from Tron, the movie

Maurice Ravel Alborado del gracioso: a Spanish-style dance for piano from the French master

Samuel Barber Canzone: the lyrical 2nd movement of Barber’s piano concerto for flute & piano

Peter Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile for string quartet

Mary Watkins  Braziltown USA: an urban bossa-nova for flute & piano

Leonard Bernstein  Elegy for Mippy 2: solos trombone fun from the genius composer, conductor and pianist.

David del Tredici Matthew Shepherd; a song imagining Shepherd’s dying thoughts

Mark Blitzstein In My Arms: a gorgeous love song

Aaron Copland Simple Gifts: ‘tis a gift to be free....

Lowell Liebermann Gargoyles: crazy piano characters

Pauline Oliveros Sonic Meditation: audience participation

Lou Harrison Estampe: a far-Eastern rollicking dance for string quartet

for piano, violin, cello,

UUNIVERSE! Diverse Music You Want to Know Home Page for the UUNIVERSE! Concert Series at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus.

Works performed:

World premiere!  String Quartet No.1 by local student composer Ramsey Sadaka.

Après un Reve, for flute & piano by Lebanese composer Houtaf Khoury -  a powerful lament for his country's recent experiences of invasion, destruction & carnage.

Ancient Christian Coptic chant

Egyptian-Arabic Sufic Art Music, a unison music for bassoon & flute based on Arabic modes by Egyptian composer Abdo Dagher.

Conversations; dialogues for string quartet by Canadian-American Karim al-Zand.

Sicilienne for flute & piano by Syrian composer Dia Succari.

Rising from the Ashes by Jordanian composer Tarek Younis, describing the phoenix’s death and rebirth.

The Lotus Pond for flute & piano by Egyptian composer Gamal Abdel-Rahim.

Musicians: Nathan Hamm, piano; The Soleil Quartet; Lea Pearson, flute;  Karen Pierson, bassoon;