Northstar Jazz Combo, playing a few sets this afternoon. Stop by, get a drink, and say hello.

Northstar Jazz Septet playing a few sets this afternoon. Stop by, get a drink, and say hello.

“Piano Quintet No. 1” by Grażyna Bacewicz

“Piano Quintet Op. 67” by Amy Beach

“Prospective Dwellers” by Tomeka Reid

“Piano Quintet No. 1” by Grażyna Bacewicz

“Piano Quintet Op. 67” by Amy Beach

“Prospective Dwellers” by Tomeka Reid

“Piano Quintet No. 1” by Grażyna Bacewicz

“Piano Quintet Op. 67” by Amy Beach

“Prospective Dwellers” by Tomeka Reid

“Piano Quintet No. 1” by Grażyna Bacewicz

“Piano Quintet Op. 67” by Amy Beach

“Prospective Dwellers” by Tomeka Reid

Through narration, readings from their letters, and selections from their oeuvre, we tell the story of Clara and Robert Schumann – their youthful love, its consummation over the objections of Clara’s father, Robert’s slow decline, and Clara’s continued performance and compositional career.

Music will include:

Widmung (Liszt-Schumann), Variations on a theme of Robert Schumann (Clara Schumann), Benjamin Downs, piano
Dichterliebe (Robert Schumann), David Kozisek, tenor
Songs by Clara Schumann, Jennifer Olson, soprano

Through narration, readings from their letters, and selections from their oeuvre, we tell the story of Clara and Robert Schumann – their youthful love, its consummation over the objections of Clara’s father, Robert’s slow decline, and Clara’s continued performance and compositional career.

Music will include:

Widmung (Liszt-Schumann), Variations on a theme of Robert Schumann (Clara Schumann), Benjamin Downs, piano
Dichterliebe (Robert Schumann), David Kozisek, tenor
Songs by Clara Schumann, Jennifer Olson, soprano

Through narration, readings from their letters, and selections from their oeuvre, we tell the story of Clara and Robert Schumann – their youthful love, its consummation over the objections of Clara’s father, Robert’s slow decline, and Clara’s continued performance and compositional career.

Music will include:

Widmung (Liszt-Schumann), Variations on a theme of Robert Schumann (Clara Schumann), Benjamin Downs, piano
Dichterliebe (Robert Schumann), David Kozisek, tenor
Songs by Clara Schumann, Jennifer Olson, soprano

Romanza (1942)                                                                      Gustaf Allan Pettersson (1911-1980)

Summer Thoughts (1972/2008)                                                Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016)

Norske Stevtoner, Op. 40                                                        Johan Kvandal (1919-1999)
1. Mine visur
2. Då eg va liti
3. Eg var meg ut på Gladheimsbergi
4. Hjuringvise og lokk
5. Å hugen min
6. Å her møter mangt
7. Liti-mor
8. Då eg va liti og sprang utivi
9. Sjugurd og kjerringi
10. Å med Soli kan eg
11. Guten og jenta

In memoriam Pehr Henrik Nordgren (2009)                                                  Kalevi Aho (b. 1949)

Improvvisazione (1982)                                                                   Joonas Kokkonen (1921-1996)

PROGRAM:

All György Ligeti:

Études for Piano, Book (1985)
Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano (1982)

Frederic Rzewski - Coming Together
Andy Akiho - tO wALk Or ruN in wEst harlem
Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 8
Missy Mazzoli - Still life with Avalanche

Performers:

Benjamin Downs, piano
Karen Baumgartner, flute
Weily Grina-Shay, clarinet
Bjorn Grina-Shay, percussion
Eri Isomura, percussion
Ashley Ng, violin
Patricia Ryan, cello
Elwyn Alexander Fraser Junior, narrator

Frederic Rzewski - Coming Together
Andy Akiho - tO wALk Or ruN in wEst harlem
Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 8
Missy Mazzoli - Still life with Avalanche

Performers:

Benjamin Downs, piano
Karen Baumgartner, flute
Weily Grina-Shay, clarinet
Bjorn Grina-Shay, percussion
Eri Isomura, percussion
Ashley Ng, violin
Patricia Ryan, cello
Elwyn Alexander Fraser Junior, narrator

Performing Steve Reich’s Quartet for 2 pianos and 2 vibraphones;

Benjamin Downs, piano

April Kim, piano

Bjorn Grina-Shay, vibraphone

Eri Isomura, vibraphone

Allegro Sostenuto
  with Rebeccah Parker Downs, cello
          Pat O'Keefe, clarinet

Guero, for solo piano

This all-Lachenmann concert will also include his Consolations II.

Performing Libby Larsen's Four on the Floor with colleagues from the MacPhail Center for Music and the Minnesota Orchestra.

Benjamin Downs, Piano
Rebeccah Parker Downs, Cello
Daniel Pate, Percussion

PROGRAM:
Stop Speaking (2011) Andy Akiho (b. 1979) for Snare Drum and Electronics

Warenfetisch (2016) for Amplified Cello                                                  Zach Thomas (b. 1988)

Serenatas (2008)                                                                                     Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952)

Agitato
Delicate
Dolce
Languido
Misterioso

Bolts of Loving Thunder (2013)                                                                Missy Mazzoli (b. 1980)

Tight Sweater (2005)                                                                                  Marc Mellits (b. 1966)

I. Exposed Zipper
II. Trans Fatty Acid’s Rein
III. Mara’s Lullaby
IV. Pickle Trousers
V. Evil Yellow Penguin
VI. Mechanically Separated Chicken Parts

Recomposed Scriabin by Jennifer Jolley
Sonata-Fantasy no. 2 in g-sharp minor by Alexander Scriabin
Isabelle Eberhardt Dreams of Pianos (for amplified piano and electronics) by Missy Mazzoli
Rave for piano and electronics, by Molly Joyce
Currents, by Sarah Kirkland Snider
High and Low (composer Molly Joyce)
Map of Laughter (composer Missy Mazzoli)

Featuring several performers from the Twin Cities, including myself, this benefit concert, sponsored by the non-profit Keys 4/4 Kids, will be held at the Keys 4/4 Kids location in St. Paul.

100% of the proceeds will go towards the purchase of a piano for a family with 3 wonderful young pianists who are all playing extremely well, but cannot afford a piano beyond the dilapidated free piano that they have had for a few years. We hope that with this benefit concert and one other (held at the St. Joseph's School of Music), we can get the family a piano that matches their skill.

I will be performing at the headline event for the St. Joseph's School of Music, their annual "Showcase." Repertoire includes a large number of solo and collaborative pieces.

PROGRAM
works by Marc Mellits and others

$5 cover

PROGRAM
Selections from Études, Book 1, by György Ligeti

https://www.facebook.com/events/344293912735656

Recomposed Scriabin by Jennifer Jolley
Sonata-Fantasy no. 2 in g-sharp minor by Alexander Scriabin
Isabelle Eberhardt Dreams of Pianos (for amplified piano and electronics) by Missy Mazzoli
Rave for piano and electronics, by Molly Joyce
Currents, by Sarah Kirkland Snider
High and Low (composer Molly Joyce)
Map of Laughter (composer Missy Mazzoli)

"Care Concert" – performing Recomposed Scriabin by Jennifer Jolley