Immerse yourself in a wonderful combination of sounds while exploring various musical styles as Poetica Musica presents a concert entitled Bach and Way Beyond. Explore the works of Bach, Handel, Beach, Bartok and others presented by the members of Poetica Musica including pianist, Molly Morkoski, mezzo soprano, Eleanor Valkenburg, guitarist Oren Fader, and flutist Barry Crawford.
Works will include Sonata in B Major for flute and keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, Selected Arias by George Frideric Handel, Romance for piano and flute by Amy Beach, Irish Songs for flute and voice by John Corigliano, Rumanian Dances arranged for flute and guitar by Bela Bartok and more.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
MOLLY MORKOSKI, pianist, made her solo debut on Carnegie’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman stage in June 2007 and has performed on the inaugural concert of Carnegie’s Zankel Hall under the direction of John Adams. Ms. Morkoski’s performances also include appearances at Carnegie’s Weill Hall, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall and the Miller Theater. She has appeared as soloist at the Tanglewood, Bang-on-a-Can, and Pacific Rim festivals, and performed concertos with the Raleigh, Asheville, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestras, and Moravian Philharmonic Orchestras. She is a member of the Zankel Band, Open End Ensemble, Exponential Ensemble, and Meme. She has collaborated with the NY Philharmonic Chamber Players, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony, the New World Symphony, Speculum Musicae, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; Her first solo disc, “Threads,” was released in March 2012 on Albany Records, and a disc of solo and chamber music by recent Grammy Award winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank, also for Albany Records, Ms. Morkoski was a Fulbright scholar in Paris. She is a first recipient of the Teresa Sterne Career Grant and was given the Thayer-Ross Award upon completion of her doctorate. Ms. Morkoski is currently an Associate Professor at Lehman College in the Bronx
ELEANOR VALKENBURG, mezzo soprano, has achieved worldwide recognition as a chamber musician, soloist and as the Director of Poetica Musica. Ms Valkenburg has performed in some of the most prestigious festivals and chamber music series including the Bergen Festival, the Istanbul International Music Festival, the Sarajevo Festival and L’ Octobre Festival du Carthage, the Martinu Festival in Czech Republic, at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the St-Martin-in-the Fields in London .As a chamber music musician, she has performed in more than 50 countries including Tunisia, Bosnia, India, Serbia, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Syria, etc., conducting master classes as well as performing concerts. She has taught seminars and master classes at the Higher Institute of Music in Damascus, The Music Academies of Sofia, Istanbul, Bucharest, Bratislava, and Belgrade. She is currently on the faculty of the Summer Rhodope Festival in Bulgaria and has taught at the College of New Rochelle, Adelphi University, and University of Alabama. MS. Valkenburg has appeared in radio and television broadcasts for the CNN World Report, CNN Turk, Polish and Czech Television and has received praise for her work and artistry from the New York Times, Newsday, and The Washington Post.
OREN FADER, guitarist, has performed hundreds of concerts in the US, Europe and Asia with a wide range of classical and new music groups, including the Met Chamber Ensemble, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, New York City Opera, New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Mark Morris Dance Group, Da Capo Chamber Players, New World Symphony, Absolute Ensemble, and Speculum Musicae. A champion of new music, he has premiered over 150 works with guitar. He also performs, tours and records with the new music ensembles Cygnus, Fireworks, and Glass Farm. Mr. Fader has participated in a three week tour with Poetica Musica performing in Turkey (Istanbul International Festival), Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan (United States State Department). Recent concerto appearances include the “Concerto de Aranjuez” with the Manchester Music Festival. He has performed works of Carter, Davidovsky and Chin at the Tanglewood Music Festival. Mr. Fader can be heard on over 30 commercial recordings and film, including the classical guitar parts for the recent film “Everything is Illuminated.” His solo recordings include “Another’s Fandango," featuring 500 years of guitar music, and “First Flight," a CD of 10 premiere solos written for Mr. Fader by New York City composers. Since 1994 Mr. Fader has been on the guitar and chamber music faculty of the Manhattan School of Music.
BARRY CRAWFORD is currently Principal Flute of the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, Poetica Musica, Ensemble Pi and Sedna Winds. He regularly performs as a guest artist with some of New York's leading ensembles, including the American Ballet Theater, Brandenburg Ensemble, the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, the Zankel Band, Cygnus, Fireworks, Argento, Quintet of the Americas and the Riverside Symphony. He has participated in numerous internationally recognized music festivals, such as Mostly Mozart, the Lincoln Center Festival, the Spoleto Festival in Spoleto, Italy, and the Pablo Casals Festival, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. As part of Poetica Musica, he has performed at the Bergen Festival in Norway, the International Music Festival in Istanbul, Turkey, as well as chamber music festivals in Poland, Czech Republic, Tunisia, Denmark, Jamaica, Tajikistan and Azerbaijan. Mr. Crawford has been a guest soloist in many of the most important concert halls in the United States, including Boston Symphony Hall, Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, and the Symphony Center in Chicago. He has been featured on the McGraw-Hill Young Artist's Showcase on WQXR as both a soloist and chamber player, has been heard on WNYC and has performed as a soloist for Lincoln Center's Great Performers series. He is currently on the faculty at SUNY Fredonia and has recorded for Albany Records.
TICKETS & INFORMATION:
$24 OWG Members
$25 Seniors (62+), Full-time Students
$30 General Admission
TICKET ALSO INCLUDES:
Pre-concert discussion: 7:30 pm
Meet the Artists Reception immediately following the concert on the West Porch!