History
SINFONIETTA OF RIVERDALE
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
(Since January 2009)
January 25, 2009
INAUGURAL CONCERT
Ludwig van Beethoven, Minuets and Contradances
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Adagio and Fugue in C Minor
Benjamin Britten, Sinfonietta Op. 1
Bernhard Sekles, Serenade Op. 14
May 3, 2009
STRING ORCHESTRA
Karel Husa, Divertimento for String Orchestra (New York Premiere)
J. S. Bach, Piano Concerto in D Minor
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Serenade in C Major for Strings
July 29, 2009
SUMMER CONCERT AT HORACE MANN
Mozart, Divertimento K. 136
Saint-Saens, Prelude to Le Deluge
Laura Frautschi, violin
J. S. Bach, Sheep May Safely Graze & In Thee Is Joy (arr. Ormandy)
Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings
Tchaikovsky, Serenade in C, Waltz
Aaron Copland, Hoe-Down (from Rodeo)
Percy Grainger (arr.), Irish Tune from Londonderry
Leroy Anderson, Plink! Plank! Plunk!
October 18, 2009
AMERICAN BALLET (Honoring Martha Graham)
Samuel Barber, Medea
Cesar Franck & J. S. Bach, Two Chorales (arr. Mandarano)
Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring
December 6, 2009
MAESTRI
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mania
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Gustav Mahler, The Song of the Earth (arr. Schoenberg)
Theodora Hanslowe, mezzo-soprano & Andrew Drost, tenor
May 2, 2010
PANORAMA
Paul Hindemith, Chamber Music #1
Robert Schumann, Fugues on the Name BACH (arr. Mandarano)
Joseph Haydn, Notturno in C Major
Joseph Haydn, Concerto in F Major
September 19, 2010
FAMILY CONCERT AT WAVE HILL
Bernhard Sekles, Serenade Op. 14
Arthur Honegger, Pastorale d’ete
Ludwig van Beethoven, Minuets and Contradances
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Serenade in G Major
Gunther Schuller, Quintet
October 24, 2010
BAROQUE AND BEYOND
- S. Bach, Ricercare à 6 (arr. May)
- S. Bach, Chorale Preludes (arr. Ormandy)
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for Strings and Continuo in A Major, RV. 159
- P. E. Bach, Sinfonia in B Minor, Wq. 182 No. 5
- P. E. Bach, Concerto in D Minor, Wq. 23
Andrew Appel, harpsichord
- F. Handel, Arias
Ilana Davidson, soprano
March 13, 2011
FRESH IMPRESSIONS
Arthur Honegger, Pastorale d’été
Jacques Ibert, Capriccio
Edouard Lalo, Deux Aubades
Edgard Varése, Octandre
Jules Massenet, Valse tres lent
IMPRESSIONIST SUITE: Claude Debussy & Maurice Ravel
**world premiere arrangements by Roger Zare, David Bruce, Alan Fletcher and Mark Mandarano
May 15, 2011
WAGNER & SCHÖNBERG
Richard Wagner, Siegfried Idyll
Richard Wagner, Wesendonck Lieder
Theodora Hanslowe, mezzo-soprano
Arnold Schönberg, Chamber Symphony No. 1
Johann Strauss, Jr., Emperor Waltz (arr. Schönberg)
October 2, 2011
THE QUARTET WRIT LARGE
Giacomo Puccini, Crisantemi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Grosse Fuge
John Corigliano, Snapshot: Circa 1909 (U.S. Premiere)
Franz Schubert, Quartet “Death and the Maiden” (arr. Mahler)
March 3, 2012
THE SOLDIER’S TALE
Igor Stravinsky, Concerto in E-Flat, “Dumbarton Oaks”
Igor Stravinsky, The Soldier’s Tale (complete)
Johanna Day, Narrator
Braxton Molinaro, Soildier
Mark Nelson, Devil
Byron Adams, Serenade for Nine Instruments *world premiere*
April 29, 2012
SINFONIETTA TREASURES
Ludwig van Beethoven, Twelve Contradances WoO. 14
IMPRESSIONIST SUITE
Claude Debussy, Clair de lune (arr. Alan Fletcher)
Maurice Ravel, Kaddisch (arr. David Bruce)
Claude Debussy, La puerta del vino (arr. Roger Zare)
Maurice Ravel, Pantoum (arr. Mark Mandarano)
Robert Schumann (arr. Mandarano), Two Fugues on the Name BACH
Bernhard Sekles, Serenade for 11 Solo Instruments
October 28, 2012
MUSIC OF RIVERDALE
Ellen Zwilich, Prologue and Variations
Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings
Oliver Caplan, Lunastella Fuga *world premiere*
Bela Bartok, Divertimento
January 13, 2013
ALL JAZZED UP!
Chris Byars, Riverdale Suite for Jazz Musicians and Sinfonietta *world premiere*
Kurt Weill, Mahagonny (Songspiel)
June 2, 2013
VIENNESE CLASSICS
Anton von Webern, Langsamer Satz
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto in E-flat Major, K. 271
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Franz Joseph Haydn, Concert for Cello in D Major
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Robert Fuchs, Serenade in G Minor
October 27, 2013
MUSIC FOR STRINGS AND HARP
Steven Stucky, Colburn Variations
Claude Debussy, Dances Sacred and Profane
June Han, harp
Gustav Mahler, Adagietto
Dmitri Shostakovich, Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a
January 12, 2014
TOSCANINI CONCERT AT WAVE HILL
Gioachino Rossini, Sonata in C Major
Ludwig van Beethoven, Cavatina from Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130
Felix Mendelssohn, Octet (2 movements)
Giuseppe Verdi, String Quartet (arr. Toscanini)
June 2, 2014
SERENADES
Byron Adams, Serenade
Walter Piston, Divertimento
Johannes Brahms, Serenade in D Major (arr. Boustead)
October 25, 2014
AUTUMN WINDS
Richard Strauss, Serenade for Winds Op. 7
Antonin Dvorak, Serenade for Winds Op. 44
Alec Wilder, Serenade for Winds
Bruce Adolphe, Chiaroscuro
January 18, 2015
SHADOWS AND LIGHT
Gyorgy Ligeti, Chamber Concerto
Johann Sebastian Bach, 2 Cantatas
Ich habe genug
Weichet nur, betrübte schatten
Allison Charney Soprano
April 12, 2015
SINFONIETTA ORIGINS
Benjamin Britten, Sinfonietta Op. 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Adagio and Fugue in C Minor (arr. Mandarano)
Bohuslav Martinu, Nonet
Muzio Clementi, Nonetto