Bargemusic Winter Here and Now Festival: Music by Hailstork, Stubblefield, Rzewski, Faingold, Platt, Warshaw, Taylor
$35
- Mark Peskanov, violin
- Jesse Mills, violin
- Georgy Valtchev, violin
- Daniel Hass, cello
- Doris Stevenson, piano
- Carl Patrick Bolleia, piano
- Tengku Irfan, piano
- Brandon George, alto flute
- Thomas Piercy, clarinet
- David Taylor, bass trombone
Roger Stubblefield — Three Attitudes, Op. 24c (for violin solo, world premiere)
Frederic Rzewski — More Music (I, II, III – American premiere)
Noam Faingold — two paths (for solo violin, world premiere)
Russell Platt — Madrigal (for alto flute and violin, world premiere)
Dalit Warshaw — Swimming Toward Fire (world premiere)
David Taylor — Houdinization Suite (for bass trombone and piano)
Bargemusic concerts are 1 to 1-1/2 hours, with no intermission.
About Bargemusic
Moored in Brooklyn just under the Brooklyn Bridge, Bargemusic presents great music year-round. Walk across the gangplank of a renovated coffee barge into a “wonderfully intimate wood-paneled room with thrilling views of lower Manhattan and excellent acoustics.” Experience why critics call Bargemusic “the perfect chamber-music hall” and why artists say it is “unlike any other place in the world to perform.”
https://www.bargemusic.org/About Mark Peskanov, violin
Mark Peskanov (born in Odessa, Ukraine – then part of the USSR) is an American virtuoso violinist, known as a soloist, chamber musician, composer, conductor, and concert presenter.
Peskanov began playing the piano at age three, and the violin at seven. He received early musical training at the Stolyarsky school. In 1973, at the age of fifteen, he emigrated to the United States, where he attended the Aspen Music Festival and the Juilliard School. Upon his recital debut at Carnegie Hall, The New York Times declared, "Mark Peskanov is a tremendous young violinist and his Friday evening concert at Carnegie Hall was a triumph…He has it all—technique, temperament, and taste."
Since 2005, Peskanov is president and artistic/executive director of Bargemusic.
About Jesse Mills, violin
About Georgy Valtchev, violin
Georgy Valtchev has performed on some of the world's most prestigious stages as a soloist with orchestras, in recitals, and as a chamber musician. A dedicated collaborative musician, Georgy enjoys frequent performances with distinguished international artists and ensembles in the United States and Europe. As principal member of the Mark Morris Dance Group musicians, he frequently travels around the world. Georgy has been honored to lead, as guest concertmaster, several major symphony orchestras, most notably the London Philharmonic and the Royal Symphony Orchestra of Madrid. He is a founder and artistic director of the Unbeaten Path chamber music festival in Kovachevitsa, Bulgaria, and founding member of the chamber music series Bulgarian Concert Evenings in NY.
https://www.silkroad.org/artists-georgy-valtchevAbout Daniel Hass, cello
About Carl Patrick Bolleia, piano
Spending most of his childhood improvising piano fantasies based on songs by the latest pop culture sensations of the late '90s and 2000s, often times while playing upside down, it is a surprise that Carl Patrick Bolleia has amounted to anything more than a cameo on a canceled sitcom or a manager on the amateur wrestling circuit. However, despite his best efforts, he's been able to find himself at the vanguard of musical experimentation, with hands (get it!? ugh.) in a kaleidoscope of activities, ranging from collaborating with living composers, historical performance on period instruments, contemporary improvisation, a multitude of chamber music and large ensemble situations, sacred music, and of course the standard repertoire.
https://www.carlpatrickbolleia.com/About Tengku Irfan, piano
About Brandon George, alto flute
Brandon Patrick George is a leading flute soloist and Grammy®-nominated chamber musician whose repertoire extends from the Baroque era to today. He is the flutist of Imani Winds and has appeared as a soloist with the Atlanta, Baltimore, and Albany symphonies, American Composers Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's, among others. He has been praised as "elegant" by The New York Times, as a "virtuoso" by The Washington Post, and as a "knockout musician with a gorgeous sound" by The Philadelphia Inquirer. His debut album was released by Haenssler Classics in September 2020; The New York Times has described it as "a program that showcases the flute in all its wit, warmth and brilliance."
https://www.brandonpatrickgeorge.com/About Thomas Piercy, clarinet
About David Taylor, bass trombone
Receiving B.S. and M.S. degrees from Juilliard, David Taylor started his playing career as a member of Leopold Stokowski's American Symphony Orchestra, and by appearing with the New York Philharmonic under Pierre Boulez. Simultaneously, he was a member of the Thad Jones Mel Lewis jazz band, and recorded with groups ranging from Duke Ellington to The Rolling Stones. He has appeared and recorded with major jazz and popular artists including Barbara Streisand, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Frank Sinatra, and Aretha Franklin. Mr. Taylor has won the NARAS Most Valuable Player Award for five consecutive years, and has also been awarded the NARAS Most Valuable Player Virtuoso Award, an honor accorded no other bass trombonist. He has been a member of the bands of Gil Evans, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis, George Russell, Jaco Pastorius, Charles Mingus, Michelle Camillo, Bob Mintzer, Dave Matthews, the Words Within Music Trio, and B3+. In 1998 Taylor performed on four GRAMMY nominated CDs: The J.J. Johnson Big Band, Dave Grusin's West Side Story, the Joe Henderson Big Band, and the Randy Brecker Band. The latter two CDs were chosen for GRAMMYs. David Taylor is also on the faculties of the MSM and Mannes. He plays Edwards bass trombones exclusively.
https://www.davetaylor.net/