Washington D.C.
Presenting as part of the Sphinx Medal of Excellence ceremony, works by Jessie Montgomery and Davone Tines.
Featuring solo cello works for the PARMA Album of new music to be released in the Spring.
Performances include The Library of Congress in Washington D.C. and Ordway Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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In his Elegy, a Black British composer, Philip Herbert, looks to solace when justice could not be served for an 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence, whose life was lost to a tragic incident of violence. Justice and peace find their way into music without regard to time and place: on this program, we offer Jessie Montgomery’s Source Code, which pays homage to African American artists prominent during the peak of the Civil Rights era in the United States. Even Schubert’s Death and the Maiden, written only a few short years after the composer’s arrest due to rebellious behavior toward the authorities, suggest the most unlikely use of power and protest. Bela Bartok, who was destined to leave Europe for America was looking for peace and solace during a challenging time for his homeland Hungary, as World War II approached. As we reflect on the historical and current challenges of Venezuela, we chose the music of Romero, who invoked traditional dance and improvisatory qualities to entice his audiences. Xavier Foley’s new work pays tribute to some of the divisiveness of our days, while also offering light and hope. Abels’ Global Warming speaks to not only the well-being of our earth, but expresses a hopeful outlook he had upon global relations and transcending cultural difference. In the end, as a listener, you must decide the role both artists and citizens can play in propelling peace and positivity.
DiMenna Center for Classical Music (450 W. 37th St., NYC)
Concert of complete works on the PARMA Album to be released in the late Spring.
Columbia Basin College Theater - Pasco, Washington
St. Petersburg Piano Quartet
PROGRAM TBD
Details TBD
Program TBD
Stony Brook University
Beethoven’s “Archduke” Trio
Emmanuel Vukovich, violin
Kyungwha Chu, piano
SAINT-GEORGES: Symphony in D major Op. 11, No. 2
HAYDN: Cello Concerto No.1 in C major, Hob.VIIb:1
featuring Santiago Cañón-Valencia
–Intermission–
PINZÓN: Rapsodia a los cuatro elementos
PONCE: Estampas nocturnas
MONTGOMERY: Starburst
Richmond, Virginia
Repertoire TBA
Xalapa, Mexico
With the incredible Filarmonia orchestra in Xalapa, Mexico, Brahms Double Concerto with Chloe Trevor, violinist.
With the incredible Filarmonia Orchestra in Xalapa, Mexico, Dvořák‘s epic cello concerto in B minor.
Recording project for the Parcival Trio that is a collaboration with the McGill School of Music’s recording department and world-renowned producer, Martha De Francisco.
Beethoven: “Archduke” Trio
Sheila Silver: To the Spirit Unconquered
Staunton, Virginia
Program for the Exceptionally Gifted (Ages 9-13)
Regular Program (Ages 15-30)
The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, PA
The Book of Never, a world premiere from Aaron Helgeson
on texts of the Novgorod Codex
a world premiere from Tawnie Olson
with major support from the Barlow Foundation
I heard the voices of Children (2019) by Toivo Tulev
on texts of William Blake, a Ballyeamon cradle song,
and names of the lost children of Tuam
a co-commission of The Crossing and the
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Three new works that confront our use of words: writing, naming, calling.
Based on the Novgorod Codex — a 10th-century book of Russian psalms overwritten hundreds of times with heretical sermons — Aaron Helgeson’s The Book of Never confronts our complex present by unearthing phantoms of our ancient past. Dense harmonies build on layered echoes of ancient hymn fragments: a banished monk’s apocalyptic visions of a distant future. Toivo Tulev turns to the eerie mystery often felt in poems of William Blake as he weaves into the musical fabric names of the lost children of Tuam. And Tawnie Olson takes our new commission as an opportunity to hear our own words, or those like us: how we use our voices to refer to others, what it means, and how it feels
The Juilliard School - NYC
Cello faculty @ The Juilliard School
White Mills, PA - Dorflinger-Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
Claude Bolling: Selections from the Jazz Suite
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Delhi, NY
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
Claude Bolling: Selections from Jazz Suite
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Staunton, Virginia
Regular Program (Ages 15-30)
Lakeside, Ohio
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Daniel Meyer, conductor
Greensboro, North Carolina
Montgomery – Divided, for Cello and Orchestra (Commission Premiere)
Thomas Mesa, Cello
PROGRAM
Joplin arr. Montgomery & Barefield (2019): Overture from Treemonisha
Gershwin: Lullaby for String Orchestra
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Blue/s Forms for solo violin
III. Jettin’ Blue/s
Jessie Montgomery: Banner! for quartet and string orchestra
*****
Copland: Two Pieces for String Orchestra
Jessie Montgomery: Cello Concerto
Chavez: Sarabande for Strings
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Sinfonietta No. 1
Jacksonville, FL
Montgomery – Divided, for Cello and Orchestra (Commission Premiere)
Thomas Mesa, Cello
PROGRAM
Joplin arr. Montgomery & Barefield (2019): Overture from Treemonisha
Gershwin: Lullaby for String Orchestra
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Blue/s Forms for solo violin
III. Jettin’ Blue/s
Jessie Montgomery: Banner! for quartet and string orchestra
*****
Copland: Two Pieces for String Orchestra
Jessie Montgomery: Cello Concerto
Chavez: Sarabande for Strings
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Sinfonietta No. 1
The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
Montgomery – Divided, for Cello and Orchestra (Commission Premiere)
Thomas Mesa, Cello
PROGRAM
Joplin arr. Montgomery & Barefield (2019): Overture from Treemonisha
Gershwin: Lullaby for String Orchestra
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Blue/s Forms for solo violin
III. Jettin’ Blue/s
Jessie Montgomery: Banner! for quartet and string orchestra
*****
Copland: Two Pieces for String Orchestra
Jessie Montgomery: Cello Concerto
Chavez: Sarabande for Strings
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Sinfonietta No. 1
New York, NY
Montgomery – Divided, for Cello and Orchestra (Commission Premiere)
Thomas Mesa, Cello
PROGRAM
Joplin arr. Montgomery & Barefield (2019): Overture from Treemonisha
Gershwin: Lullaby for String Orchestra
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Blue/s Forms for solo violin
III. Jettin’ Blue/s
Jessie Montgomery: Banner! for quartet and string orchestra
*****
Copland: Two Pieces for String Orchestra
Jessie Montgomery: Cello Concerto
Chavez: Sarabande for Strings
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Sinfonietta No. 1
Sun City, Arizona
Works for cello and organ
Greg Zelek, organist
601 North Ithan Avenue - Bryn Mawr, PA
At Beaumont community center on a gorgeous historic organ, a program of works for cello and organ.
Greg Zelek, organist
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
Overture Center for the Arts
John DeMain, conductor
Dvořák – Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191
Overture Center for the Arts
John DeMain, conductor
Dvořák – Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191
Overture Center for the Arts
John DeMain, conductor
Dvořák – Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
Detroit, MI
Montgomery – Divided, for Cello and Orchestra (Commission Premiere)
Thomas Mesa, Cello
PROGRAM
Joplin arr. Montgomery & Barefield (2019): Overture from Treemonisha
Gershwin: Lullaby for String Orchestra
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Blue/s Forms for solo violin
III. Jettin’ Blue/s
Jessie Montgomery: Banner! for quartet and string orchestra
*****
Copland: Two Pieces for String Orchestra
Jessie Montgomery: Cello Concerto
Chavez: Sarabande for Strings
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Sinfonietta No. 1
Portland, Oregon
Montgomery – Divided, for Cello and Orchestra (Commission Premiere)
Thomas Mesa, Cello
PROGRAM
Joplin arr. Montgomery & Barefield (2019): Overture from Treemonisha
Gershwin: Lullaby for String Orchestra
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Blue/s Forms for solo violin
III. Jettin’ Blue/s
Jessie Montgomery: Banner! for quartet and string orchestra
*****
Copland: Two Pieces for String Orchestra
Jessie Montgomery: Cello Concerto
Chavez: Sarabande for Strings
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Sinfonietta No. 1
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
Repertoire TBD
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
IT Duo
Ilya Yakushev, piano
Program
Beethoven: Variations in Eb Major
Claude Bolling: Jazz Suite (with recorded percussion track)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
Dates TBD
Repertoire TBD
includes…
Beethoven: Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
