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Here are the  programs from all of our previous events (listed chronologically).

Program February 10, 2008 10:30

Music: Syrinx by Claude Debussy  Christine Saari,flute

Music: excerpts from the Quartet for the End of Time by Olivier Messiaen

Interlude Abyss of the Birds Dance of the Fury, for the Seven Trumpets

David Felberg violin James Shields, clarinet Felix Wurman, cello

Anthem: Imagine by John Lennon

Music: Sonata in g major for Flute Tenor Cello and Basso Continuo by Johan Sebastian Bach

Adagio Allegro ma non tanto

Christine Saari, Flute Felix Wurman, cello Lisa Donald, cello

Program for February 17, 2008.

Poem: ‘The Humpbacked Flute Player’ by Gary Snyder, from Mountains and Rivers Without End. Read by Anthony Hunt

Music: Kokopelli by Kathryn Hoover Christine Saari, flute

Anthem: “I’ll Fly Away” (Traditional American Hymn) Singing led by Lisa Donald, Guitar

Poem: ‘Arising in Albuquerque’ by Anthony Hunt

Music: The Dizzy Flight of Death from ‘The Funerary Violinist’ by Hieronymus Gratchenfleiss

David Felberg, Violin

Poem: ‘Earth Verse’ by Gary Snyder, from Mountains and Rivers Without End (Counterpoint 1996)

Collection: Please be generous!

Music: Quartet in D for Flute, Violin, Viola, and Cello by Mozart K.285

Allegro Adagio Rondeau Allegretto

Christine Saari, Flute Ikuko Kanda, Violin Lisa DiCarlo-Finch, Viola Felix Wurman, Cello


Program for February 24, 29008

Music: Duo for Violin and Cello Op.7 by Zoltan Kodaly (1914) Allegro Serioso Non Troppo David Felberg, Violin Felix Wurman, Violoncello

Poem: “The Thing About Dylan” by Don McIver

Anthem: “ The Times They Are A’Changin” (Bob Dylan) Lisa Donald, Guitar and Vocals

Moment of Meditation: 2 minutes of silence

Poem: ‘Daily Special” by Don McIver

Music: Duo for Violin and Cello Op.7 by Zoltan Kodaly Presto

Collection: Please be generous!

Music: Stars and Stripes Forever Variations by John Phillip Sousa (Arr. Bruce Dukov) ·

 

Program for March 2nd, 2008

Music: Soliloquy (Krishna’s Song) for Solo Flute by Robert Baksa Christine Saari, Flute

Poem: The Shark in My Dreams by Frank Calabretta

Anthem: “ Blackbird” (Lennon-McCartney)

Lisa Donald, Guitar and Vocajs

Moment of Meditation: 2 minutes of silence

Music: Hieronymous Gratchenfleiss Funerary Violinist

Poem: Remember How Bright by Frank Calabretta

Collection: Please be generous!

Music: Trio Sonata No.2 in G for Flute, Violin and Violoncello by Johann Sebastian Bach Adagio, Allegro ma non tanto, Andante e piano, Allegro moderato

Christine Saari, Flute David Felberg, Violin Felix Wurman, Cello

Thanks and have another latte.


Program for March 9, 2008

Music: Gilles Tremble piece for solo cello Matt Haimovitz, Cello

Poems: My Aging Face, Billie’s Blues Are Mine Jessica Lopez, Poet

Music: Bachianas Brasilieras No5 for Soprano and Eight Celli by Heitor Villa-Lobos

Jessica Taylor, Soprano


Program for March 16, 2008

Music: Sonata No.1 for Violin in G minor BWV 1001 by Bach Adagio, Allegro

Gabriel Gordon, Violin

Poem: ‘ Spring and All’ by William Carlos Williams Anthony Hunt, Reader

Anthem: ‘Amazing Grace’ Singing led by Chad. (Words on back page.)

Celebration of Silence: (2 minutes)

Poems: ‘somewhere i have never traveled, gladly beyond’ by e e cummings

‘Listening by the Drava’ by Anthony Hunt

Music: Sonata No.1 for Violin in G minor BWV 1001 by Bach Siciliana, Presto


Program for March 23, 2008 10:30 am

Music: “Erbarme Dich, Mein Gott” fron St. Matthew’s Passion by J.S. Bach Adagio

Jacqueline Zander-Wall, Soprano David Felberg, Violin

Poem: "Holy Week Triptych: Mother and Child, Mexico, 1978"

Felecia Caton-Garcia, Poet

Music: String Quartet No1 Opus 18, No.1 in F by Ludwig Van Beethoven

Allegro con brio, Adagio affetuoso ed appassionato, Scherzo, Allegro

David Felberg Justin Pollack, Violins Marcio Rodriguez, Viola Felix Wurman, Cello

 

Program for March 30, 2008 10:30 am

Music: Ricercar No.3 in D for solo cello by Domenico Gabrielli Felix Wurman, cello

Sarabande from the Suite in D by J.S. Bach Poem: “Walking, You See Bears in the Ground” Frank Calabretta

Celebration of Silence (2 minutes)

Music: “The Red Violin Variations” by John Corigliano David Felberg, Violin

Collection: Please be generous. This is our only income source.

Poems: “Note Cards on a Shelf and 48 ½ Camino del Poniente” “WatchingBallerinas” Frank Calabretta

Music: “Clapping Music for Two Performers” by Steve Reich Felix Wurman, David Felberg


 

Program for April 6, 2008 at 10:30 am

Poem: “The Lifecycle of the Common Man” by Howard Nemerov Anthony Hunt, reader

Music: “Boom” by Terry Longshore and Brett Reed Jeff Cornelius and Scott Bey, Percussion

Anthem: Blowin’ in the Wind by Bob Dylan Singing led by Chaz Jetty. (Words on back page).

Celebration of Silence (2 minutes)

Poems: “Autobiography in Five Short Chapters” by Portia Nelson

“Bi-Biography in Five Short Chapters” by Anthony Hunt

Collection: Please be generous. This is our only income source.

Music: “Snare Drum for Camus” by Joseph Celli Jeff Cornelius Scott Bey Aaron Morales, Percussion


Program for April 13, 2008

MusicRicercar no 10 for solo cello ny G.B. Degli Antoni Felix Wurman,cello

Sarabande in e flat (from Suite no.4) by Bach

Reading: “The Al Harishma Weapons Market” and “Here, Bullet” by Brian Turner Frank Calabretta, reader

Anthem: “Teach Your Children” by Graham Nash Singing led by Chaz Jett

Celebration of Silence: (2 minutes)

Music: “Remembering…” by Richard Hermann David Felberg, violin

Reading: “Eulogy” by Brian Turner and “Gas” by Frank Calabretta

Music: Passacaglia for Violin and Cello by Handel/Halvorsen David Felberg and Felix Wurman


Program for April 20, 2008 

Duo for Viola and Bass by Reinhold Gliere Prelude and Gavotte Ikuko Kanda, Viola Terry Pruitt, Bass

Reading: “Old Woodrat’s Stinky House” by Gary Snyder Anthony Hunt, reader

Music: Duo for Viola and Bass by Reinhold Gliere Cradle Song and Scherzo


Reading: “Amtrak” by Anthony Hunt and “For All” by Gary Snyder
Music: Bachianas Brasilieras No. 6 for Flute and Bassoon by Heitor Villa Lobos
 
   Christine Saari, Flute Stephanie Przybylska, Bassoon
 
 
 Program for April 27, 2008

Music: Recuerdos de la Alhambra for solo violin by Francisco Tarrega Carmelo de los Santos, violin

Reading: “On The Road” by Jack Kerouac Scott Vehiil, actor

Anthem: “Down on the Corner” by John Fogerty Singing led by Eva Ave and Carlosaur, accordionists (Words on back page).

Celebration of Silence: (2 minutes)

Reading: “On The Road” by Jack Kerouac Scott Vehill, actor

Collection: Give us Money. Thanks !!!!

Music: String Quartet in G major Opus 18 Nr. 2 by Ludwig Van Beethoven

Allegro Adagio cantabile Scherzo/Trio Allegro molto, quasi Presto

Carmello de los Santos and David Felberg, violins Justin Pollak, viola Felix Wurman, cello

 

Program for May 4th, 2008 10:30 am

Music: Canonic Duo for Flute and Violin in D by Telemann

Music: “I Attempt from Love’s Sickness to Fly” by Henry Purcell

Reading: "Sonnet 75" from Amoretti by Edmund Spenser

   "Sonnet 130" by Shakespeare

Music: “In Diesen Heiligen Hallen” from Die Zauberflote by Mozart

Reading: "Keeping Women Happy" and "An Encounter at Wendy's" by Anthony Hunt

Collection: Thanks !!!!

Music: “the Orchestra Song”

Music: “Try to Remember” by Harvey Schmidt words by Tom Jones

LeRoy Lehr, bass  David Felberg, violin Christine Saari, flute  Felix Wurman, cello 

 

Program for May 11, 2008 at 10:30 am 

Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for Two Violins, Strings, and Basso Continuo in D Minor, BWV 1043
    with poetry from Red as a Lotus: Letters to a Dead Trappist
Invocation: “Here is my mouth…”
1. Vivace
         Poem: “Here is sweetness. I can’t lick my fingers clean this dusk.”
2. Largo ma non troppo
         Poem: “Somewhere in the community a person is belligerent.”
3. Allegro

II.
Celebration of Silence
         Poem: “When I placed a stone on my tongue.”
Silence (2 minutes)

III.
Collection. (Give us Money. Thanks!)

III.
Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo in E Major, BWV 1042
      with poetry from Mortar & Pestle
Dedication: “Here, between earth and heaven…”
1. Allegro
Poem: Aloe Barbadensis/ Aloe
2. Adagio
Poem: Gycyrrhyza Glabra/ Licorice
3. Allegro assai

IV.
Closing Poem
all the time doubt and neutrinos passing through

Bradford Richards, Ikuko Kanda, David Felberg, and Steve Ognacevic, violins; Christine Rancier, viola;
David Schepps, cello; Terry Pruitt, bass; and Terry Reck, harpsichord. And Lisa Gill, poetry.


Program for May 18, 2008 at 10:30 am

Music: Chaconne in d minor for solo violin by J.S. Bach 
 
Poems: "For You" by Adam Zagajewski "Stop Moving Your Furniture"  by Frank Calabretta
 
Anthem: "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" by Bob Dylan 
 
Celebration of Silence:  (Two minutes)
 
Poems: "Haiku 4" by Frank Calabretta  "Pocket Poem" by Ted Kooser
"The Art of Breaking Glass" by Frank Calabretta
 
Violin Concerto in D Major  Op 35 (mvt.1) by Tchaikovsky 
 
Carmelo de los Santos and David Felberg, violin soloists
 
  Frank Calabretta, poet 
 
The Orchestra:
 
Ikuko Kanda  Justin Pollak, violins
Iris McDowell, viola
Felix Wurman, cello
Ryan Walter, bass
Jesse Tatum, flute
James Shields, clarinet
Stephanie Przybylska, bassoon
Peter Ulffers, horn
 
Program for May 25th, 2008 at 10:30 am
 
Music: Tango Etude No.6 for Solo Flute by Astor Piazzolla    

Poem:  “For Trisha Barnhart” by Frank Calabretta

Music:  Multiphonic Study by Heinz Holliger   

Poem:s  “Ginkgo biloba” by Lisa Gill     “Getting a Haircut in Richmond” and “Sour Grapes” by Anthony Hunt

Collection: Sister can you spare a dime?
   
Music: Trio Sonata in G major by J.S. Bach      Adagio   Allegro ma non Presto    Adagio e piano     Presto

    Kevin Vigneau, oboe    Valerie Potter, flute    Felix Wurman, cello
 
Program for June 1, 2008 at 10:30 am 
 
Music: Partita in d minor BWV 1004 by Bach    Allemanda   Corrente    Gabriel Gordon, violin

Scene 1:   “Einstein: a Stage Portrait”    Tom Schuch, actor

Anthem: “City of New Orleans” by Steve Goodman    David Donelson guitar/vocals  (words on back page)

Celebration of Silence (two minutes)

Scene 2:  “Einstein: a Stage Portrait”     Tom Schuch, actor

Collection: Sister can you spare a dime?
   
Music: Partita in d minor BWV 1004 by Bach   Sarabanda     Giga      Gabriel Gordon, violin
 
Program for June 8, 2008 at 10:30 am

Music: Image for Solo Flute (1940) by Eugene Bozza

Poem: “We have had Enough Clouds”    (for Bozza with Cocteau)  
 
Music: “Mystic Opera”     Sarah West, vocalist

Celebration of Silence (two minutes)

Poems: “The Consensual Communion of Sound and Synapse”  (A Response to Beethoven in Four Movements) 
                
Music: String Quartet  Opus 18 No 3 in D major by Ludwig Van Beethoven    
 
 Christine Saari, flute
 David Felberg and Ikuko Kanda violins 
   Justin Pollak, viola     Felix Wurman, cello
Maureen Seaton and Lisa Gill, poets
 
Program for June 15, 2008 at 10:30 am
 
Presto  from the Solo Sonata for Violin by Bartok   Ikuko Kanda, violin
 
 "Western Wind"  and  "Lord Randall"  and  "It was a Very Good Year" Lyrics by Ervin Drake  read by Anthony Hunt
 
"Chanson dans la Nuit " by Carlos Salzedo 
Lynn DeVelder, harp 
 
Celebration of Silence
 
 "Cry" by James Blunt and "Father and Sons" by Cat Stevens read by Anthony Hunt and Frank Calabretta
 
"Fantaisie" by Saint-Saens for violin and harp
 Ikuko Kanda, violin and Lynn De Velder, harp 
 

Program for June 22, 2008 at 10:30 am

 
Music: Prelude from the Suite for Solo Cello in C by Bach   James Holland, cello    
 
Poem: "The Unknown" and "Glass Box" from “Pieces of Intelligence: the Existential Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld”     arranged by Hart Seely and read by Frank Calabretta

 
Music: "Kryl" by Robert Erikson  Amanda Pepping, trumpet

Celebration of Silence (two minutes)

Poems: "Happenings" arranged by Hart Seely and "Suicide Note on a Grocery List" by Frank Calabretta
 
Collection:  Thank You!!!
   
Music: Sonata for Violin and Cello by Maurice Ravel       Megan Julyan-Holland, violin  James Holland, cello

 
Program for June 29, 2008 at 10:30 am 

Music:
Quintet for Strings in C opus 163 by Schubert movement 1: Allegro ma non Troppo

Poems: "Yugoslavia: Summer" and"Dancing in Dubrovnik" by Tony Hunt

Music:
“The Cellist of Sarajevo” by David Wilde           Joanna de Keyser, cello

Celebration of Silence: two minutes

Poem: "Waiting for the Trains: Vinkovci, Yugoslavia" by Tony Hunt

Music: Quintet for Strings in C  opus 163 by Schubert movement 2: Adagio
              
 David Felberg and Carol Swift-Matton, violins   Ikuko Kanda, viola   Joanna De Keyser and Felix Wurman, celli
 
Program for July 6, 2008 at 10:30 am 
 
Music: “Souvenir d’Amerique” for violin and string quintet by Henri Vieuxtemps       David Felberg, solo violin 
     Ruth Bacon and Felix Wurman, violins   Ikuko Kanda, viola    Melinda Mack, cello    Jean-Luc Matton, bass

Poems: "In Paradise People Will Become Music” and "Work Horses" by Gary Brower

Music: Ken Dean, Jew’s harp medley

Celebration of Silence: two minutes

Poems: "Crescendo" and "The Sapphire" by Gary Brower

Music: Bolero by Maurice Ravel  (arrangement for fourteen players by David Felberg)       
     
  Carol Swift-Matton and Ruth Bacon, violins   Ikuko Kanda, viola  Melinda Mack, cello  Jean-Luc Matton, bass
   Christine Saari, flute  Melissa Pena, oboe Stanley Weinstein,clarinet Eric Lau,saxophone Stephanie Przybylska, bassoon
   Peter Ulffers, horn  Amanda Pepping, trumpet  Carson Keebles, trombone
   Ken Dean , snare drum

 
Program for July 13, 2008 at 10:30 am 
 
Music: “Voyage” for flute and string quintet by John Corigliano      Christine Saari, flute

            David Felberg and Ruth Bacon, violins  Ikuko Kanda, viola Felix Wurman, cello  Terry Pruitt, bass

Poems: “Here at the Bottom of the City”, “Late Afternoon and Still Singing  and “The Few Who Remain”    Maisha Baton, poet

Music: Quintet for clarinet and strings in b minor Opus 115 by Brahms  
  mvt.1 Allegro  mvt.2 Adagio

Celebration of Silence: two minutes

Poems: “Small Town Flashback”, “Oscar Comes Through New Mexico From El Salvador”        “Gemini”,  Maisha Baton, poet

Music: Quintet for clarinet and strings in b minor Opus 115 by Brahms 
   mvt.3 Andantino    mvt.4 Con Moto

          James Shields, clarinet  David Felberg and Ruth Bacon, violins 
                            Ikuko Kanda, viola   Felix Wurman, cello
 
Program for July 20, 2008 at 10:30 am 

Music:  Three Vocalises by Vaughan Williams
Ruth Bacon, Soprano  Patrice Howard, clarinet 

Poems: "Firme"  "Bailando an Sombras"
Maria Leyba, poet

Music: Sonata (Appasionatta) by Sigfrid Karg-Elert   Christine Saari, flute

Celebration of Silence: two minutes

Poems: "Collecting Names" Maria Leyba, poet

Music: Sonata for flute and continuo in e minor by Bach   Mvt.3 and 4.
  Christine Saari, flute and Felix Wurman, cello

 
 

 

 

 


 


 

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