Christopher Brellochs

QUIET CITY CHAMBER ENSEMBLE IN JANUARY

The QUIET CITY CHAMBER ENSEMBLE is proud to present a program featuring newly discovered music by Aaron Copland and rarely heard compositions by American composers at two venues in January, 2014.

WHERE: Hudson View Gardens (NYC), and Chappaqua Chamber Series (Westchester, NY)
WHEN: Sunday, January 19, 2014, and Sunday, January 26, 2014

See CALENDAR (click word) for more information.

Quiet City Chamber Ensemble
 

Newly Discovered Music by Aaron Copland and
Rarely Heard Compositions by American Composers
 

Quiet City (1939/2007) - Aaron Copland (1900-1990), adapted by Christopher Brellochs
 

Four Piano Blues (1949) - Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
            I. Freely poetic
            II. Soft and languid
            III. Muted and sensuous
            IV. With bounce
 

Ballade (1955) - Leo Ornstein (1893-2002)
 

SoundMovesBlues (1999) - Robert Aldridge (b. 1954)
 
INTERMISSION
 

Suite for Trumpet, Alto Saxophone and Piano (1996) - Seymour Barab (b. 1921)
            I. Allegro
            II. Slow Waltz
            III. Allegro
            IV. Molto lento
            V. Allegro molto
 

Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1942) - Leonard Bernstein (1919-1990)
            I. Grazioso
            II. Andantino. Vivace e leggiero
 

Solace (1909) - Scott Joplin (ca. 1867-1917), arranged by Christopher Brellochs
 

QUIET CITY CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
 
Christopher Brellochs, alto saxophone
Donald Batchelder, trumpet
Mitchell Kriegler, clarinet
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano