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GUITAR PLUS concert series
Fourth season, 2012
Fourth season, 2012
The fourth season of Guitar Plus presents two exciting concerts in the Leonard Nimoy Thalia
Theater at Symphony Space in New York.
On February 23, 2012, "The Music of David Leisner" features music for guitar with other
instruments written since 2000. A stellar line-up of performers will gather to perform a varied and
stimulating evening of recent works.
The Brazilian guitarist, Fabio Zanon, one of the great guitarists in the world today, in a rare New
York appearance, will be joined by the thrilling Enso String Quartet. Guitar Plus fans will
remember the Enso's vibrant performances from last season. They will perform Leisner's Vision
of Orpheus, a dramatic, sometimes eerie 5-movement piece based on the Orpheus myth and a
painting on the subject by Santa Fe artist, Mark Spencer.
A World premiere will be included on this program as well. West Wind is a set of 6 songs set
to poems by the great Mary Oliver. The poems deal with love in the context of nature. The music
sets them in mystical, quietly emotional ways. West Wind was written for the splendid tenor,
William Ferguson, who will sing it on this occasion with the composer at the guitar.
The prodigiously gifted Arc Duo - Heather Holden, flute, and Bradley Colten, guitar - completes
the program with two works for flute and guitar. Away was recently commissioned for them by the
Diller-Quaile School of Music, and is recorded on their latest album for the Azica label. It is based
on the beloved folk song, "Shenandoah", written in the reductive style that has marked Leisner's
recent music. Acrobats is an intense work in an earlier style that is inspired by a remarkable
short story by Nathan Englander about a group of Chasidic Jews who are herded by mistake
onto the wrong train during World War II, headed not for the concentration camps, but rather to
entertain the Nazi troops.
The March 29th concert of Guitar Plus presents the highly unusual combination of guitar and
piano. The brilliant pianist, Jon Klibonoff, joins David Leisner in an exceptionally interesting
concert program of 19th-century and contemporary music. The highlight of the evening will be
the World premiere of Oh T.I.! by Peter Sculthorpe. Sculthorpe has progressed from being
Australia's best-known composer to one of the most important composers on the international
scene. This new work was commissioned by Leisner for the occasion. Also on the program are
the imaginative and lyrical Fantasia by the little-known 20th-century Dutch composer, Hans
Haug, the Grand Duo Concertant, which is a virtuosic collaboration between the early
19th-century guitarist/composer Mauro Giuliani and pianist/composer Ignaz Moscheles, two
lovely duos by the early Romantic guitar/composer Johann Kaspar Mertz, and the World
premiere of David Leisner's Labyrinths No. 2 for solo piano.
February 23
Fabio Zanon, guitar
Enso String Quartet
William Ferguson, tenor
Arc Duo, flute and guitar
David Leisner, guitar
"Music of David Leisner"
Away for flute and guitar
Vision of Orpheus for guitar and string quartet
West Wind (World Premiere) for tenor and guitar
Acrobats for flute and guitar
March 29
Jon Klibonoff, piano
David Leisner, guitar
Mazurka, op. 40 and Barcarole, op. 41 Johann Kaspar Mertz
Oh T.I.! (World Premiere) Peter Sculthorpe
Labyrinths No. 2 (World premiere) for solo piano David Leisner
Fantasia Hans Haug
Grand Duo Concertant Mauro Giuliani/Ignaz Moscheles
Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater
Broadway at 95th St.
New York, NY
Both concerts at 7:30 pm
Tickets - $30 day of concert, members $25, under 30 $15
Leisner photos: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
Zanon photo: Osmar Motta
Enso Qt. photo: Richard Hawley
Ferguson photo: Ron Rinaldi
Arc Duo photo: Nick Granito
Website content © David Leisner 2011. All rights reserved.
Theater at Symphony Space in New York.
On February 23, 2012, "The Music of David Leisner" features music for guitar with other
instruments written since 2000. A stellar line-up of performers will gather to perform a varied and
stimulating evening of recent works.
The Brazilian guitarist, Fabio Zanon, one of the great guitarists in the world today, in a rare New
York appearance, will be joined by the thrilling Enso String Quartet. Guitar Plus fans will
remember the Enso's vibrant performances from last season. They will perform Leisner's Vision
of Orpheus, a dramatic, sometimes eerie 5-movement piece based on the Orpheus myth and a
painting on the subject by Santa Fe artist, Mark Spencer.
A World premiere will be included on this program as well. West Wind is a set of 6 songs set
to poems by the great Mary Oliver. The poems deal with love in the context of nature. The music
sets them in mystical, quietly emotional ways. West Wind was written for the splendid tenor,
William Ferguson, who will sing it on this occasion with the composer at the guitar.
The prodigiously gifted Arc Duo - Heather Holden, flute, and Bradley Colten, guitar - completes
the program with two works for flute and guitar. Away was recently commissioned for them by the
Diller-Quaile School of Music, and is recorded on their latest album for the Azica label. It is based
on the beloved folk song, "Shenandoah", written in the reductive style that has marked Leisner's
recent music. Acrobats is an intense work in an earlier style that is inspired by a remarkable
short story by Nathan Englander about a group of Chasidic Jews who are herded by mistake
onto the wrong train during World War II, headed not for the concentration camps, but rather to
entertain the Nazi troops.
The March 29th concert of Guitar Plus presents the highly unusual combination of guitar and
piano. The brilliant pianist, Jon Klibonoff, joins David Leisner in an exceptionally interesting
concert program of 19th-century and contemporary music. The highlight of the evening will be
the World premiere of Oh T.I.! by Peter Sculthorpe. Sculthorpe has progressed from being
Australia's best-known composer to one of the most important composers on the international
scene. This new work was commissioned by Leisner for the occasion. Also on the program are
the imaginative and lyrical Fantasia by the little-known 20th-century Dutch composer, Hans
Haug, the Grand Duo Concertant, which is a virtuosic collaboration between the early
19th-century guitarist/composer Mauro Giuliani and pianist/composer Ignaz Moscheles, two
lovely duos by the early Romantic guitar/composer Johann Kaspar Mertz, and the World
premiere of David Leisner's Labyrinths No. 2 for solo piano.
February 23
Fabio Zanon, guitar
Enso String Quartet
William Ferguson, tenor
Arc Duo, flute and guitar
David Leisner, guitar
"Music of David Leisner"
Away for flute and guitar
Vision of Orpheus for guitar and string quartet
West Wind (World Premiere) for tenor and guitar
Acrobats for flute and guitar
March 29
Jon Klibonoff, piano
David Leisner, guitar
Mazurka, op. 40 and Barcarole, op. 41 Johann Kaspar Mertz
Oh T.I.! (World Premiere) Peter Sculthorpe
Labyrinths No. 2 (World premiere) for solo piano David Leisner
Fantasia Hans Haug
Grand Duo Concertant Mauro Giuliani/Ignaz Moscheles
Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater
Broadway at 95th St.
New York, NY
Both concerts at 7:30 pm
Tickets - $30 day of concert, members $25, under 30 $15
Leisner photos: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
Zanon photo: Osmar Motta
Enso Qt. photo: Richard Hawley
Ferguson photo: Ron Rinaldi
Arc Duo photo: Nick Granito
Website content © David Leisner 2011. All rights reserved.
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