The Great Crossing (I) (1991/1992)

Muziekcentrum Vredenburg Utrecht.

1. Alwin Bär, piano

8 January 1992

Charles T. Griffes Four Roman Sketches op. 7 (1915-1916);
Scherzo (from Fantasy Pieces op. 6) (1915); De Profundis (1915);
Sonata (1918) (Dutch premiere)
Ernest Bloch Visions et Prophèties (1940)
Bohuslav Martinu Sonate (1954)

2. Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra cond. by Gunther Schuller

19 January 1992
Robert Szreder, viool
Peter Zimmerman, piano

Johan Franco Sinfonia (1931)
Lou Harrison Suite (1951) (Dutch premiere)
Gunther Schuller Chamber Symphony (1989) (Dutch premiere)
Otto Luening Music for Orchestra (1952) (Dutch premiere)

3. The influence of Claude Debussy

18 February 1992
Claron McFadden, soprano
Robert Nasveld, piano

Claude Debussy Quatre Chansons de Jeunesse (1882/1884)
Charles Griffes Symphony in Yellow (Oscar Wilde) (1912); Four Impressions (Oscar Wilde) (Dutch premiere)
Joseph Schwantner Two Poems of Agueda Pizarro (1980) (Dutch premiere)
George Crumb Three Early Songs (1947); Apparition (Walt Whitman) (1979) (Dutch premiere)

4. Trio Klavino

29 April 1992
Peter-Marc Dijcks, clarinet
John Helstone, violin
Marian Bolt, piano

Daniel Gergory Mason Pastorale op. 8 (1913) (Dutch premiere)
John Harbison Variations (1982) (Dutch premiere)
Igor Strawinsky L’Histoire du Soldat (1918)
Max Bruch Pieces op. 83 (1909)
Max Raimi Four Songs (1988) (Dutch premiere)

5. Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra cond. by Lukas Foss

15 May 1992
Harrie Starreveld, flute
Hein Meens, tenor

Bernard Wagenaar Song of Mourning (1944) (Dutch premiere)
Charles Ives Washington’s Birthday (1913) (uit ‘New England Holidays’)
Joseph Schwantner Canticle of the Evening Bells (1982) (Dutch premiere)
Lukas Foss Mesure for Mesure (1983) (Dutch premiere)
Aaron Copland Music for the Theatre (1925)