Aug 15: The Pierstown Grange

The Pierstown Grange
Presents
The Florence High Chamber Music Concert
Muscians of the Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra and Guests

Pierstown Grange, Cooperstown, NY

Florence High (1912-2002) graduated from Radcliffe College in 1934 and played cello with the Elizabeth Philharmonic, Westfield Symphony Orchestra and Florence Symphony Orchestra. She enjoyed playing cello and flute with many chamber groups; in addition, she attended the Metropolitan Opera weekly, sitting in the last row of the upper balcony at the old Met. Ms. High spent her summers on the lake at Cooperstown and was a dedicated member of the Pierstown Grange. This Grange event honors the memory of a devoted music lover and community member.

  • August 15, 2022, 7:30 pm
  • Pierstown Grange, 137 Wedderspoon Rd, Cooperstown, NY 13326 (click here for directions)
  • Admission is free

Program

Sonata St. Marc
I. Grave-Adagio
II. Allegro
III. Adagio
IV. Allegro
Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)
arranged by Don Batchelder
Don Batchelder – trumpet, Fritz Krakowski, Julie Signitzer – violins, DeeDee Fancher – viola, Ruth Berry – cello, Jon Pascolini – bass, Michelle Papenfuss – keyboard
Sonata for Two Clarinets FP 7 (1918)
I. Presto
II. Andante
III. Vif
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Pascal Archer, Phillip Solomon – clarinets
Sonata for Snare Drum and ViolinJ.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Matthew McClung – snare drum, Sasha Margolis – violin
Bohemian Café (2019)Stacey Garrop (b. 1969)
Linda Greene, Xue Su – flutes, Pascal Archer – clarinet, Ian Morin – bassoon, Joshua Michal – French horn, David Irvin – bass
Intermission
Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007
Sarabande
Courante
J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Mark Timmerman – contrabassoon
Six-Pack for solo tuba (2007)
I. Blowing Off Steam
II. Discotheque
III. Melancholy
IV. Angry
V. Inebriated
VI. Invincible
James Meador
Josh Davis – tuba
Bassoon Concerto
III. Rondo
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Ian Morin – bassoon, Michelle Papenfuss – keyboard
Violin Sonata Op. 18
I. Allegro, ma non troppo
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Ruotao Mao – violin, Dima Glivinskiy – keyboard