Category: Pierstown Grange

2024 August Performances by Musicians in Otsego County

  • August 4: Fenimore String Quartet at the Star Theatre, 7:30 pm
  • August 11: Ensembles Large and Small at the Star Theatre, 7:30 pm
  • August 12: Florence High Chamber Music at Pierstown Grange, 7:30 pm

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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 Violin J.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

2022 August Performances by Musicians in Otsego County

Concerts at Meadow Links and the Pierstown Grange are free admission.

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Aug 12: Chamber Music from Members of Glimmerglass Orchestra

The Pierstown Grange Presents:

The Annual Florence High Memorial Chamber Music Concert

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. Her daughter, Sue Drake, is an active Pierstown Grange member; this concert honors the memories of devoted music lovers and community members Florence High and Sue’s husband, Donald Drake.

  • August 12, 2019, 7:30 pm
  • Chamber Music presented by members of the Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra
  • Pierstown Grange, 137 Wedderspoon Rd, Cooperstown, NY 13326 (click here for directions)
  • Admission is free
  • This concert is in memory of Donald Drake, and will feature a performance of Puccini’s Chrysanthemums

Program

Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums) SC 65 Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Ruotao Mao, Fritz Krakowski, Faina Agranov, Michael Cleveland, Joseph Lorang, Sasha Margolis, Cecee Pantikian, Esther Sanders, Ann-Marie B. Schwartz, Ubaldo Valli – violins
Katrina Smith, Emma Baker, Christine Ims, Alexandra Van de Geijn – violas
Ruth Berry, Jacqueline Stern – violoncellos; David Irvin, Jon Pascolini double bass
Joseph Colaneri- conductor
Three Furies for Solo Tuba
Fury 2 – very clean, gently inebriated, very clean
Fury 3 – relentless
James Grant (b.1954)
Brendan Ige, tuba
Iberique Peninsular Francois Rabbath (b. 1931)
Jon Pascolini, bass
Three Duets for two Violins and Piano
1.Prelude
2.Waltz
3.Polka 		Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Cecee Pantikian, Ruotao Mao, violins; Kirill Kuzmin, piano
   
INTERMISSION  
   
Music for Remy Lou Harrison (1917-2003)
Nancy Dimock, oboe; Bill Manley, percussion
Mládí (Youth) (1924)
I. Allegro
II. Andante soatenuto
III. Vivace
IV. Allegro animato		 Leos Janácek (1854-1928)
Yevgeny Faniuk, flute & piccolo; Eileen Whalen, oboe; Keri Ann Dibari, clarinet
Dan Wions, horn; Mark Timmerman, bassoon; Pascal Archer, bass clarinet

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Aug 13: Chamber Music from Glimmerglass Orchestra

The Pierstown Grange Presents:

The Annual Florence High Memorial Chamber Music Concert

Pierstown Grange, Cooperstown, NY

  • August 13, 7:30 pm
  • Chamber Music presented by members of the Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra
  • Pierstown Grange, 137 Wedderspoon Rd., Cooperstown, NY 13326 (click here for directions)
  • Admission is free.

Program

The Barber of Seville (1816)

  • Una voce poco fa
  • Dunque io son
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)/François Rene Gebauer (1773-1845)
* Spencer F. Phillips, Mark Timmerman, bassoons
   
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77

  • II. Adagio
 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
* Heather Wittels, violin; Michael Lewis, piano; Eileen Whalen, oboe
   
An Invocation Jeffrey Beam (b. 1953)
Marly Youmans. reciter
   
An Invocation (after a poem [2008] by Jeffrey Beam) (2012) Steven Serpa (b. 1976)
KeriAnn DiBari-Oberle, soprano saxophone; Susan Faux, violin;
David Jackson, viola; Ruth Berry, cello
   
Intermission  
   
Duetto for Alto e Contrabasso, D major (1796)

  • I. Allegro Moderato
  • II. Romanza poco Adagio
  • III. Rondo Allegro
 Johann Matthias Sperger (1750-1812)
* Katrina Smith, viola; Ed Allman, double bass
   
Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3

  • I. Allegro assia
  • II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
  • III. Allegro vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
* Maria Kistner Conti, violin; Louis Lohraseb, piano

An Invocation – Jeffrey Beam (b. 1953)

From cedar’s green feathers cedar’s red odor 
From moss’s cool fever earthworm’s glowing 
From pitch-pine’s field-taking pitch-pine’s black tarring 
From the heel-worn path eye-light roaming 
   
From cornfield’s stalking bobwhite ascending 
From the cardinal’s scarlet a royalty before us  
From persimmon & apple urgent oriole feeding 
From blue-eyed grass in shadow late summer’s Eden 
   
From footstep to cow path mud pool & duck quack 
From goldenrod’s augur winter gathers 
From ice cracking oak limb frisson & weeping 
From beech leaf in winter gold filigree forming 
   
From rosehip & goldfinch thorn & bright needle 
From storm clouds gathering light darting through us 
From April’s spring torrents creek’s roaring persistence 
From pond over-flowing swamp’s restraint ending 
   
From the word unblemished robust declension 
From honesty in bloom articulate blue 
From granite to flagstone columbine freshes 
From cat-paw & wind-blow soft goes the morning 
   
From Star of Parnassus tourmaline greening 
From bluestem the meadow 
From poplar the tulip 
From each handshake taken a prayer advocated 
   
From beehive golden coagulate bomb 
From bottomland quiet no petulant view 
From squash bloom a shine 
From dog sleep a rumble 
   
From peril no thunder only dwellings to calm 
From muscadine’s favor copper infusion 
From mountain in snow light a rabbit’s furred thicket  
From everything under a thistle be thine 
   
From garnet & hawkweed the owl & the red-tail 
From trout ever jumping the roe of attention 
From pecan & walnut bread everlasting 
From collard & field green canny pot liquor 
   
From bluet & aster concealment never 
From wild carrot the umbel of consciousness feeding 
From myself & from strangers the friend ever trenchant 
From mystery’s bedroom love’s tortuous wisdom 
   
From the formless the formed 
From the void all-in-all 
From the patient rose blooming the perilous night 
From dove coo at morning to midday’s recountal 
   
From magnolia camellia gardenia thrall 
From dancing thunder a ridgepole at last 
From solitude vibrant fortitude’s castle 
From abundant forgiveness compassion’s great tact
   
From whatever you do or not do find a meadow 
From the river crossing an island encountered 
From the spirit descending a wine glass uplifted 
From evening’s quickening harmonious rest 
   
From the secret unfolding the obvious moment 
From whirring cicada velvet occasion 
From apple forbidden knowledge abounding 
From the snake on the path origin & ending 
   
From sunlight through trumpet vine flame in the belly 
From tears’ shivering sorrow joy reshaping 
From veronica & chickweed earth warmly responding 
From mountain’s re-greening eye filled with blue 
   
Jeffery Beam  
From the book Gospel Earth, © 2010, Skysill Press, Nottingham, England

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Aug 14: Chamber Music from Glimmerglass Orchestra

The Pierstown Grange Presents:

The 16th Annual Florence High Memorial Chamber Music Concert

Pierstown Grange, Cooperstown, NY

  • August 14, 7:30 pm
  • Chamber Music presented by members of the Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra
  • Pierstown Grange, 137 Wedderspoon Rd., Cooperstown, NY 13326 (click here for directions)
  • Admission is free.
  • For more information, call 547-1347 or 264-3069.

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