works by Chopin, Szymanowski, Muczynski, and Ciupinski performed by Poetica Musica in the Red Ballroom of Westbury House
“A Chopin Soiree”, a concert featuring the chamber music ensemble, Poetica Musica, Artists-in-Residence at Old Westbury Gardens, in the Red Ballroom of Westbury House, will begin with introductory remarks by composer Jakub Ciupinski. A Guided Tour of the vast and stunningly beautiful gardens and Westbury House will be conducted at 6:45 pm. A Meet-the Artists reception will follow the concert.
A program of works by four Polish composers representing different periods will include Fryderyk Chopin’s Cello Sonata, mazurkas for solo piano, and seldom-performed flute arrangements of Chopin’s music, as well as the colorful Kurpian Songs by Karol Szymanowski, a popular flute sonata by a contemporary American composer of Polish descent, Robert Muczynski, and the U.S. premiere of Jakub Ciupinski’s Subtraction for flute and piano. The pieces will be performed by cellist Eugene Moye, soprano Eleanor Valkenburg, pianist Maria Antonia Garcia, and flutist Barry Crawford.
Poetica Musica is a consortium of eight musicians who are currently Artists-in-Residence at Old Westbury Gardens, a stately mansion located on Long Island\'s North Shore. Individually and collectively, members have performed at Tanglewood and in such music festivals as those of Ravinia, Aspen, Jerusalem and Edinburgh, and with the Metropolitan and New York City Operas, as well as the opera companies of Minnesota, Chicago, and Houston. Members of Poetica Musica have performed at St-Martin-in-the-Fields in London, the Holywell Music Room in Oxford, Carnegie and Alice Tully Halls in New York, and at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. They have toured in over forty countries, including Turkey, India, Bosnia, Serbia, Denmark, Norway, Azerbaijan, and Poland.
SATURDAY,
MAY 16, 2009
7:30 PM
Old Westbury House and Gardens tour at 6:45 PM
Old Westbury Gardens
71 Old Westbury Road
Old Westbury, NY 11568
Tickets: $25 / $20 – students, seniors, members.
Info & reservations: 516.333.0048 ext 301
Transportation:
By car – LIE (I-495)
to Exit 39 (Glen Cove Road), follow the service road east for approx. 1.1 miles, turn right onto Old Westbury Road and continue 0.4 miles. The Gardens’ gate is on the left. By train – Long Island Railroad to Westbury Station, then a taxi to Old Westbury Gardens. See www.oldwestburygardens.org/directions.htm
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