Music Department Concerts Spring 2012

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Saturday, January 28, 2012, 4:00pm, RH
Baron Prize Concert Featuring David Bowlin, violin with Christina Dahl, piano
Prorgram:  Roger Sessions, Sonata for violin; Copland Sonata; Huang Ruo, Four Fragments; Schumann, Sonata no. 1 in a minor.  Free admission.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 8:00pm, RH, $
Emerson String Quartet
Program:  Mozart, Quartet in B flat Major, K. 589 “King of Prussia”; Thomas Adés, Four Quartets (2010) and Beethoven, Quartet in A minor, Op. 132.  Tickets $42, available at the Staller Center Box Office.

Saturday, February 18, 2012, 8:00pm, MS
Stony Brook Opera
Stony Brook Opera presents La tragédie de Carmen, Peter Brooks’ adaptation of Bizet’s Carmen, with chamber orchestra.  Conducted by Timothy Long and directed by Joachim Schamberger.

Sunday, February 19, 2012, 3:00pm, RH
Baroque Sundays at Three
Flying Forms – the brilliant new group led by distinguished Baroque violinist, Marc Levine, and harpsichordist, Tami Morse, both graduates of the Stony Brook music department features some of the finest young talent in America today performing music from all corners of the Baroque age.  

Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 8:00pm, RH
Gil Kalish and Christina Dahl In Concert
Program includes Barber, Souvenirs; Kurtag, Games; Crumb, Otherworldly Resonances and Rachmaninov, Second Suite.
    
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 8:00pm, MS, $
Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra
Program:  Ibert, Flute Concerto; Mahler, Symphony No. 5.  Conducted by Glen Cortese.  Featuring Jihoon Shin, flute soloist, winner of the 2010-2011 Concerto Competition.  Free pre-concert lecture with Michael Hershkowitz at 7:00pm in the Recital Hall.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 8:00pm, RH, $    
Starry Nights at Staller Center
The program will include the Lalliet Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano; Mozart Oboe Quartet; Blacher Divertimento for trumpet, trombone and piano, and Martinu Revue de Cuisine, (Kitchen Revue), a jazz suite for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin, cello and piano. Enjoy the variety and virtuosity of these stars.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 8:00pm, RH
Contemporary Chamber Players
Flutist Ray Furuta leads CCP through an energetic Klezmer concerto by Paul Schoenfield.  In addition to music by Dutch master Louis Andriessen, postminimalist David Lang, and minimalist legend Steve Reich.

Thursday, March 8, 2012, 8:00pm, RH
Earfest
Sit back in your chair and experience a sonic banquet of cutting-edge electronic and computer music.  Presented by Daniel Weymouth.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 8:00pm, MS, $
University Orchestra Children's Concert
Annual Children's Concert  MASQUERADE!!  Attend this concert in costume and enjoy this one-hour inter-active concert with family and friends and feel as though you are at the Carnival of Venice or the Mardi Gras in New Orleans.  The University Orchestra with conductor Susan Deaver, will parade you through musical sounds on an adventure through the orchestra!  The concert will also feature the pianist Lawrence Rui Lan, Winner of the 2011 USB Pre-College Concerto Competition.  Tickets $10/$5

Thursday, March 15, 2012, 8:00pm, RH, $
Emerson String Quartet
Program:  Mozart, Quartet in F Major, K. 590 “King of Prussia”; Wolfgang Rihm, String Quartet No. 4 (1981); Beethoven Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131

Sunday, March 18, 2012, 3:00pm, RH
Baroque Sundays at Three
Sang Joon Park, one of the greatest Baroque flautists of his generation, and past winner of the Samuel Baron Award brings his new group, Aula Harmoniae to the Staller Center.  Featured will be French Baroque masterpieces and newly discovered Spanish flute repertoire.  

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 8:00pm, RH
Stony Brook Composers
Contemporary solo and chamber works composed and performed by the Contemporary Chamber Players, Stony Brook students and special guests.

Wednesday, March 23, 2012, 12:00pm, 4:00pm and 8:00pm, RH
Piano Project 2012
Faculty, students and guest artists explore the works of a single composer, genre or period in a single day of concerts and lectures.  This year the studios of Gil Kalish and Christina Dahl will perform Messiaen’s famous piano cycles Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus and Visions de l'Amen.

Saturday, March 24, 2012, 8:00pm, MS, $
Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra
Program:  Beethoven, Violin Concerto, conducted by David Lawton; Mozart, Gran Partita for winds, coached by wind faculty and performed without conductor.  Featuring Salley Koo, violin soloist, winner of the 2010-2011 Concerto Competition.  Free pre-concert lecture with Michael Hershkowitz at 7:00pm in the Recital Hall.

Friday, April 13, 2011 at 8:00pm, MS, $
Sunday, April 15, 2011, 2:00pm, MS, $
Stony Brook Opera presents Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Stony Brook Opera presents Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), fully staged, sung in German, with the spoken dialogue in English.  Conducted by David Lawton and directed by Leigh Holman.  Tickets $20.

Thursday, April 19, 2012, 8:00pm, RH
Contemporary Chamber Players
CCP presents the passion of the modern italian songs. A special vocal program with the famous Berio's Folk Songs and Circles.  Originally written for the extraordinary talent of his wife Catty Berberian, Folk Songs and Circles will be presented on this unique occasion by the internationally acclaimed guest Martha Herr and our very own Wonjung Kim.

Friday, April 20, 2012, 8:00pm, RH
Sonic Spring
Experience both the sizzling energy and subtle expressions of electronic sounds and “musique concrete.”  A dazzling program includes electronic music sound sculptures, virtuoso instrumental performance, and video projection.

Saturday, April 21, 2012, 8:00pm, RH, $
Sunday, April 22, 2012, 7:00 pm, RH, $
Colin Carr - Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello
A rare musical experience takes place at Staller Center when Colin Carr, virtuoso cellist and artist-in-residence, performs all six Bach Cello Suites in two concerts over two days.  Pablo Casals launched the Bach Cello Suites’ popularity in the 1930s and since then, master cellists, including Rostropovich and Yo-Yo Ma, have followed with their own interpretations, taking on the music’s complexities and challenges.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 8:00pm, RH
Jazz Combos
Small jazz groups, led by Ray Anderson, perform new works and jazz standards with a heavy emphasis on improvisation.

Wednesday, April 25, 2011, 8:00pm, MS, $
Wind Ensemble
Program includes:  N. Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol; Claude Debussy, Afternoon of a Faun; Camille Saint-Saens, Finale from Symphony No. 3; John Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine; Sergei Prokfiev, Peter and the Wolf with David Bouchier, Narrator; George Gershwin, Selections from Porgy and Bess.  Tickets $10/$5.

Thursday, April 26, 2012, 8:00pm, RH, $
Jazz Ensemble
Stony Brook University’s famed big band, the SBU Blowage, swings the night away with original charts, sizzling classics, and hot soloists, featuring Ray Anderson.  Tickets $10/$5

Friday, April 27, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Undergraduate Recitals
Performances of solo and chamber works by undergraduate music majors.

Sunday, April 29, 2012, 3:00pm, RH
Baroque Sundays at Three
Stony Brook Baroque Players, made up of the cream of the crop of graduate and undergraduate students from the music department end our series with vocal and instrumental gems from Monteverdi through to Bach and beyond.  Don’t miss this great treat for the ears.  

Monday, April 30, 2012, 8:00pm, RH, $
University Chorale and Camerata Singers
Conductors Shoshana Hershkowitz and Alice Cavanaugh present an evening of classic and contemporary works for accompanied and a capella choir.  Tickets $10/$5

Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 8:00pm, MS, $
University Orchestra
The University Orchestra’s final concert with conductor Susan Deaver will feature music of Chabrier: Espana and Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64.  Featured concerto soloist will be the winner of the 2012 Stony Brook University Undergraduate Concerto Competition.  Tickets $10/$5

May 1-5, 2012, RH
Stony Brook Chamber Music Festival
Faculty, students, guest artists, and members of the Emerson String Quartet perform chamber works of all genres, style periods, and configurations.  Lunchtime concerts are held at noon and the main concerts are held at 8:00 PM.  The week also includes public masterclasses, pre-performance lectures, and jazz each night after the concert.