Copland House – Sounds of Westchester

Featuring Music from Copland House:

Carol Wincenc, flute

Benjamin Fingland, clarinet

Curtis Macomber and Suliman Tekalli, violins

Melissa Reardon, viola

Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello

Michael Boriskin, piano

Program

Joan Tower: Petroushskates

Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Poem

Pierre Jalbert: Crossings

Samuel Barber: Canzone

Percy Grainger: Three British Folk Songs [arr. Paul Dunkel]

Aaron Copland: Sextet

Ticket holders are invited to a post-performance  ‘OFFBEAT/ONSTAGE’ talk with the artists.

Westchester has been home to one of the richest musical legacies in America, as generations of composers found inspiration and solace here. As Aaron Copland said, ”I moved to this county to avoid the interruptions of the city; the woods, the quiet and the privacy, were essential for my creative work.” Music from Copland House’s eclectic, entertaining program journeys across 100 years of music by Westchester natives or transplants, ranging widely from Gilded Age Romanticism to mid-century Modernist and neo-Stravinskian romps, and embracing the sounds of vibrant folk songs, British fifes, and languid ballads. The concert features a trio of Pulitzer Prize winners (Aaron Copland, Joan Tower, and Samuel Barber), Old and New World masters (Charles Tomlinson Griffes and Pierre Jalbert) and one genuine, undefinable maverick (Percy Grainger). You won’t “hear” Westchester again in the quite same way again!