The Musicians Club of New York
presents
WENTING SHI, PIANO
Third Prize, 2018 Serge & Olga Koussevitzky Young Artist Awards
Winner's Concert
Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 3:30 PM
Scandinavia House
Victor Borge Hall
58 Park Avenue (at 38th Street)
New York City
Program
Impromptu No. 3 in B-flat major, D. 935.....Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19.............Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Sonata in B minor, S. 178.....................Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Wenting Shi, piano
This concert was made possible by members of the Musicians Club of New York.
Finals Concert of the
2019 Serge & Olga Koussevitzky Young Artist Awards
for Woodwinds/Brass
Sunday, May 5, 2019, 3:30 PM
Scandinavia House
Victor Borge Hall
58 Park Avenue (at 38th Street)
New York City
Thank you to all the contestants who made the 2019 Serge & Olga Koussevitzky Young Artist Awards a great success. We hope your experience was personally rewarding. A special congratulations to the following contestants of the 2019 Serge & Olga Koussevitzky Young Artist Awards, who were named 2019 FINALISTS and 2019 YOUNG ARTIST AWARD WINNERS:
Bixby Kennedy (First Prize)
Yale School of Music, The Juilliard School and USC
Teachers: Hung-Kuan Chen, Jerome Lowenthal, John Perry, Christopher Elton, Peter Frankl
Clarinet Sonata No.2, Op.120 No.2 by Johannes Brahms
1:55 I. Allegro amabile Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet by Igor Stravinsky
10:40 I (Clarinet in A)
12:34 II (Clarinet in A)
13:49 III (Clarinet in B-flat)
Sonata for clarinet and piano, FP 184 by Francis Poulenc
15:04 II. Romanza (Très calme)
Finals Concert of the Musicians Club of New York's 2019 Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Young Artist Awards, May 5, 2019, Victor Borge Hall, Scandinavia House, New York City. Video by Paula and Chris Argondizza.
Lucija Stilinovic, flute (Second Prize)
Manhattan School of Music, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, Music Academy in Zagreb
Teachers: Robert Langevin, Aldo Baerten, Renata Penezic
05:12 III. Romance - Andantino
10:06 IV. Final - Vivace Lucija Stilinovic, flute, Siying He, piano
Finals Concert of the Musicians Club of New York's 2019 Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Young Artist Awards, May 5, 2019, Victor Borge Hall, Scandinavia House, New York City. Video by Paula and Chris Argondizza.
Chun Sum Chris Wong, flute (Third Prize)
The Juilliard School (MM), Eastman School of Music (BM)
Teachers: Robert Langevin, Bonita Boyd
Third Prize winning performance of Chun Sum Chris Wong, flute, with HeeKyung Michelle Lee, piano:
00:18 Fantasie No. 3 in B minor by Georg Philipp Telemann
Sonata in A major arranged for Flute & Piano by César Frank
4:05 II. Allegro
12:35 East Wind by Shulamit Ran
Chun Sum Chris Wong, flute, HeeKyung Michelle Lee, piano
Finals Concert of the Musicians Club of New York's 2019 Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Young Artist Awards, May 5, 2019, Victor Borge Hall, Scandinavia House, New York City. Video by Paula and Chris Argondizza.
Julie Nah Kyung Lee, flute (Finalist)
Manhattan School of Music (MM & BM)
Teachers: Linda Chesis, Robert Langevin
Finalist performance of Julie Nah Kyung Lee, flute, with Amir Farid, piano:
Flute Sonata "Undine", Op. 167 by Carl Reinecke
00:14 I. Allegro
05:40 II. Intermezzo. Allegretto vivace
09:15 III. Andante tranquillo
13:07 IV. Finale. Allegro molto agitato ed appassionato, quasi Presto
Julie Nah Kyung Lee, flute, Amir Farid, piano Finals Concert of the Musicians Club of New York's 2019 Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Young Artist Awards, May 5, 2019, Victor Borge Hall, Scandinavia House, New York City. Video by Paula and Chris Argondizza.
Tae Ho Hwang, saxophone (Finalist)
Peabody Conservatory (MM), University of Delaware (BM)
Teachers: Gary Louie, Todd Groves
Finalist performance of Tae Ho Hwang, saxophone, with Amir Farid, piano:
00:18 Saxophone Concerto in E flat major, Op. 109 by Alexander Glazunov
Tae Ho Hwang, saxophone, Amir Farid, piano
Finals Concert of the Musicians Club of New York's 2019 Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Young Artist Awards, May 5, 2019, Victor Borge Hall, Scandinavia House, New York City. Video by Paula and Chris Argondizza.
The Musicians Club of New York and
The Edvard Grieg Society, Inc. New York
Present Norwegian Pianist
Sunday, October 20, 2019 at 3:30 PM
Scandinavia House
Victor Borge Hall
58 Park Avenue (at 38th Street)
New York City
We wish to express our deep appreciation to the city of Bergen, Norway,
for their financial support in making this concert a reality.
Concert Video Links
00:00 Introduction to Grieg Lyric Pieces (Oda Voltersvik)
Lyric Pieces, Op. 47 - E. Grieg (1843-1907)
02:21 Valse - Impromptu
04:17 Norwegian Dance
07:49 Melody
08:26 Melancholy
11:34 Spring Dance
13:05 Tempest Clouds, EG 110
Op. 76 - J. Sibelius (1865-1957)
18:51 No.2: Etude
20:07 No. 7: Affetuoso
21:47 No. 10: Elegiaco
Impromptus, Op. 5
24:05 Impromptu No.5
28:31 Introduction to Scriabin Fantasy (Oda Voltersvik)
29:05 Fantasy in B minor, Op.28 - A. Scriabin (1871-1915)
38:45 Introduction to Ginastera Danzas (Oda Voltersvik)
3 Danzas Argentinas, Op.2 - A. Ginastera (1916-1983)
39:18 II. Dansa de la Moza donosa
42:37 III. Danza del gaucho matrero
45:47 Chat with Per Brevig, President, and Oda Voltersvik
Video by Paula and Chris Argondizza.
Dear Composers:
Surviving Families Present the Composers in their Lives
Performances by:
Eric Clark, piano, Todd Groves, clarinet, Nianyi Huang, piano, Nissa Kahle, piano,
Lish Lindsey, flute, Steven Mayer, piano, Malcolm J. Merriweather, baritone,
Brittany Palmer, soprano, Lucija Stilinovic, flute
Special Performance of William Mayer’s
Subway in the Sunlight and Other Memories
by Steven Mayer, piano, son of the composer
Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 3:30 PM
(Coffee and Danish cookies will be available in the lobby beginning at 3:00 PM.)
Victor Borge Hall
Scandinavia House
58 Park Avenue (at 38th Street)
New York City
THE MUSICIANS CLUB OF NEW YORK
Proudly Presents the
Winner's Recital of
Lucija Stilinović, Flute
2019 Serge & Olga Koussevitzky Young Artist Awards
Second Prize Winner
Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 3:30 PM
(Coffee and Danish cookies will be available in the lobby beginning at 3:00 PM.)
Victor Borge Hall
Scandinavia House
58 Park Avenue (at 38th Street)
New York City
The Musicians Club of New York's Concert Series: December 8, 2019, Victor Borge Hall, Scandinavia House, New York City. Presenting Lucija Stilinović, flute and Jojo Yan, piano, in the Winner's Concert of Lucija Stilinovic, Flute. Ms. Stilinovic is the Second Prize Winner of the 2019 Serge & Olga Koussevitzky Young Artist Awards for woodwinds/brass.
Concert Video Links
00:44 Per Brevig introduction
01:42 Variations on Trockne Blumen, op. post. 160, D 802 by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
22:42 La Merle Noir by Olivier Messiaen (1908- 1992)
28:52 Lenski’s Aria from Eugene Onegin by P.I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (arr. G. Braunstein)
34:46 Prelude to the afternoon of a faun by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Concerto for flute and piano by Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) (arr. J.P. Rampal)
44:12 I. Allegro con fermezza
Le Rire de Saraï Guillaume Connesson (1970-)
58:55 I. La plainte d’ Agar
1:05:14 II. Bénédiction de l’ Alliance
1:09 Per Brevig chat with artists.
Video by Paula and Chris Argondizza.
THE MUSICIANS CLUB OF NEW YORK
Proudly Presents the
Winner's Recital of
Bixby Kennedy, Clarinet
2019 Serge & Olga Koussevitzky Young Artist Awards
First Prize Winner
Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 3:30 PM
(Coffee and Danish cookies will be available in the lobby beginning at 3:00 PM.)
Victor Borge Hall
Scandinavia House
58 Park Avenue (at 38th Street)
New York City
This concert was made possible by Members of the Musicians Club of New York.
01:29 Per Brevig on the passing of Ada Kopetz-Korf, pianist, teacher and long-time Board Member
02:40 Per Brevig introducing artists Songs without Words for Clarinet and Piano (world premiere) by Paul H. Kirby
03:39 I. Playful (b. 1946)
06:03 II. Lazy Afternoon
08:16 III. Ragtime
09:48 IV. Prayer
11:29 V. Reflections
14:38 Bixby Kennedy on Kirby, Stravinsky and Rowe pieces Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
18:38 I. Sempre piano e molto tranquillo
20:35 II. 1/8th note =168
21:57 III. 1/8th note =160 Triptych (world premiere) by Will Rowe (b. 1992)
23:18 I. dance-like, playful, capricious
25:00 II. wavy, calm, fluid
28:57 III. bouncy, rugged, rhapsodic Fantasiestücke, op. 73 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
31:43 I. Zart und mit Ausdruck
35:16 II. Lebhaft, leicht
38:54 III. Rasch und mit Feuer Three Preludes by George Gershwin (1898-1937), arr. Charles Neidich (b. 1953)
44:02 I. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
45:56 II. Andante con moto e poco rubato
49:40 III. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
51:16 Bixby Kennedy on Bernstein Sonata for clarinet and piano by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
52:29 I. Grazioso
56:46 II. Andantino – Vivace e leggiero
1:04:08 Sonata for clarinet and piano by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
1:06:02 I. Allegro Tristamente
1:11:56 II. Romanza
1:17:05 III. Allegro con Fuoco
1:21:12 Per Brevig chat with artists.
Video by Paula and Chris Argondizza. info@musicansclubofny.org.