Alexander Wu, piano

Going the Distance with guest performers

Ginevra Petrucci, flute

Kathryn Vetter, b-flat clarinet

Aimée Niemann, violin

Sonna Kim, cello

Rex Benincasa, drums & percussion

Neal Kirkwood, piano

Program

15 minutes of femme for piano solo

• Debra Kaye: Visions no. 3 from Three Visions for piano (2008)
• Chen Yi: Yu Diao & Small Beijing Gong from Two Chinese Bagatelles (1984)
• Nina Siniakova: Un Souvenir (2021)
• Dina Pruzhansky: Hagai Toccaladina (2021)
• Nailah Nombeko: Water Lilies from Three piano pieces (2003)
• Tania León: Tumbaó (2005)

Chamber Music in the 21st century

• Jessie Montgomery: Peace (2020) for violin and piano duo
• Victoria Bond: I. Railroad Trestle Bridge, Galax, Virginia from Bridges (2010) Trio for clarinet b-flat, violin and piano
• Caroline Shaw: Boris Kerner for cello and flower pots (2012)
• Niloufar Nourbakhsh: Aid for Sex (2019) Sextet for flute, clarinet in b-flat, violin, cello, percussion and piano

III. Piano duets & solos

Neal Kirkwood: Three duets for piano four-hand (2022)

• Tyneresque
• Explorations
• Light at the End

Hugh Sam: Two transcriptions based on George Gershwin songs (1981)

• Our Love is Here to Stay
• I Got Rhythm

George Gershwin: Rhapsody of Blue (1924)

About the Series

Third Street’s Live Sounds faculty concert series is free and open to the public on select Fridays at 7:00 p.m. in the Anna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall at Third Street Music School (235 East 11th Street).

The series presents a wide range of solo and collaborative performances highlighting many genres, instrumentation, and composers and spotlights the world-class professional teaching artists at Third Street.

Most concerts are also live streamed free at the website at the performance times

Time: 7:00 PM — 8:30 PM EDT

Free!

Registration