May at Merkin Hall
(Published: April 10, 2007)

THE MONTH AT MERKIN
May 3, 2007 at 8 PM

ZOOM

ANNIE GOSFIELD

In a rare glimpse of the far reaches of Annie Gosfield's work, this special evening at Merkin Hall will feature her chamber music as well as a performance by her band. The program will include the world premiere of a chamber concerto written for cellist Felix Fan and performed by an ensemble of New York's best new music interpreters: Robert Black, David Cossin, Blair McMillen, Jennifer Choi, Max Mandel and Nurit Pacht. Also included on the program are Danny Tunick, George Kentros and The Pearls Before Swine Experience from Sweden. EWA7, a site-specific work originally composed for a factory in Nuremberg, Germany will be performed by Gosfield, Roger Kleier and Ches Smith.


May 7, 2007 at 8 PM
CHAMBER JAZZ
RON CARTER NONET / AARON GOLDBERG TRIO
*70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION*

Ron Carter stands with the greatest of double-bass players. His collaborations with Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Eric Dolphy are some of the highlights of his storied career, which includes more than 2,000 appearances on record as an accompanist. For decades, he's led his own unique string ensembles, including this fascinating Nonet that features himself on piccolo bass, Stephen Scott on piano, Payton Crossley on drums, Rolando Morales-Matos on percussion, Leon Boots Maleson on bass and the four cellos of Kermit Moore, Zoe Hassman, Carol Buck and Maxine Neuman. Ron will share the evening with pianist and Sunnyside recording artist Aaron Goldberg, often featured with Joshua Redman and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Aaron pursues the art of the trio with bassist Omer Avital and drummer Ali Jackson.

May 15, 2007 at 2 PM

TUESDAY MATINEES

ANDRIUS ZLABYS, piano

J.S. Bach ~ Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV830
Messiaen ~ "Le baiser de l'Enfant Jesus" (from Vingt Regards Sur L'Enfant Jesus)
Yevgeniy Sharlat ~ Prelude and Fugue in B minor

Prokofiev ~ Piano Sonata No. 8 In B-flat Major, Op. 84

Mr. Zlabys has appeared throughout the world as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician and has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony and the Cleveland Orchestra. A prizewinner at the 2003 Cleveland International Piano Competition and a winner of Astral Artistic Services' year 2000 National Auditions, Astral presented him in recital performing the entire Book I of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, a performance The Philadelphia Inquirer claimed "rippled off his hands with such open-hearted rightness that you couldn't escape the notion that the pianist was acting as Bach's ventriloquist."

Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center

129 West 67th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam)

Tickets at 212 501 3330 or www.merkinconcerthall.org

More Information: http://www.merkinconcerthall.org

Submitted By: Kim Smith

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