LIGHTHOUSE
CHAMBEit
PLAYEitS
2001 Summer Season
Concerts 1 & 2
July 28, 2001 at 8 PM
August 4, 2001 at 8 PM
Wellfleet Congregational Church
LIGHTHOUSE
CHAMBER PLAYERS
CONCERT #1 with guest artist Robert White
WELLFLEET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
SATURDAYEVENING,JULY 28,2001 AT 8:00PM
Artists
Mariko Kaneda, piano
Maureen McDermott, cello
David Niwa, violin
Elizabeth Chang, violin
and guest artist Robert White
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
G. F. TELEMANN
Program
Piano Trio in E-flat, Op. 1, No.1
Allegro
Adagio cantabile
Scherzo: Allegro assai-Trio
Finale: Presto
Four Songs of the British Isles for
Tenor, Violin, Cello and Piano
When Mortals All To Rest Retire
'Tis Sunshine At Last
The Kiss Dear Maid
Cease Your Funning
Intermission
Gulliver Suite
Intrada-Spirituoso
Lilliputische Chaconne
Brobdingnagische Gigue
Revrie der Laputier,
nebst ihren Aufweckem
Loure der gesitteten
Houyhnhnms/Furie der
unartigen Yahoos
in the tradition of Fritz Kreisler
MOLIQUE
GREENE
RACHMANINOFF
KREISLER
GODARD
G OOD EVE
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Six Songs for Tenor, Piano, and
Violin Obligato
0, Sweet Lute
Sing Me To Sleep
When Night Descends
Cradle Song 1915
Berceuse Qocelyn)
Fiddle And I
Four Songs of the British Isles for
Tenor, Violin, Cello and Piano
Again My Lyre
The Sweetest Lad Was Jamie
The Return To Ulster
The Pulse Of An Irishman
ABOUT OUR GUEST ARTIST ROBERT WHITE
Tenor ROBERT WHITE's musical versatility is expressed in a vast
range of songs. As a youngster he sang popular songs on the radio with
such luminaries as Bing Crosby, Fred Allen, Frank Sinatra, and Beatrice
Lillie. He studied with Nadia Boulanger at Fontainbleau and was a soloist
with Noah Greenberg's New York Pro Muska in Renaissance repertoire.
He has sung with Leonard Bernstein and the New Y ark Philharmonic, as
well as with Monte Carlo Philharmonic and many other major orchestras.
He has recorded with colleagues Yo-Yo Ma, Samuel Sanders, Placido
Domingo, \Villiam Balcom, Joan Morris, Graham Johnson and Stephen
Hough in music ranging from Beethoven to Richard Rogers and Edouard
Lalo; premiered contemporary works of John Corigliano, Gian Carlo
Menotti, Paul Hindemith (under that composers direction) and Milton
Babbitt; appeared in numerous concerts in England and Ireland with
flutist James Galway and hosted his own BBC series with orchestra. The
tenor has sung for five U.S. presidents, Britain's Queen Mother and Prince
Charles, Monaco's Royal Family and Pope John Paul II. He has recorded
extensively for RCA, EMI, Virgin, Sony, Arabesque and Hyperion. He has
just recorded the songs of the celebrated young American composer
Lowell Liebermann, with Liebermann as pianist, and--in his latest CD
release--Robert joins mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne and pianist Dick
Hyman in Irving Berlin songs and duets entitled ''Berlin Lieder". In July,
he inaugurates a "Golden Age of Radio Song Series" with Dick Hyman at
Morgan Library. A highlight of his fall 2001 season has Robert singing the
songs of the 21" century in a program of songs written especially for him
by some of America's most celebrated composers, including Gian Carlo
Menotti, William Balcom, John Corigliano, Ned Rorem, Lowell
Liebermann, Richard Hundley, Libby Larsen, Sheldon Harnick and
Thomas Z. Shepard. Robert White is on the voice faculty of the Juilliard
School.
LIGHTHOUSE
CHAMBER PLAYERS
CONCERT #2 with guest artist Bernard Greenhouse
WELLFLEET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 2001 AT 8:00PM
Artists
Elizabeth Chang, violin and viola
Maureen McDermott, cello
David Niwa, violin
Nardo Poy, viola
Alexander Yudkovsky, violin
and guest artist Bernard Greenhouse
JOAQUIN TulUNA
Program
Circulo: Fantasy for Piano, Violin and
Cello
Amanecer
Mediodia
Crepusculo
David Niwa, violin
Maureen McDermott, cello
Pedja Muzijevic, piano
JOHANNES BRAHMS Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60
Allegro non troppo
Scherzo: Allegro
Andante
Finale: Allegro comodo
Elizabeth Chang violin
Nardo Poy, viola
Bernard Greenhouse, cello
Pedja Muzijevic, piano
ANTONIN Dvoiv .K
Intermission
String Quintet in E-Flat Major,
Op. 97
Allegro non tanto
Allegro vivo
Larghetto
Finale: Allegro giusto
Alexander Yudkovsky, David Niwa, violins
Nardo Poy, Elizabeth Chang, violas
Maureen McDermott, cello
ABOUT OUR GUEST ARTIST BERNARD GREENHOUSE
Guest artist BERNARD GREENHOUSE, cellist, was born in New Jersey.
He studied at Juilliard and made his New York recital debut at Town Hall
to resounding critical acclaim. Mr. Greenhouse then went to Europe for an
audition with Pablo Casals, which resulted in two years of study with the
great Spanish master. Casals wrote, ''Bernard Greenhouse is not only a
remarkable cellist, but what I esteem more, a dignified artist."
Since then Mr. Greenhouse has won a reputation as one of the major
interpreters on his instrument, making appearances in most of the major
cities of Europe and America in recital, with orchestras and chamber music
ensembles, and recording for CBS, RCA, Concert Hall, and the American
Recording Society. He has been a member of the faculties of the
Manhattan School of Music and the State University of New York at Stony
Brook, from which he received an Honorary Doctorate. He has recently
retired Emeritus from his position as WCSL Professor at Rutgers
University, and, as well, from the New England Conservatory; Mr.
Greenhouse now teaches Master Classes in the United States, Canada, and
Europe. He was cellist with the Bach Aria Group, and for thirty-two years,
a founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio.
His varied career has brought him recognition both as a soloist and as a
chamber musician. He was recently awarded the National Service Award
by Chamber Music America. Mr. Greenhouse plays the famed "Paganini"
Stradivarius Cello dated 1707.
LIGHTHOUSE CHAMBER PLAYERS 2001
Elizabeth Chang, violinist, has appeared as soloist with the Cape Cod
Symphony, Gotham Chamber Orchestra, the Palisades Chamber Orchestra,
the Sound Symphony, the Harvard Bach Society Orchestra, the Music for
Westchester Orchestra, the Philharmonische Akademie Bern, and the
Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra. A native NewYorker, Ms. Chang studied in the
J uilliard Pre-College with Louise .Behrend and Joseph Fuchs, in Boston with
Roman, Totenberg, Leon Kirchner, and Luise Vosgerchian, and in
Switzerland with Max Rostal. Ms. Chang was named Presidential Scholar in
the Arts in 1982, graduated from Harvard with a B.A. in English in 1985, and
then received a Beebe Fellowship for Study Abroad from New England
Conservatory. She has appeared as a member of the Sea Cliff Chamber
Players and the Orchestra of St. Luke's and she has toured in this country and
abroad with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Recent engagements include
appearances as a part of a chamber ensemble on tour with Kathleen Battle
and master classes and recitals at the Sao Paulo International Chamber Music
Festival. She is currently an Artist Faculty member at the New York
University and the head of the chamber music department and a member of
the violin faculty at The School for Strings. Ms Chang is a founding member
and Artistic Director of the Lighthouse Chamber Players.
Pianist Mariko Kaneda began her studies in Geneva, Switzerland and
continued at tl1e Paris Conservatoire where she graduated with the Premier
Pri.x. An award-winner, Ms. Kaneda has won prizes at the Montreal
International Piano Competition (1984), the Maria Canals International Piano
Competition (1982) and the European competition in Luxembourg (1987).
Her orchestral appearances include engagements with the Strasbourg
Philharmonic orchestra, the Bordeaux-Aquitaine Philharmonic Orchestra, the
Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, and the Kingsport Symphony Orchestra. Ms.
K.aneda's performances have been broadcast in New York (\VQXR), France
(France-Musique), and Japan (NHK-FM). Ms. Kaneda has performed at
Trinity Church, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Carnegie's Weill Recital
Hall, and Merkin Hall. She was a student of Edward Aldwell at the Mannes
College of Music where she received a Masters degree. Currently she is
completing a Doctoral degree in piano performance at the Graduate Center
of the City University of New York where she studied with Carl Schachter.
Ms. K.aneda is an active chamber musician and has performed at the Trinity
Church Noonday Concert Series and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She
was tl1e guest artist of the Ambrosia Trio last fall and she performed at the
East End Chamber Series in Adelaide, Australia last summer
Critically acclaimed cellist Maureen McDermott made her New York recital
debut in 1987 at Carnegie Recital Hall. Since that time, she has performed in
such venues as Carnegie Hall, 92nd St. Y's Kaufman Hall, Alice Tully Hall,
and on tour throughout the United States. She has participated in the festivals
of Ravinia, Newport, Park City, Vail, Port Milford, and Silver Bay. A prize
winner in numerous competitions, Ms. McDermott is a member of the
McDermott Trio and the cello quartet CELLO. Recent concerts include
performances at Les Rencontres Internationales d'Ensembles Violoncelles in France,
in Merkin Concert Hall, at the Kennedy Center, and in New York's Alice
Tully Hall and Avery Fisher Hall in the "Great Performers" series. Ms.
McDermott has recorded on the Pro Arte, Ange~ Sony and BMG labels. She
performs regularly with the New Y ark Philharmonic. Ms. McDermott
graduated with honors from the Manhattan School of Music where she
studied with David Wells, Martha Williams and Bernard Greenhouse, and she
has been on the faculty of the Third Street Settlement Music School since
1987. Ms. McDermott is a founding member and co-director of the
Lighthouse Chamber Players.
Since making his first orchestral appearance with the Zagreb Radio
Symphony Orchestra, pianist Pedja Muzijevic has distinguished himself as
one of the most versatile of young artists. Praised for his interpretations of
the standard literature and as a champion of contemporary music, he has
toured extensively as soloist with orchestras and as recitalist throughout
eastern and western Europe, Great Britain, Canada, Japan and the United
States. Highlights of recent seasons include Mr. Muzijevic's concerts with the
Residentie Orkest in The Hague, the Dresden Philharmonic, Tokyo's Shinsei
Nihon Orchestra, the Boston Pops in Symphony Hall, and the Boston
Symphony Chamber Players. He has appeared in recital at the Aldeburgh
Festival in Great Britain, the Frick Collection in New York the Mostly
Mozart Festival at Avery Fisher Hall, as well as in Tokyo's Casals Hall and
Bunka Kaikan. Mr. Muzijevic has also performed on period instruments with
the Helicon Ensemble at Carnegie Hall's sold-out Vintage Originals series
and with the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society in Washington, DC on
their 18th and 19'11-century fortepianos. Pedja Muzijevic made his New York
recital debut in Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall as a recipient of the Juilliatd
School's coveted William Petschek Award. His numerous festival appearances
include Tangle~ood, Newport, San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, Bratislava
Festival in Slovakia, the Dubrovnik and Zagreb summer festivals in Croatia,
as well as Music Weeks in Merino, Italy. In the United States he as also
performed in recital at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, the Dame
Myra Hess Series in Chicago, and at the Gardner Museum in Boston. His
many honors include top prize in the Busoni International Piano
Competition. He was a finalist in the Naumburg International Piano
Competition. He won second prize in the Palm Beach International Piano
Competition, the special prize of the Chopin Society, Warsaw, and the special
prize of the Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon. Pedja Muzijevic graduated from
the Academy of Music in Zagreb, where he receive the Croatian Music
Institute Award for best recital. He continued his studies at The Curtis
Institute of Music and at the Juilliard School, where he received his Master of
Music degree. The teachers who have had the greatest influence on his artistic
development include pianists Joseph Kalichstein and Vladimir Krpan,
violinist Robert Mann, and harpsichordist Albert Fuller.
Violinist David Niwa's extensive performing career has included feature
appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra
of the Curtis Institute, the Oak Park Symphony, the Chicago Youth
Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of the Palisades and the Plainfield
Symphony, as well as recitals in the Corcoran Gallery and the Terrace Theater
of the Kennedy Center, the Cloitre des J acobins, and Landgraf. Since 1990,
he has also been featured regularly as soloist with the New York Symphonic
Ensemble throughout Japan and Southeast Asia. As a chamber musician, he
has performed as a member of the Roycroft Chamber Players and as a guest
artist at the Summer Chamber Music at URI and at the Martha's Vineyard
Chamber Music Society. In 1987 and 1988, he appeared as guest artist-inresidence
at the Festival de la Gesse in southwestern France. A native of
Chicago, Mr. Niwa began his studies with his father, Raymond Niwa, and
subsequently studied at the Curtis Institute and the Juilliard School, where his
teachers were Aaron Rosand and Szymon Goldberg, respectively. He was a
top prizewinner in all five divisions of the prestigious Society of American
Musicians Competition, a three-time winner of the ISMTA Competition, a
winner of the St. Paul Musical Arts Competition, and a recipient of
scholarships from the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation. In 1982, Mr.
Niwa was a prizewinner in the NF AA Recognition and Talent Search and a
finalist in the 17-General Motors National Competition. In 1985, he made his
live national TV debut with the Tchaikovsky Concerto on NBC. Mr. Niwa is
currently assistant concertmaster of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.
Nardo Poy, violist, has been a member of the world-renowned Orpheus
Chamber Orchestra since 1978. He can also be heard performing with a
number of chamber groups in the New York area, among them the
Perspective Ensemble, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, the Metropolitan Opera
Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. He is also principal violist with
the New York Symphonic Arts Orchestra and the Bard Music Festival
Orchestra. Among the positions Mr. Poy has held over the years are Artist-inResidence
at the State University of New York at Potsdam with the Carnegie
String Quartet as well as principal violist with the Lake George Opera
company, the Sante Fe opera, the Opera Company of Philadelphia, the
Philharmonia Orchestra of Philadelphia and the Grand Teton Music Festival
Orchestra. For many years he was a member and soloist with the Concerto
Soloists of Philadelphia and has also appeared as soloist with the North
Carolina Symphony and the Kansas City Camerata and with the Orpheus
Chamber Orchestra throughout the US, Europe, and Japan. Mr. Poy has
made over 50 recordings over the years with Orpheus for the Deutsche
Grammophon and Nonesuch labels and has collaborated on a recording of
chamber music with voice with Dawn Upshaw, also on the Nonesuch label.
Other chamber music recordings include works by Dvorak on the Music and
Arts labeL music of Charles Tomlinsen Griffes on the Newport Classics label
with the Perspectives Ensemble, a recording of a string quintet by Taneyev
with musicians from the Bard Festival and an album on the Chesky label of
music by Piazzola which includes !WO works for viola and piano.
Alexander Yudkovsky, violinist, has performed extensively as soloist and
chamber musician throughout the United States and Europe. He has
appeared on tour as a soloist with the New American Chamber Orchestra
and with the Brandenburg Collegium, and as concertmaster of the Spoleto
Festival Orchestra for three years he was featured regularly in televised
chamber music performances. Mr. Yudkovsky was born in Leningrad and
came to the U.S. at the age of fourteen. He received his musical education at
the Leningrad Special Music School, the Juilliard School, and the Rotterdam
Conservatory; his principal teachers have been Boris Sergeev,Joseph Fuchs,
Rami Shevelev, and Zino Vinnikov. In recent years Mr. Yudkovsky has been
increasingly recognized for his leadership in education in the arts. For two
years he served as the Chairman of the Music Department at the Harlem
School of the Arts and Music Director of the New Jersey State Youth
Orchestra. He is currently Executive Director of the School for Strings in
New York, one of the country's leading centers for instrumental music
education for young children. Mr. Yudkovsky is a founding member and codirector
of the Lighthouse Chamber Players.
Lighthouse Chamber Players would like to extend their thanks
to the following individuals and organizations:
Luceil Carroll
The Cape & Island Chamber Music Festival for the use of their grand piano
and Pam Patrick for her generous help
Elaine Mcilroy and everyone at the Wellfleet Public Library
Judy Goodale and Ben &Jerry's of North Eastham
Myra Dorrell of Kendall Art Gallery
for helping us so generously with ticket sales.
and of course, special thanks to Mr. Bernard Greenhouse
for his generous support this season and past seasons.
Join us for the rest of our 2001 season!
Concert #3:
September 1st at 8 PM in the Wellfleet Congregational Church
Works by]. C. Bach, Beethoven, and Franck
Reception with Ben & Jerry's ice cream
donated by Ben & Jerry's of North Eastham
Bring the whole fami!J to our Fami!J Concerts this season!
Family Concerts featuring children performers ages 8-16
and works by S arasate, Beethoven, Handel, Kreisler, Mozart, Mende!ss~hn,
and others
Family Concert #1:
August 29th at 7 PM in the Wellfleet Public Library
and
Family Concert #2:
August 31th at 7 PM in the Wellfleet Public Library
Admissiqn to Fami!J Concerts free of charge.
These programs presented with the help of the Friends of Wellfleet Libraries.
Lighthouse Chamber Players will also be hosting a chamber music
workshop for adult amateur chamber musicians from August 3-5 at the
Nauset Regional Middle School in Orleans and in the Wellfleet Public
Library. This program has been made possible through the generosity of
Amateur Chamber Music Players and the Clinton B. Ford Fund of its ACMP
Foundation, an organization that promotes chamber music activities for
amateur musicians. If you are interested in participating in future workshops,
please contact Lighthouse Chamber Players.
Our 4dh Season
Exhibiting
30 Contemporary Artists and Sculptors
Kendall Art Gallery & Wellfleet Frame Shop
40 Main Street
Wellfleet, MA 02667
Ample Parking
Tel: 508-34-2482
The Ughthouse Chamber Plqyers gratefui!J thank the following individuals and
or;gam'zations for their invaluable support for the 2001 season:
(Tbis list reflects contributions made before our printing date)
Leaders ($500 and above)
Bestfoods (matching grant)
Russell-Davidson Foundation
Sponsors ($250499)
Corinne & Rolf Hoexter
Elizabeth Kushigian
Ms. Matsue Ogawa
Eileen & William Petersen
Nancy & Richard Swanson
Ching-Wen & Carl Taylor
Melanie Shorin
Benefactors ($100-249)
New York Times Corporation (matching grant)
2Anonymous
Brooke Barrett
Luceil & John Carroll
Gwin-Joh Chin
Marshall & Nathlie Cox
Joanna Fabris
Mary Franco
Martha & Newton Frohlich
Arthur Geltzer & Younghee Kim
Mr. & Mrs. William Gifford
Lynn & Donald Heft
Marie-Anne & James Karanfilian
Maria & Sergio Pereira
Ching-Ying Pu
Cheryl Zoll & Eric Sawyer
I-Hsiu Lee & Robert Shrock
Linda & Michael Stoddard
Nobuko & Masahiro Watanabe
Bea & Alan Westin
Audrey & Gerald Wolf
Roland & Ann-Marie Tai
Contributors (150-99)
Anonymous
Alice Adelmann
Fred Bernstein
Priscilla Carroll
Nancy Cutter & Ken Silvia
Jonathan Davidson
Jane & Dick Eccles
Robert Fish
Contributors (continued)
David Gage String Instruments
Thelma & Ray Goldberg
Jack & Roberta Kaplan
Miyoko Matsuo
Dr. Raj at Mukherji & Katharine Flanders Mukherji
Jack & Edith Ruina
Hannah & Harold Scholl
Helen ·Slivka
Robert & Anita Summers
Friends ($20-49)
Mr & Mrs. C. W. Downs
Milton & Diana Engel
Denis & Nicole Chang-Fasquelle
Rosalyn Goldway
Leonard Hansen
Dr.& Mrs. Kenneth Inchalik
Dr. Lee L. Kane
Milton & Elizabeth Levy
John F. McCarthy
Robert & Sen Pu
Khorshed Randeira
Ms. Kathleen Stevens
Marilyn & Charles Winkelstein
200 1 season musicians' hosts:
Richard & Nanry Swanson,
Jucfy & Arthur Davidson,
Joanna Fabris, and Jane Eccles
2001 New York Benefit Host: uceil and John Carroll
Lighthouse Chamber Players are very much dependent on the generosity of
individual supporters to present concerts, as ticket sales cover just onefourth
of d1e costs of presenting these concerts.
If you would like to help us continue ·to bring music to your community,
please consider making a tax-deductible donation to:
Lighthouse Chamber Players
855 West End Ave. #5B
New York, NY 10025
Tel: 1-800-484-6412, code 2497
We also continue to seek friends in the area
who would be interested in distributing posters
and in housing musicians
during our concert weeks.
Please let us know if you'd like to host a musician!
