MERKIN CONCERT HALL
at THE ABRAHAM GOODMAN HOUSE
A Division of The Hebrew Arts School
Dr. Tzipora H. Jochsberger. Founder and Director
Administration
Lydia Kontos. Adminis trator
Jesse Ira Berger. Theater Manager
Suzanne Fass. Box Office Manager
Public Relations Consultant: Audrey Michaels
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THE HEBREW ARTS SCHOOL
Through its four major divisions -Young People's (for children from Kindergarten
through high school). Adu lt Education. Teacher Training Institute. and Concert
Division - The Hebrew Arts School offers a wide diversity of programs for a ll who
want to participate in or learn more about the arts. Chartered by the Board of
Regents of the University of the State of New York. The Hebrew Arts School is a nonsectarian.
non-profit institution which welcomes students from all backgrounds.
FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW ARTS SCHOOL is a membership organization which
helps to susta in the many programs of the Hebrew Arts School. Members receive
numerous benefits such as discounts for various courses. free concert tickets. and
invitations to four Musicales and Mini-luncheons. Contributions from the
FRIENDS a re fully tax-deductible. A membership brochure can be picked up in the
lobby or obtained at the Box Office.
The Box Office is open Monday-Thursday. 12:30-6:30 P.M.: Friday. 12:30-4:00 P.M ..
and Sunday. 12:30-4:00 P.M. On the evening of a performance. the Box Office will
be open from one hour before concert time through intermission. The Box Office
is closed on Nationa l and Jewish h olidays. Phone: 362-8719.
Latecomers will not be admitted during the performance of a work. If you must
leave the hall before the conclus ion of the performance. we ask you to do so Inbetween
works.
Following the performance. artists can be greeted In the reception area adjoining
the lobby.
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MONDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1982 at 8:00P.M.
The Hebrew Arts School presents MAJOR ENSEMBLES:
BEAUX ARTS TRIO
Menahem Pressler, piano
Isidore Cohen, violin
Bernard Greenhouse, cello
PROGRAM
Trio in D minor, Hob. XV:23
Molto andante
FRANZ JO~EPH HAYDN
( 1732-1809)
Adagio rna non troppo
Vivace
Trio
Andante moderato
TS!AG - Presto
Mod erato con moto
INTERMISSION
CHARLESIVES
(1874-1954)
Trio in A minor, Op. 50
(In Memory of a Great Ar tis t)
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
(1840-1893)
Pezzo elegiaco (Moderato assai-A llegro g iusto)
Tema con variazioni
Variazione fina le e Coda
Steinway Piano
Philips and Mercury Records
This p rogram was made possible in part byagranl from the NewYorkSlaleCouncil
on the Arts.
The photographing or sound recording of a ny performance orthc possession of a ny device for such photographIng
or sound recording inside this theater. without t.hewrllten pcnnission of the management. is prohibited
by law.
About the program:
Trio in D minor, Hob. XV:23 HAYDN
(1732-1809)
In the 1790's, Haydn wrote fourteen fine piano trios, twelve of which were published
in four sets of three, each set dedicated to a woman whose talents are probably
reflected in the piano parts. The two sets of 1793 are dedicated to the Esterhazy
princesses: H. 18-20 to the wife of the elder Prince, Princess Anton Esterhazy,
and H. 21 -23 to her daughter-in-law, Princess Nicholas Esterhazy.
Haydn's Trios cover his whole career and are far richer than the quartets in fine
specimens of his smaller forms such as a lternating variations, sectional rondos,
lylic 'A.B.A' s low movements and. above all, movements breaking off and leading
into finales. a dramatic event that only twice happens in the quartets. but always
coincides with Haydn's finest imagination in these smaller works.
Trio IVES
(1874-1954)
Charles Ives was born in Danbury. Conn .. and began his music studies with his
father who was an instructor in violin, piano, and theory, who played in the town
brass band at Danbury. led the village choir. the music at camp meetings and the
local choral society. Ives later studied at Yale with Horatio Parker.
His modernism developed while he was still in Yale where he used to try his experiments
on the orchestra of a local theatre. He experimented with polyharmonies
and polyrhythms, strong dissonances. atonality, and rhythmic intricacies, long
before Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and similarly famous Europeans had forsaken
conventional idioms.
Trio in A minor, Op. 50 TCHAIKOVSKY
(1840-1893)
Perhaps the most popular ofTchaikovsky's chamber music works is his Piano
Trio in A minor. Op. 50 ( 1882). It is dedicated "To the memory of a great artist" Nikolai
Rubinstein, brother of the more famed Anton. Director of the Moscow
Conservatory where Tchaikovsky held a teaching post.
The Trio is famed chiefly for its magnificent first movement (Elegy). Its sorrowful
main theme sounds at once tragic and triumphant. In contrast there comes an
energetic major motiv accompanied by a charming melody with a stirling, sensuous
beauty that is Italian in flavour. The second movement consists of a simple, placid
theme and variations; each variation is a character piece supposed to describe
some incident in the life ofRubinstein. The bravura finale on which the Trio ends
is followed by a tragic epilogue.
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About the artists:
The Beaux Arts Trio, perhaps the world's most travelled and best known trio, has
been hailed by The New York Times as 'The leading piano trio in the world." With
concert fame on both sides of the Atlantic, as their sold-out tours season after
season attest. and best-selling records here and abroad-- they have been awarded
the Grand Prix du Disque. the Deutscher Schallplatterpreis, the Grand Prix
National du Disque, the Union de Ia Presse Musical Beige and the Gramophone
Record of the Year -- triumphant is the word which instantly comes to mind in
describing the Beaux Arts Trio.
This extraordinary triumvirate made its official public debut twenty-six years
ago at the Berkshire Festival in Tanglewood. After its premiere performance, the
late maestro Charles Munch wrote, "It was a great pleasure for me to attend the
first concert of the Beaux Arts Trio, and I am especially proud that this event could
take place in Tanglewood. The marvelous musicality of these three artists has
been unknown in trio playing for many years. They are worthy successors of the
last great trio -- Thibaud, Casals and Cortot."
Praise for the Beaux Arts Trio has been echoed over and over, not only by audiences
and critics. but by the strictest judges of musical excellence · __ their fellow
musicians. "An inspiring experience," was the late Arturo Toscanini's verdict
after hearing the trio play, "fine chamber music with impeccable taste and musicianship."
When the late Robert Casadesus heard them, he immediately called
them "the finest trio I have heard in America." Zino Francescatti wrote that he
enjoyed tremendously the perfection and artistry of this admirable ensemble ...
"a great ensemble with great artists." Freshness of approach, oneness of ensemble
playing, superb musicianship and tremendous zest characterize the Beaux Arts
Trio's performances.
Since its debut the Trio has been hailed the world over and has probably played
more than 3.500 engagements throughout North America. Europe, Japan, South
America. Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and the Middle East.
The prize-winning ensemble has recorded for Philips a ll the Haydn. Mozart,
Beethoven, Brahms. Mendelssohn. Ravel. Tchaikovsky, op. 50. Schubert and
Dvorak trios. They are at the top of every best selling classical list throughout
the United States and Europe.
Menahem Pressler. the brilliant Israeli-American pianist, was born in Magdeburg,
Germany but fled with his family to Israel when Hitler came to power. He already
had a flourishing career. when at the age of 17, he flew to San Francisco to win the
Debussy Prize and international prominence. Embarking on his first American
tour. he was soloist five times with the Philadelphia Orchestra. and was immediatelyawarded
an unprecedented three-yearcontractforseveral appearances
each season with that world-renowned symphony. He has since appeared with
such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the
Indianapolis Symphony. the National Symphony, and the Royal Philharmonic
(London) in New York. and many others, playing under such distinguished batons
as those of the late Dimitri Mitropoulos and George Szell. of Eugene Ormandy,
Leopold Stokowski, Georges Enesco, Antal Dorati,lzler Solomon and others.
He regularly goes to Europe to fulfill concert and orchestral engagements and
returned to Israel recently where he was soloist with the Philharmonic Orchestra
under direction of Paul Paray, as well as performing several concerts with marked
success. In Vienna Mr. Pressler recorded the Chopin No.2 and the Mendelssohn
1st concerti. He resides in Bloomington, Indiana where he is a full professor on
the faculty of the University of Indiana.
Isidore Cohen. was born in New York City and studied at The Juilliard School
with Ivan Galamian.He has been concertmasterofThe Little Orchestra Society in
New York. and has held that same post with many other orchestras. including
that of the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico. Recently he was concertmaster of the
Mozart Festival in Lincoln Center where he a lso appeared as soloist. as he has
frequently throughout the United States. Mr. Cohen has had an extensive chamber
music background which includes membership in the Juilliard String Quartet
and appearances with the Budapest Quartet and a lso the prestigious Music
from Marlboro.
Bernard Greenhouse captured the attention of the music world when he made
his New York recital debut in Town Hall of which the New York Herald Tribune
wrote: "Bernard Greenhouse is a mature musician and an impeccable executant.
If you can imagine a whole evening of cello music without one false note. one
groan or one scratch. you can a lso figure out why the hall was full of cellists ...
Formerly a fellowship student at Juilliard. Greenhouse went to Europe for an
aud ition with Pablo Casals which turned in to two years of study with the great
Spanish master. Wrote Casals: "Bernard Greenhouse in not only a remarkable
cellist. but what l esteem more. a dignified a rtist."
Since then Greenhouse has won an enviable reputation as one of the major
interpreters on his instrument. making appearances in most of the major cities
of both Europe•and America in recital. with orchestra. with chamber music
ensembles and with recordings for Columbia. RCA. Concert Hall and the American
Recording Society. He plays the famous "Paganini" Stradivarius cello dated 1707.
Mr. Greenhouse is on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music. also the State
University of New York in Stonybrook where he is Professor of Music.
COLUMBIA ARTISTS MANAGEMENT INC.
Personal Direction: MICHAEL RIES
Associate: Hattie Clark
165 West 57th Street
New York. N.Y. 10019
The Hebrew Arts School
Leonard Bernstein
Honorary Chairman
Tzvi Avni
David Bar-lllan
Paul Ben -Haim
ADVISORY BOARD
Prof. Emma D. Sheehy
Anna Sokolow
Hobert Starer
Issac Stern
Hugo Weisgall
Dr. Eric Wern er
Jacob Druckman
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Dr. Abraham Goodman
Chairman
Marcus Rottenberg
Honorary President
Philip Esterman
President
Norman P. Friedman
Freel J . Isaacson
Ramie Shapiro
Vice Presidents
Mur<'us Ho tt cnbcrg
Treasurer
Hon. Benjamin Wm. Mehlman
.Secretary
Gerald Bregman
Philip Esterman
Norman P. Friedman
Dr. Victor Gooclhill
Dr. Abraham Goodman
Connie Goodman
Leon ard Goodman
Huth Goodman
Freel J . Isaacson
Dr. Tzipora H. Joehsberger
Leon Knize
Jean -Claude Landau
Solange Landau
Charles D. Li ebe r
Hon. Benjamin Wm. Mehlman
Ursula Merkin
Marcus Rott enberg
Heba I. Rott enberg
Martha K. Selig
Homie Shapiro
Leonard P. Shaykin
Elie Wiesel
Stephen J. Ziff
FRIENDS EXECUTIVE BOARD
Lily Mars
Heba I. Rottenberg
Honorary Pres idents
Lea Cohen
llelen Esterman
Blan che Shapiro
Co-Pres id ents
Bertha Daniels
llelcn Juran
Evelyn R. Mehlman
Sue M. Shapiro
Vice Pres iden ts
Naomi Weber
Correspond ing Secretary
Fran P. Bell
Sallie Blumenthal
Ruth Camche
Miriam Colman
Esther B. Cory
Dorothy Delbaum
Sy lvia Dissick
Vivian Fink
Connie Goodman
Ruth Goodman
Susan Hadvany Greer
Alva Hirschberg
Ruby Lowenstein
Sarah G. Lowenthal
Mary Marcus
Leona Nager
Aviva Sella
Bea trice Yare
Events at the Merkin Concert Hall
FEBRUARY
Mon RUTH RENDLEMAN, piano
1 Works of Mozart, Beethoven,
8 PM Chopin, Schubert
Tue
2
8 PM
ALICE ARTZT, guitar
Works of G1uliani, Cimarosa. D. Scarlatti,
Ponce, We1ss, Mertz
Presented by D'Addario Strings
Wed ZAIDEE PARKINSON, p iano
3 "An Evenmg of Czech Music"
8 PM Works of Jana ~e k and Marhnu
Thu BETTY OBERACKER, p iano
4 J.S. Bac h: "Well -Tempered Clav1er:·
8 PM Book II (Complete)
Sat
6
8 PM
RUTH GLASSER, cello
Margo Garrett. p1ano
Works of Strav1nsky H1ndem1th
Schubert. Debussy Brehm
Sun AN DIE MUSIK
7 Chamber MuSIC Ensemble
Mon
15
8 PM
Tue
16
8 PM
PARNASSUS
Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, w1th
Kenneth Bell , bantone. Work s of Sc hoenberg,
Thorne (World Prem1ere). Wuonnen. Wyne r
THE NEW YORK PRO ARTE CHAMBER
ORCHESTRA w1th Manan McPartland.
pianisH:omposer and Tno
Works of Schu be rt, Schoenberg, and tazz
selections by Mc Partland and othe rs
Wed SABRA LOOMIS, soprano
17 Works of Handel, Schumann, Mahler,
8 PM deFalla, Beethoven, Dvorak
Thu
18
7:30
PM
Sat
20
8 PM
PATRICIA BRADY-DANZIG. soprano
George Foca-Rod1, p1ano
A program of lnsh Melod1es
THE SINE NOMINE SINGERS
Harry Saltzman, conductor
Featunng Obrecht's "M1ssa Salve D1va Parens"
and other works. accompan1ed by a consort
of authent iC Instruments
Sun THE MUSIC PROJECT
21 Chamber Mus1c Ensemble
3 PM Works ol Haydn. Reger. Bntten . Wagner
4 PM Works of Haydn, Rodnguez, Mozart Sun S.C.S TRIO.
Sun NEW YORK OPERA REPERTORYTHEATRE
8
2p1
7 Two one-act operas w1th orchestra.
M1chael Caputo.clannet. Darlene Sherv1ngton.
soprano. Russell Steve nson. p1ano
Works of Spohr. Schubert. Adam·Schm1tt.
Schumann. Scarlatti. Debussy. Chabner.
Gounod, L1 szt. Chop1n
8 PM Si r William Walton's "The Bear"
Mon
8
8 PM
and Jack Beeson's "Hello Out There"
MALCOLM BILSON , fortep iano
All -Haydn prog ram : Sonatas mE I lat. Hob 49.
E minor, Hob. 3 4 ; E flat. Hob 52. Andante
and Vanati ons in F minor; Fantasy m C ma1or
First of a three-conce rt se ries: HAYDN ON
ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTS, prese nted by
The Hebrew Arts School
Tue MARCEL de TARANTO , piano
9 Works of Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin,
8 PM Schumann
Wed
10
8 PM
Thu
11
8 PM
POMERIUM MUSICES
Alexander Blachly, director
"Johannes Ockeghem and His Circle:
Music in France in the Fifteenth Century"
Ockeghem 's Mass on "Caput," motets; works
by his contemporaries Busnois and Tinc toris
DUBINSKY DUO
Rostislav Dubinsky, violin; Luba Ed tina , piano
New York Debut. The violinist and pianist of
the re nowned Borodin Trio pe rform works of
Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Shostakovi ch
Sat AEOLIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS
13 Works of Schuller, Crumb,
8 PM Bartok, Brahms
Sun
14
3PM
Sun
14
7:30
PM
MARGARET NEWMAN, piano
Works of Bach -Busoni , Gott schalk ,
S. Bernstein , Granados. Infante ,
Mussorgsky
ARLENE SLATER-STONE, soprano
Works of Handel, Stradella , Schube rt,
Brahms, Stra uss, Mahler
Mon
22
8 PM
BEAUX ARTS TRIO
Menahem Pressler. p1ano. ls1dore Cohen. v1olm
Bernard Greenhouse. ce llo
Works of Haydn. lve s. Tcha1kovsky
Fmal conce rt of the MAJOR ENSEMBLES se nes
presented by The Hebr wArts School
Tue PHILADE LPHIA STRING QUARTET
23 Works of Bee thoven K~rchner.
8 PM Mendelssohn
Wed
24
8 PM
Thu
25
8 PM
Sat
27
8 PM
Sun
28
2 PM
Sun
28
8 PM
THE ROG ER! TRIO
Barbara Wemtraub. p1ano. R1chard Young
v1olin; Carter Brey cello
Works of Haydn. Shostakov1ch Luen1ng
(N.Y. Prem1ere). Smart (NY Prem1ere1.
Castelnuovo-Tedesco
RONALD SMITH , p ia no
F ~rs t of two conce rts fea tunng
works of Charles Valent1n Atkan .
also works of Beethoven , Chop1n
MICHELE BOUCHER, soprano
Margo Garret t. p1ano
Works of Bell1n1 , Don1zett 1. Verd1. Schumann,
Chausson, Brahms. Debussy
ALEX OGLE , flute
with stn ngs, harps1chord. p1ano
Works of Bach. Mozart. Dav1es.
Messiaen, Foote
BARBARA & GERHARDT SUHRSTEDT,
piano duettists
Works of Warlock, Mozart, Schubert .
Mendelssohn , Debussy, Gershwin
Cello Music Collections
