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.
