Musical Elements: The New Music Ensemble

MUSICAL ELEMENTS - CONCERT PROGRAMS – 1978-1990

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Musical Elements is pleased to present the first in a series

of six concerts of new music from around the world.

Jan. 16, 1978

Musical Elements - New Music from England

Paul Patterson                 Floating Music
Peter Maxwell Davies     Hymnos
Bernard Rands                  Ballad 1
David Bedford                   With 100 Kazoos

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Feb. 20, 1978

Musical Elements - New Music from the West Coast
Truck and Warehouse Theatre

Morton Subotnick             Ten
Loren Rush                       Three Danced Movements
William Bergsma              Illegible Canons
Barney Childs                   Jack’s New Bag
Paul Chihara                     “The Beauty of the Rose Is In Its Passing”
William Russell                 Nexus

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March, 1978
Musical Elements - New Music from Eastern Europe

Karel Husa                        Evocations de Slovaquie
Wlodzimierz Kotonski      Pezzo per flauto e pianoforte (NY premiere)
Rudolf Maros                    Sirato (US premiere)
Zygmunt Krauze                Pantuny Malajskie (NY premiere)
Gyorgy Ligeti                     Kammerkonzert

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April 16, 1978
Musical Elements - New Music from Israel

Paul Ben-Haim                                Three Songs
Jan Radzynski                                  String Quartet
Haim Alexander                               Patterns
Tzvi Avni                                         Collage
Mordecai Seter                                Monodrama
Leon Schidlowsky                           Eclosion
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati          Liaisons

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April 23, 1978
Musical Elements - Music in 5 Dimensions

for Quadraphonic tape and instruments

#1 Sheridan Square, NYC

Daniel Asia Shtay (1976)

Daniel Asia Plum-DS II (1977)

Jacob Druckman Animus III (1969)

Daniel Asia Miles Mix (1977)

James McElwaine

and John Kilgore Dead Birds Falling From the Sky (1978)

Robert Dick Smoker (1977)

Sound by Gene Kimball;

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May 1, 1978
Musical Elements- New Music From Italy
Truck and Warehouse Theatre
79 East 4^th St.

L. Berio                               Circles (1960)
F. Donatoni                          For Grilly (1960)
L. Nono                               Polifonica-Monodia-Ritmica (1962)
B. Maderna                          Serenata No. 2 (1957)

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May 29, 1978

Musical Elements - New Music from the Northeast
The Truck and Warehouse Theatre
79 East 4^th St.

Bruce MacCombie              Three Designs (NY premiere)
Christian Wolff                   Changing the System
George Crumb                   Madrigals Book III
Earle Brown                       Sign Sounds (NY premiere)
Daniel Asia                         Sand (World premeire)
James McElwaine              King Lear Songs (NY premiere)

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Oct. 30, 1978
Musical Elements - New Music from England and Japan
Symphony Space

Peter Maxwell Davies                  Seven “In Nomine” (1968)
Teruyuki Noda                              Mattinata (1968)
Toru Takemitsu                             Eucalyptus II (1970)
Gordon Crosse                              World Within (1977) East Coast Premiere

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Nov. 30, 1978
Musical Elements with the League-ISCM Concert
“Mostly Clarinet”
Carnegie Recital Hall

Allen Anderson                   Skies, the Quake (1976)
Andrew Mead                   Clarinet Variations (1978) world premiere
David Hicks                        Currents (1976)

Judith Shatin Allen Nightshades (1977) world premiere
Ursula Mamlok Sextet (1977)

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Jan. 22, 1979
Musical Elements with the Lyre Trio
New Music from Old and New Worlds
Symphony Space

Klaus Huber Sabeth

Joji Yuasa Domains

Alan Rawsthorne Suite

Gary Bertchume Trio

Stephen Chatman O Lo Velo!

John Halvor Benson Three Pieces for Piano

Rudolph Kelterborn Consort-Music

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Feb. 27, 1979
Musical Elements - New Music & Jazz
Christ & St. Stephen’s Church 120 W 69^th St.

Elias Tanenbaum Words (1977)

Milton Babbitt All-Set (1957)

Darius Milhaud La Creation du Monde (1923)

Barney Childs Sonata for Solo Trombone (1961)

Daniel Asia On the Surface (1975)

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April 23, 1979
Musical Elements - New and Not-so-New Music
Symphony Space

Manuel de Falla Canciones popolares espanolas

Lawrence Widdoes Acanthus

Louis Cahuzac Arlequin for clarinet

Toru Takemitsu Stanza I

Stravinsky Duo Concertant

Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6

Maurice Ravel Introduction and Allegro

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June 4, 1979
Musical Elements - New Music of America – the 1970s
Medicine Show Theatre
6 W. 18^th Street NYC

William Hellermann                       Long Island Sound
Robert Beaser                                 Shadow and Light
Jan Swofford                                   Out of the Silence

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Sept. 29, 1979

American Society of University Composers, Region II Conference

featuring Musical Elements

Dan Asia, conductor

Hamilton College, Clinton, New York

Music of Nicholas D’Angelo, Richard Brooks, Steven Gerber, Margo Greene,
Daria Semegen, Gerald Warfield, Christine Berl, Duane Heller, Samuel Pellman,
David Maslanka, and Judith Lang Zaimont.

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Oct. 8, 1979
Musical Elements at Carnegie Recital Hall

Daniel Asia                Sand II   (world premiere)
Toru Takemitsu          Stanza I (1968)
Stefan Wolpe              Quartet for Saxophone, Trumpet, Percussion, and Piano (1950)
Ravel                          Introduction and Allegro

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Feb. 11, 1980

Musical Elements at Carnegie Recital Hall

Daniel Asia, music director

Robert Beaser, guest conductor

Charles Ives Chamber Set No. 1

Anton Webern Quartet op. 22 (1932)

G. Ligeti Kammerkonzert (1969-70)

Lukas Foss Brass Quintet (1977-78) (U.S. Premiere)

L. Berio Circles (1960)

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June 2, 1980

Musical Elements at Carnegie Recital Hall

Daniel Asia, music director

Anton Webern Konzert (1934)

Yehudi Wyner Memorial Music I and II (1971, 1973) for Soprano and 3 flutes

Martin Bresnick We’re Weaving, We’re Weaving (1980) (world premiere)

George Crumb Voice of the Whale (1971)

Jacob Druckman Incenters (1969)

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Nov. 2, 1980

Musical Elements at Carnegie Recital Hall

Daniel Asia and Robert Beaser, music directors

Stravinsky Octet (1923)

T. Noda Quintetto Mattinata (1968)

Luigi Dallapiccola Cinque Frammenti Di Saffo (1942)

Ralph Shapey Evocation (1959)

Nicholas Thorne From the Dying Earth (1979) (world premiere)

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Feb. 9, 1981

Musical Elements at Carnegie Recital Hall

“Premieres and Pearls”

Daniel Asia and Robert Beaser, music directors

Arnold Franchetti Three Italian Masques (1953)

Chester Biscardi Tenzone (1975)

Stefan Wolpe Duo im Hexachord (1936)

Peter Golub Dreams Alone: Six Songs (1980) (world premiere)

Toru Takemitsu, Arr. Hey Jude and Michele (Lennon/McCartney)
performed by Benjamin Verdery, guitar.

Robert Beaser Shadow and Light (1978/80) (New York Premiere)

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June 1, 1981

Musical Elements at Carnegie Recital Hall

Daniel Asia and Robert Beaser, music directors

Luciano Berio Folk Songs (1969)

Edgard Varese Octandre (1923)

Toru Takemitsu Valeria (1969)

Charles Ives Tone Roads No. 3 (1915)

Carlos Fransetti Concertino (1980) David Taylor, bass trombone
Charles Ives The Unanswered Question (1908)

Ami Maayani Maqamat (1965)

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Jan 28, 1982

Musical Elements at Abraham Goodman House, NYC

Chevalier de Saint-Georges – Violin Concerto in A (Gabriel Banat, soloist) (American premiere presumed)

Andrzej Panufnik Autumn Music (1962, rev. 1965) New York Premiere

L. Berio Points on a Curve to Find (1974) New York Premiere

Arnold Franchetti I Setti Passatti della Luna (1976) New York Premiere

Martin Bresnick Der Signal (1981)

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April 12, 1982

Musical Elements at Cooper Union

Heitor Villa-Lobos Sextour Mystique

Benjamin Britten Canticle III

Edward Barnes The Ballad of Bill Doolin

Monroe Cooper Over the River Country (World Premiere)

Jan Radzynski The Face Cut by the Whip (World Premiere)

Malcolm Goldstein A Breaking of Vessels, Becoming Song (New York Premiere)

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Nov. 1, 1982

Musical Elements at Cooper Union

Xenakis Anaktoria

Kurt Schwertsik Twilight Music, a Celtic Serenade for Octet (U.S. Premiere)

Robert Beaser Seven Deadly Sins (with tenor Paul Sperry) (New York Premiere)

Jacob Druckman Animus IV

Andrew Thomas In Memoriam (commission by Musical Elements, world premiere)

-Theme and Variations composed in memory of John Everett Watts (1930-82)
and Robert Rinker (1942-82)

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Jan 31, 1983

Musical Elements at Cooper Union

Eugene O’Brien Embarking for Cythera

Brian Fennelly Canzona

Eric Stokes Prairie Drum (New York Premiere)

Yuji Takahashi For You I Sing This Song

Jonathan Lloyd Waiting for Gozo (U.S. Premiere)

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April 11, 1983

Musical Elements at Cooper Union

Conductors: Robert Beaser, Daniel Asia

Stravinsky Ragtime (1918) (begins and ends the program)

Bernard Rands Deja II (1982) New York Premiere

Isang Yun Octet (1978)

Toru Takemitsu Toward the Sea (1981)

John Thow Live Oak (world premiere)

Gian Carlo Menotti Cantilena and Scherzo for harp and string quartet

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Oct. 27, 1983

Musical Elements at Cooper Union

W. Lutoslawski Paroles Tissees (1965) in honor of the composer’s 70^th birthday

E. von Dohnanyi Concerto for Harp (New York Premiere)

D. Asia Ossabaw Island Dream (World Premiere)

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Jan. 12, 1984

Musical Elements at Cooper Union

Music of Toru Takemitsu and Yehudi Wyner

Takemitsu Eucalyptus II

Takemitsu Rain Tree (New York Premiere)

Takemitsu Stanza I

Takemitsu Rainspell (New York Premiere)

Wyner On this most voluptuous night (on texts by William Carlos Williams),
sung by Susan Davenny (New York Premiere)

Wyner Passage (New York Premiere)

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March 27, 1984

Musical Elements at Cooper Union

Robert Moran, piano; Neil Rolnick, Synclavier

Robert Moran Lullaby (New York Premiere)

Ira Taxin Remembrances (commission from Musical Elements, world premiere)

Aaron Kernis                      America(n) (Day) Dreams (commission from Musical Elements,
                                            world premiere) on poems of May Swenson,
                                             performed by Karen Lykes

Monroe Cooper Fossils for clarinet and piano (World Premiere)

Dennis Riley Summer Music (New York Premiere)

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Jan 9, 1985

Musical Elements at Cooper Union

Neil Rolnick A la Mode (commission by Musical Elements, world premiere)

Anne LeBaron Planxty Bowerbird (World Premiere)

Daniel Asia Plum-DS II (New York Premiere) with Robert Dick, flute

Olly Wilson Echoes

Martin Wesley-Smith Piece for Marimba and Tape

Mario Davidovsky Synchronism #6 for piano and tape

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Feb. 26, 1985

Musical Elements at Cooper Union Great Hall (review article in The New Yorker, March 18, 1985 by Andrew Porter)

Hans Werner Henze Carillon, Recitatif, Masque (1974) for mandolin, guitar, harp
with David Starobin, Susan Jolles, and Peter Press

Hans Werner Henze Stimmen (U.S. Premiere)

Hans Werner Henze Voices (1973) (excerpts)

Peter Maxwell Davies Seven In Nomine (1965)

Peter Maxwell Davies Runes from a Holy Island (1977) (New York Premiere)

Hans Abrahamsen Winternacht (1976/79) (U.S. Premiere)

Robert Saxton Arias (1977) (U.S. Premiere)

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March 27, 1985

Musical Elements at Cooper Union

Robert Ashley Odalisque (with Thomas Buckner) (Commissioned by Musical Elements)

Fred Lerdahl Fantasy Etudes (World Premiere)

William Mayer Passage - Fern Hill (World Premiere)

Francis Thorne Pop Partita

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November 3 (1985)

An Evening of American Music in celebration of American Music Week

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Nov. 19, 1985
Musical Elements at Cooper Union

Carmen Pelton, Soprano
Stephen Albert, Guest Composer
Great Hall at Cooper Union

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Chamber Symphony (Robert Beaser, conductor)
Stephen Albert To Wake the Dead (Carmen Pelton, Soprano)

David Stock Parallel Worlds (New York Premiere)

Marc Neikrus Concertino (New York Premiere)

Hans Abrahamsen Märchenbilder (U.S. Premiere)

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Jan 8, 1986

Musical Elements at Cooper Union

A Celebration of Living Composers

Paul Nash Sostenuto

Roger Briggs Gathering Together

David Wooldridge Night Canticle

Robert Dick Meristem (World Premiere)

Ned Rorem Winter Pages (1981)

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Feb. 25, 1986

A Celebration of Living Composers

Lukas Foss Embros (new commission from Musical Elements, world premiere)
Robert Xavier Rodriguez Tango (New York Premiere)

Karl Aage Rasmussen Berio-Mask (U.S. Premiere)

Shulamit Ran Concerto da Camera (commission from Musical Elements, world premiere)

Minoru Miki Marimba Spiritual (New York Premiere)

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April 9, 1986 – Free to Musical Elements subscribers

Special Concert with Stephen Burns, trumpet; guest artists:

John Van Buskirk, piano, and Ruby Shang, dancer/choreographer

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May 10 (1986)
Jacob Druckman – 60^th birthday concert
Featuring works by Mr. Druckman and commissioned pieces by

Mr. Druckman’s former students, written for Musical Elements

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Nov. 4, 1986 (Beginning of Musical Elements 10^th-anniversary season)

Musical Elements at the 92^nd Street Y

Robert Beaser Songs from The Occasions

Fred Lerdahl Fantasy Etudes

Toru Takemitsu Waterways

Ingram Marshall Fog Tropes

Lukas Foss Embros (Commission from Musical Elements)

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May 19, 1987

Musical Elements at the 92^nd Street Y

Robert Beaser, Daniel Asia, music directors

Dawn Upshaw, Soprano

Kurt Schwertsik Twilight Music

Yehudi Wyner On This Most Voluptuous Night

David Lang Spud (New York Premiere)

Betty Olivero Presenza (World Premiere)

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Nov. 3, 1987
Musical Elements at the 92^nd Street Y

Conrad Cummings “I Wish They Could All Be …” (1986)

David Del Tredici Haddocks’ Eyes (1985) (with Susan Narucki)

H.K. Gruber Frankenstein! (1977)

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Nov. 29, 1988
Musical Elements - Opening Concert 1988-89 Season
Tuesday, November 29, 1988 8pm

The 92^nd Street Y

1395 Lexington Avenue at 92^nd Street

Tickets $12.50; $6.00 students/seniors

Daniel Asia and Robert Beaser, Music Directors
Jane Manning, soprano, guest artist

Daniel Asia               Pines Songs (1984) (US premiere)
Judith Weir               Airs From Another Planet (1986) (US premiere)
Michael Torke         The Yellow Pages

Elliott Carter Canon a 4 (1984)

Elliott Carter Eight Etudes and a Fantasy (1950)

Notice on program: “Musical Elements 10^th Anniversary Recording available on CRI Recordings”

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Wednesday, January 25, 1989 8pm

Daniel Asia and Robert Beaser, Music Directors
Joan Heller, soprano, guest artist

Stephen Montague          Paramell VI
Paul Moravec                  The Kingdom Within (World premiere)
Mel Powell                      Settings
Irwin Bazelon                  Legends and Love Letters (NY premiere)
George Rochberg             Serrenata d’estate (in honor of composer’s 70^th birthday)

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Wednesday, March 22, 1989 8pm
Daniel Asia and Robert Beaser, Music Directors
Paul Sperry, tenor, guest artist

Joan Tower                        Breakfast Rhythms I & II
Francis Thorne                  Money Matters (World premiere, Musical Elements commission)
Richard Felciano               Shadows (NY premiere)
Ned Rorem                        The End of Summer (in honor of the composer's 65^th birthday)

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February 25, 1990
Music Society of Baltimore

at the Baltimore Museum of Art
Musical Elements “Celebrating the New Now”

Jacqueline Fontyn “Scurochiaro” New work commissioned in celebration of the Chamber Music Society’s 40^th Anniversary Season.

Robert Beaser Songs from The Occasions

Daniel Asia Pines Songs

Stephen Montague Paramell VI

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Retrospective: Musical Elements New Music Ensemble

Monday, October 22, 2018

Musical Elements Ensemble - reunion 2018

Monday, December 29, 2014

Concert listings 1978 to 1990 - Musical Elements Ensemble

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Musical Elements Ensemble roster 1977-79