DESCRIPTION:
On election night, 2016, as returns were coming in, this chamber concert was taking place on West 37th street in New York City, between where each of the candidates were to speak. Here leading members of the Berlin Philharmonic, including the Concertmaster, play a program rich in symbolism concerning our nightmarish U.S. election, and this excerpt shows the opening section of the core part of the program, Waltzing through Weimar America.

The following was the full program for the concert, which was preceded and followed by jazz sets given by Alexander Claffy, bass, Victor Gould, piano and Benny Benack, trumpet.

Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at 8pm
Cary Hall
DiMenna Center for Classical Music
Elective Affinities
Inaugural concert: Election Night event
with members of the Berlin Philharmonic and friends
led by harpist Marie-Pierre Langlamet, with

Andreas Buschatz, Concertmaster
Mathieu Dufour, Principal flute
Matthew McDonald, Principal bass
Cornelia Gartemann, violin
Julia Gartemann, viola
Moky Gibson-Lane, cello
with pianists Emma Tahmizian and Eric Moe

The United States: Seven Viewpoints (2001) Ned Rorem

II There and Back
III A Snowless Christmas
VII An Ending

Andreas Buschatz, Cornelia Gartemann, Julia Gartemann, Moky Gibson-Lane

Night Time (2000) Sebastian Currier

Andreas Buschatz, Marie-Pierre Langlamet

A Sambuca Sonata (1993) Nathan Currier

Mvt. I Fast
Mathieu Dufour, Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Julia Gartemann

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The Fall of the House: Waltzing through Weimar America

(arr. 2016 by Nathan Currier for Orchard Circle; Reissiger composed c. 1826, all others composed 1976-2016)

Part 1
1. Weber’s Last Waltz (fragment) piano/harp (arr.) (Carl Reissiger)
2. Micro-Waltz 1, piano/harp (arr.), John Harbison
3. Duo Waltz, flute and harp, Laura Schwendinger
4. Micro-Waltz 4 & 5, piano, John Harbison
5. #1 Grazioso, from Waltzes (vln, vla, cello and bass), Fred Lerdahl
6. Waltz For a Happy Occasion, piano, Virgil Thompson
7. #2 Con brio, from Waltzes, Fred Lerdahl
8. Modern Love Waltz (without repetition), piano, Phillip Glass
9. #3 Cantabile from Waltzes, Fred Lerdahl
10. Waltz from Gazebo Dances, pno 4 hands (arr.), John Corigliano
11. #4 Leggiero from Waltzes, Fred Lerdahl

Part II

12. Waltz, piano, Roger Sessions
13. Waltzes for Maude (fragment, Quartet #3), Daniel Brewbaker
14. Self-Similar Waltz, piano, Charles Wuorinen
15. #5, Valse Triste, from Waltzes, Fred Lerdahl
16. Ghost Waltz, piano, Lowell Liebermann
17. Minute Waltz, piano, Milton Babbitt
18. #6 Misterioso from Waltzes, Fred Lerdahl
19. Pulaski Skyway Waltz, piano, Eric Moe

Part III

20. #7 Amoroso from Waltzes, Fred Lerdahl
21. #8 Humoresque from Waltzes, Fred Lerdahl
22. #9 Vivace from Waltzes, Fred Lerdahl
23. #10 Lento from Waltzes, Fred Lerdahl
24. #11 Delicato from Waltzes, Fred Lerdahl
25. Arc of Fire Waltz (momento mori), pno trio, Laura Schwendinger
26. Fire Waltz (Etude), piano, Augusta Read Thomas
27. #12 Waltz-Fugue from Waltzes, Fred Lerdahl
28. Serious Not Desperate Waltz (full ensemble), Nathan Currier

Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Andreas Buschatz, Mathieu Dufour, Matthew McDonald, Cornelia Gartemann, Julia Gartemann,
Moky Gibson-Lane, Emma Tahmizian, Eric Moe