Past Concerts: Second Sundays Series

The Second Sundays Series was presented from 2008 to 2012 in conjuction with Roger Smith Arts (Matt Semler, Artistic Director). Concerts took place originally in the Penthouse and later in the Solarium of the Roger Smith Hotel at 47th Street and Lexington Avenue in New York City. The series was co-curated by John Olson and Frank Wallace.

Gaëlle Solal performing at the final Second Sundays concert on July 8, 2012

2011–12 Season

September 11, 2012
Rafael Aguirre
ALBÉNIZ Asturias
SCHUMANN Kinderszenen, Op. 15
TÁRREGA Gran Jota
QUIROGA Francisco Alegre
DE LUCIA Guajiras
ASSAD Impressões Ibericas
GIMENEZ La boda de Luis Alonso

October 9, 2011
Threefifty Duo

November 13, 2011
Alturas Duo
TRADITIONAL Ventolera
NUÑEZ Estudio para charango
LEZCANO Sonata for Viola and Guitar
SALINAS Preludio
SOTO Rosita de Pica
CUMPLIDO Espejismo
PALACIOS Vuelo de parinas
FARÍAS El vuelo de tu alma
PEARL The Places We Left Behind
STARR Grooves

January 8, 2012
Jerome Mouffe
REGONDI Rêveries — Nocturne; Introduction et Caprice, Op. 23
BARRIOS MANGORE Mazurka Apasionata
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Capriccio Diabolico
TORROBA Sonatina
ALBÉNIZ Mallorca, Asturias
PIAZZOLLA La Muerte del Angel
RODRIGUEZ La Cumparsita

February 12, 2012
Duo Sonidos
CORELLI Sonata No. VII in D Minor
PIAZZOLLA L’Histoire du Tango
MORALES-CASO Volavérunt: Homenaje a Francisco de Goya
BEASER Selections from Mountain Songs

March 11, 2012
João Kouyoumdjian
VILLA-LOBOS Prelude No. 5, Chôros No. 1
SARDINHA Lamentos do Morro, Gente Humilde, Jorge do Fusa
PERNAMBUCO Sons de Carrilhões
JOBIM Chôro, Surfboard
CALDERONI Suíte Dois Povos, Sacromonte, Balaio
PENAFORTE Preludio, Zurraço

April 8, 2012
Alejandro Cote
LENNON Selections from Concert Etudes
TURINA Sevillana-Fantasia
MERTZ Elegy; Hungarian Fantasy, Op. 65
BASSETT Temperaments
SOR Introduction et Thème Varié, Op. 20
WALTON Five Bagatelles

May 13, 2012
Rupert Boyd
HOUGHTON God of the Northern Forest; Kinkachoo, I Love You
PIAZZOLLA Invierno Porteño, Otoño Porteño
FORNEROD Prélude, Op. 13
VILLA-LOBOS Études Nos. 8, 9, and 7
TRADITIONAL (arr. RUSSELL) Four Celtic Songs
BROUWER Hika (In Memorium Toru Takemitsu)
EDWARDS Blackwattle Caprices
ARCAS/TARREGA Fantasia Sobre La Traviata de Verdi

June 10, 2012
Texas Guitar Quartet
ALBÉNIZ Aragón, Cordoba, and Castilla
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048
BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture, Op. 84
DE L’HOYER Air Varié et Dialogué
WILLIAMS Red

July 8, 2012
Gaëlle Solal
OHANA 20 avril-Planh; Tiento
ALBÉNIZ Pavana capricho; Torre Bermeja
TRADITIONAL (arr. SEDDIKI) Drama Köprüsü
GALLARDO DEL REY Aires de Sevilla
GUINGA Constance; Choro pro Zé; Di menor
GISMONTI Palhaço; Agua e vinho
NAZARETH Brejeiro
GAROTO Lamentos do morro

2010–11 Season

September 12, 2010
Simon Powis
SCARLATTI Sonata K. 491
J.S. BACH Sonata BWV 1001
VERDERY Satyagraha
TURINA Sonata, Op. 61
HOUGHTON Ophelia
ALBÉNIZ Mallorac, Op. 202
GIULIANI Rossiniana, Op. 119

October 10, 2010
Irene Gomez
PONCE Théme, Varié et Finale
COULANGES Variations on a Haitian Theme
JOSÉ Sonata
ALBÉNIZ Suite Española, Op. 47
GUIO Cacao

November 14, 2010
Michael Nicolella
NICOLELLA Prelude
NIN-CULMELL Seis Variaciones (Sobre un Tema de Milan)
BEASER Shenandoah
PAGANINI Two Minuets
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Capriccio Diabolico
J.S. BACH Cell Suite No. 2, BWV 1008
ALBÉNIZ Torre Bermeja, Cordoba, Sevilla

January 9, 2011
Back Bay Guitar Trio
TAKEMITSU Bad Boy
JOBIM Eu te amo
BRANDAO Procissao
BRAHMS Intermezzo in A Major
HALPERN Israeli Suite
PIAZZOLLA Libertango
WALLACE Triptych
MASON Drunken Marionette
MASON Sarah Jane
BELLINATI Baiao de Gude

February 13, 2011
ChromaDuo
GOSS Still the Sea, The Raw and the Cooked
PIERCE From Three Pieces for Two Guitars; Adagio and Fugue
DYENS Comme des Grands

March 13, 2011
Isaac Bustos
SCARLATTI Sonata K. 377 in B minor
ALBÉNIZ Cádiz, Asturias
RODRIGO Un Tiempo fue Itálica Famosa
LIEUWEN Sonata for Guitar
GIULIANI 6 Variations on I bin a Kohlbeaurn Bub, Op. 49

April 10, 2011
Nicholas Ciraldo
TÓRROBA Piezas características
SOR Grande Sonate in C Major, Op. 22
VILLA-LOBOS Five Preludes
J.S. BACH Cell Suite No. 4, BWV 1010

May 8, 2011
Lynn McGrath
ALBÉNIZ Asturias
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Selections from Platero y Yo
MERTZ Hungarian Fantasy
BARRIOS MANGORÉ Una limosna por el amor de Dios

June 12, 2011
John Lehmann-Haupt
TRADITIONAL Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair, The Water Is Wide
BONFA Manha de Carnaval
ALBÉNIZ Granada
J.S. BACH Selections from Cello Suite No. 3
GRIEG Melodie
UNGAR Ashokan Farewell
MONK ‘Round Midnight
GERSHWIN The Man I Love, Embraceable You
TAYLOR Fire and Rain
WONDER Creepin’
VILLA-LOBOS Prelude No. 1

July 10, 2011
Scott Borg
KOSHKIN The Prince’s Toys
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

2009–10 Season

September 13, 2009
Valerie Hartzell
VILLA-LOBOS Prelude No. 1
TARREGA Rosita (Polka), Marieta (Mazurka), Maria (Gavotta), Recuerdos de la Alhambra
LENNON Another’s Fandango
PONCE Sonta III
BARRIOS MANGORÉ Julia Florida
DYENS Fuoco from Libra Sonatine

October 11, 2009
Max Zuckerman
ALBÉNIZ Granada and Sevilla
J.S. BACH Lute Suite BWV 997
RODRIGO Invocacion y Danza
CMIEL I Wasted Time Now Doth Time Waste Me
BARRIOS MANGORÉ Vals Op. 8, No. 3; Vals Op. 8, No. 4

November 8, 2009
Alberto Rodriguez Ortiz
ORTIZ Sonata No. 2; Sonata No. 3 “Homenaje a la Sonra Ponceña y a Bach”
J.S. BACH Second Violin Partita, BWV 1004; Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, BWV 998

December 13, 2009
Anthony Bez
BEZ Improvisation, Bridges, 78 Days
J.S. BACH Prelude No. 1, Bist Du Bei Mir, Cantata No. 147
TRADITIONAL Afro-Cuban Lullaby, Deep River
ALBÉNIZ Granada, Asturias
NIN-CULMELL Six Variations on a Theme by Milan
SABICAS Alegrias
TRADITIONAL Soleares, Bulerias
MATTHEWS Studies 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 13, 15 (world premiere)
TARREGA Recuerdos de la Alhambra, Capricho Arabe
TORROBA Nocturno, Burgalesa, Sonatina
SOR Variations on a Theme by Mozart
VILLA-LOBOS Etudes 1, 7, 8, 11

January 10, 2010
Mattias Jacobsson
J.S. BACH Suite for Lute in E minor, BWV 996; Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, BWV 998
TARREGA Endecha, Prelude No. 18, Prelude No. 2, Lagrima, Capricho Arabe
CHOPIN Prelude Op. 28, No. 7; Prelude Op. 28, No. 15; Prelude Op. 28, No. 20; Prelude Op. 28, No. 6; Mazurka Op. 67, No. 4; Mazurka Op. 33, No. 4; Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2

February 14, 2010
Thomas Viloteau
LEGNANI Caprices 8, 1 and 7; Fantasia, Op. 19
SOR Fantasie Élégiaque
PONCE Theme, Variations and Fuge on “La Folia”
LLOBET Variaciones sobre un tema de Sor

March 14, 2010
Dan Acsadi
J.S. BACH Suite in E minor, BWV 996
BROUWER 10 Estudios Sencillos
MERTZ Fantasie Hongroise
BARTÓK 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs
VILLA-LOBOS Prelude No. 3; Etudes Nos. 7, 11, 12

April 11, 2010
Pia Gazarek-Offermann
VERDERY Satyagraha and Tread Lightly
D’ANGELO Due Canzoni Lidie
DOMENICONI Koyunbaba
BRITTEN Nocturnal after John Dowland, Op. 70
TAKEMITSU Equinox
MOMPOU Suite Compostelana

May 9, 2010
Brad Richter
RICHTER The Harvest, Four Native Tales, A Whisper in the Desert, River Songs

June 13, 2010
Dieter Hennings
VAZQUEZ Sonata No. 2
PONCE Tema Variado y Final; Tres Piezas Mexicanas; Sonatina Meridional
TRIGOS Partita

July 11, 2010
Atanas Ourkouzounov and Mie Ogura
BARTOK Roumanian Folk Dances
LIGETI Musica Ricercata
OURKOUZOUNOV Three East Tales, Bul-Bop
JARRETT Memories of Tomorrow
ELLINGTON Take the “A” Train
COREA Spain
TRADITIONAL Three Bulgarina Folk Pieces

August 8, 2010
San Francisco Guitar Quartet

2008–09 Season

September 14, 2008
Olson/De Cari Duo
GERSHWIN (arr. DUARTE) Songs
BRITTEN English Folksong Arrangements
DUARTE Five Quiet Songs
CHAMPLIN Abyss of the Stars: A Mass for Voice and Guitar

October 12, 2008
Scott Sanchez
BARRIOS MANGORÉ Medallón Antiguo, Gavota al Estilo Antiguo
PIAZZOLLA Milonga Del Angel, Verano Porteño
MENDELSSOHN Songs Without Words: Op. 53 No. 4 and Op. 19, No. 6
BERNSTEIN (arr. MOREL) West Side Story Suite
MOREL Barcarole, Little Rhapsody
J.S. BACH Selections from Cello Suite No. 4, BWV 1010
SIMONS (arr. DYENS) All of Me
DESMOD (arr. MOREL) Take Five
BELLINATI Jongo

November 9, 2008
Duo LiveOak

January 11, 2009
Marcin Dylla
PONCE Sonata Romantica (Hommage to F. Schubert)
MAW Music of Memory
GIULIANI Rossiniana No. 1
TANSMAN Variations on a Theme by Scriabin
RODRIGO Tres piezas españolas

February 8, 2009
Connie Sheu
BARRIOS MANGORÉ Junto a tu Corazón, Un Sueño en la Floresta
ASENCIO Collectici íntim
LENNON Concert Etudes
BOGDANOVIC Jazz Sonatina

March 8, 2009
Chaconne Klaverenga
BARRIOS La Catedral
BROUWER Sonata
BACH Chaconne
TARREGA Capricho Arabe
ASENCIO Collectici Intim
GIULIANI Grande Overture

April 12, 2009
Troy King and Kathrin Murray
BRAHMS Intermezzo, Op. 117, No. 1
TURINA Cinco Danzas Gitanas, Op. 55
FUNK PEARSON Mountain Moor
GRANADOS Spanish Dance, Op. 37, No. 4 (“Villanesca”)
GRIEG Suite in Antique Style from Holberg’s Time, Op. 40
FALLA Spanish Dance No. 1 from La Vida Breve

May 10, 2009
Midnight Moon Ensemble
BIXO (arr. DICKENSON) Mamma
HANDEL (arr. DICKENSON) V’adore, pupille
BLACKBURN/SUESSDOR (arr. DICKENSON) Moonlight in Vermont
PREVERT/KOSMA/MERCER (arr. DICKENSON) Autumn Leaves
DICKENSON Suite Julian, Seasons of Solitude, Angel in the Mist, The Calling
BELLINI (arr. DICKENSON) Oh, Quante Volte
ARDITI (arr. DICKENSON) Il Bacio

June 14, 2009
The Kravchak and Morris Duo
TELEMANN Sonata in A minor
VERDERY From Some Towns and Cities: Dennis, MA; Miami
WALLACE Katrina Sonata, Op. 37
YORK Reflections
BROUWER Elogio de la Danza
BUTLER Fantasy on Days
GRASSE Letters from Brazil

July 12, 2009
Frank Wallace
WALLACE Orientale, Debil del Alba, The Elements, Sonata No. 1, The Game
GARCIA DE LEÓN Sonata No. 1 (“Las Campanas”)

2007–08 Season

January 13, 2008
Grisha Goryachev and Zaira Meneses

February 10, 2008
Anders Miolin
MIOLIN Prelude Bhupali, Azure
J.S. BACH Prelude, BWV 1007
SANZ Passacalle de la cavalleria de Napoles
HAND Study No. 3
MERTZ Fingals Höhle, Op. 13
SATIE Gnossienne No. 1, Gymnopédie No. 1
KOSHKIN Usher Waltz
PIAZZOLLA Verano Porteño
GIULIANI La Caccia, Op. 107
FALLA Escena, El círculo magico, Danza del molinero
RAVEL Bolero
TRADITIONAL Moonlight over the Spring River
DYENS Saudade No. 3

March 9, 2008
Christopher McGuire
VILLA-LOBOS Five Preludes
TORROBA Madroños
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Tarantella
TARREGA Lagrima, Recuerdos de la Alhambra
PONCE Valse
McLEAN (arr. KNOWLES/McGUIRE) Vincent
LENNON-McCARTNEY Norwegian Wood, Yesterday, And I Love Her
FOSTER (arr. TAYLOR/McGURIE) Oh! Susanna
McGUIRE Black Cat, ¡Es Tu Pie!, Tîo Pépe

April 13, 2008
Zane Forshee
ALBÉNIZ Mallorca
J.S. BACH Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, BWV 998
BROUWER Canción de Cuna, Paisaje Cubano con Campanas, Sonata
SCARLATTI Sonatas K. 14, K. 213, and K. 178
DOMENICONI Variations on an Anatolian Folksong

May 11, 2008
Rupert Boyd
HOUGHTON God of the Northern Forest; Kinkachoo, I Love You
PIAZZOLLA Invierno Porteño
SCULTHORPE From Kakadu
BROUWER Canción de Cuna, Ojos Brujos
J.S. BACH Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, BWV 998
EDWARDS Blackwattle Caprices

June 8, 2008
Cristina Pérez Madiedo

July 13, 2008
Threefifty Duo
SCHULICK Moving On, Victory Drill, Touch the Ground, Circles
PARNELL Zane Dancing; Eleven Eleven; Outward, Endlessly, in Every Direction; Moanna
J.S. BACH Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F# Major
SCARLATTI Sonata K. 119
RATATAT Seventeen Years
RAMEAU Les Trois Mains