New Music at the Pozen Center

Two Works for Violin and Piano-Arnold Schoenberg
  Piece for Violin and Piano in d minor (1893/94)
  Fragment for Violin and Piano (1927)
 
Marla Rathbun, Violin
Maria Rivera White-Piano
John Holland-Spoken text: Traditional and Non Traditional Music

Valses Poeticos for Piano Solo (1887)-Enrique Granados

Maria Rivera White-Solo Piano

Sonata for Violin and Piano (2010)-John Holland
  Scale Model No. 2
  Chromatic Intervals in Two Dimensions
  Incremata No. 1
  The Clock
  Incremata No. 2
  12 Haiku (from the texts based on themes of science and nature by the composer)
  Scale Model No. 2
  Passing By (inspired by the story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott
   Fitzgerald)
  Sands of a Distant Shore (based on a poetic fragment from the journal Cape Cod
    by Henry David Thoreau)
  Incremata No. 3

Marla Rathbun, Violin
Maria Rivera White, Piano
John Holland, Spoken text: Symmetry

Love and Death A Cross-cultural Mix-Up (2010)

The Moby Dick in All of Us for Digitally Modified Piano and Electronic Sounds (2009)
-John Holland
 Ishmael
 Queequeg
 Captain Ahab
 The Pequod
 Starbuck
 Stubb
 Flask
 Tashtego
 Pip
 Moby Dick

John Holland, Piano, Electronic Sounds
Stephanie Cardon, Video

New Music at the Pozen Center

The Capacity for Resistance for Digitally Modified Piano and "Live" electronic Sounds (2009)-John Holland
John Holland-Digitally Modified Piano
Marc McNulty-Electronic Sounds
Shawn Moore-Original Electronic Instruments

Allemande (ca.1728)-Jean Philippe Rameau
 from New Suites of Harpsichord Pieces
Maria Rivera White-Piano

Chic et Musicale-John Holland
 for Digitally Modified Piano (Four Hands) with
 Original Fashion Designs (2009)
John Holland, Frank Floyd-Digitally Modified Piano

Mood (1918)-Carl Ruggles
The Rathbun-Rivera Duo
  Marla Rathbun-Violin, Maria Rivera White-Piano
Stephanie Cardon-Photographs

Grand Duo (1988)-Lou Harrison
The Rathbun-Rivera Duo
   Marla Rathbun-Violin, Maria Rivera White-Piano

Spoken texts will precede various pieces

New Music at the Pozen Center with Musical Hors d'Oeuvres, Spoken Text and a Free Wine Bar

1.  John Holland and Marc McNulty, World Radio for Digitally Modified
     Piano and "Live" Radiocast (2008)
     John Holland, Digitally Modified Piano
     Marc McNulty, Electronic Sounds

2.  Philip Glass, Satyagraha (The Final Scene) for solo piano (2000)
     Maria Rivera White - Solo Piano

3.  John Holland, Alien for Digitally Modified Piano with Animated
     Marionette (2008)
     John Holland, Digitally Modified Piano
     Marc McNulty, Electronic Sounds
     Jill Donings, Puppeteer

4.  John Cage, Nocturne, for Violin and Piano (1947)
     Marla Rathbun, Violin
     Maria Rivera White, Piano

5.  Richard Wagner, Albumblatt fur Frau Betty Schott
     for Piano Solo (1875)
     Maria Rivera White, Solo Piano

6.  John Holland, A Short Biography of Stephen Crane for Violin and Piano
     with speaking voice (2007)
     Marla Rathbun, Violin
     John Holland, Piano
     Mary Briggs, Speaking Voice

New Music at The Pozen Center with Musical Hors d'Oeuvres, and a Free Wine Bar

1. John Holland: A Natural Life for Piano Solo with Recorded Nature Sounds and Projections within a Frame (2005)
2. 5 French Tangos for Violin and Piano
3. John Holland: Lament for a Dead Companion for Piano and Viola with Seductress (2006) (from the Epic of Gilgamesh)
4. Early American Hymns and Songs for Violin and Piano
5. Charles Ives: Sonata No. 2  for Violin and Piano
1. Autumn
2. In the Barn
3. The Revival

 John Holland - Solo Piano

The Rathbun-Rivera Duo
Marla Rathbun, Violin and Maria Rivera, Piano

Marla Rathbun, Viola

Dawn Kramer, Seductress 

KNOWN AND UNKNOWN: 20-21st CENTURY WORKS for VIOLIN AND PIANO

Sonata for Violin and Piano - Krzysztof Penderecki (1953)
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro vivace

Memory for Violin and Piano - John Holland (2002) 

Partita for Violin and Piano - Witold Lutoslawski (1984)
1. Allegro giusto
2. Ad libitum
3. Largo
4. Ad libitum
5. Presto

Aftersong for Violin and Piano - Sebastian Currier (1993)
I. Bold
II. Quasi come una Cadenza con anima
III. Distant, but expressive
IV. Schleppend, leidend, zogernd (Dragging, suffering, hesitating)

Night Music for Piano and Violin - Ned Rorem (1923)
1. Answers: Neutral
2. Mosquitos and Earthworms: Fast
3. Gnats: Light and very fast
4. The Lighthouse: Slow
5. Epeira Sclopetaria: Smooth and white
6. The Two Moths: Very fast
7. Black and Silver: Violin: frantic, Piano: tranquil
8. Saying Goodbye, Driving Off: Sedate

Marla Rathbun, Violin and Maria Rivera, Piano

KNOWN AND UNKNOWN: 20-21st CENTURY WORKS for VIOLIN AND PIANO

Theme and Variations - Oliver Messiaen (1932)
Theme: Modere
1st Variation: Modere (berceur)
2nd Variation: Modere, un peu vif
3rd Variation: Modere, avec éclat
4th Variation: Vif et passionne
5th Variation: Tres lent

Sonata for Violin and Piano - Krzysztof Penderecki (1953)
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro vivace

Memory for Violin and Piano - John Holland (2002) 
Premier performance

Partita for Violin and Piano - Witold Lutoslawski (1984)
1. Allegro giusto
2. Ad libitum
3. Largo
4. Ad libitum
5. Presto

Marla Rathbun, violin, Maria Rivera White, piano

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: GERMAN AND AMERICAN MUSIC IN THE 1ST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY 

Sonatine for Violin and Piano - Karlheinz Stockhausen (1951)
Lento espressivo
Molto moderato e cantabile   
Allegro scherzando
 
Four Pieces op. 7 - Anton Webern (1910)     
   l.   Sehr langsam
   ll.  Rasch
   lll. Sehr langsam 
   lV. Bewegt

Sonata for Violin and Piano - Aaron Copland (1943)
Andante semplice
Lento
Allegretto giusto

- Intermission -

Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano - George Antheil (1923)
l.    Allegro moderato-Allegro vivace
ll.   Andante moderato
lll.   Funebre, lento expressivo
lV.  Presto. Finale – Allegretto frenetico

Marla Rathbun, violin, Maria Rivera, piano

1. Solo Music No. 2 for Unaccompanied Violin - John Holland (1998)
2. Six Melodies for Violin and Keyboard - John Cage (1950)
3. Third Violin Sonata - Charles Ives (1905-14)
1.  Adagio-Andante con moto- Allegretto-Adagio
2.  Allegro
3.  Adagio cantabile

Marla Rathbun, Violin, and Maria Rivera White, Piano