Catskill, NY – The 2009 season of “Bard at Beattie-Powers” begins on Sunday, March 1, at 2 p.m., with a performance by wind ensemble artists from the Bard School of Music, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The event is free and open to the public. The highly popular recital series is now in its third year.
The afternoon recital will feature the artistry of Eleni Tsachtani, flute; Rachel Steinhorn, oboe; Sarah Wegener, clarinet; Luke Henry, bassoon, and Szilard Molnar, French horn. The repertoire to be performed includes music by Georges Auric entitled “Decide, Romance, Final”; “La Danse de la Chevre” by Arthur Honegger; performed by soloist Eleni Tsachtani; “Four Improvisations for Solo Horn” by Vitaly Buyanovsky, performed by Szilard Molnar, to be followed by a brief intermission.
The Bard recital then concludes with clarinetist Sarah Wegener performing an excerpt from “Quatour pour la fin du temps” by Olivier Messiaen, and a “Quintet for Flue, Oboe, Clarinet” by Claude-Paul Taffanel, from 1908, and featuring the ensemble of musicians. Refreshments will be available.
Beattie-Powers Place, a historic home overlooking the Hudson River, is owned by the Village of Catskill, and maintained by the Friends of Beattie-Powers, a non-profit volunteer organization whose goal is to preserve this exceptional community resource for the benefit of all citizens of Catskill and Greene County.
Beattie-Powers Place is the continuation of Bridge Street. From exit #21 of the New York State Thruway, turn left onto Route 23B, Main Street, to Bridge Street in Catskill, turn left onto Bridge Street, continue to Prospect Avenue; or from the east, cross the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, Route 23, to the first traffic light, turn left onto Spring Street, Route 385, to Bridge Street, turn left again to Prospect Avenue.
For information, call (518) 943-4764, or visit online – http://webmail.mhcable.com/redir.php?http://webmail.mhcable.com/redir.php?http://www.friendsofbeattiepowers.org/
The afternoon recital will feature the artistry of Eleni Tsachtani, flute; Rachel Steinhorn, oboe; Sarah Wegener, clarinet; Luke Henry, bassoon, and Szilard Molnar, French horn. The repertoire to be performed includes music by Georges Auric entitled “Decide, Romance, Final”; “La Danse de la Chevre” by Arthur Honegger; performed by soloist Eleni Tsachtani; “Four Improvisations for Solo Horn” by Vitaly Buyanovsky, performed by Szilard Molnar, to be followed by a brief intermission.
The Bard recital then concludes with clarinetist Sarah Wegener performing an excerpt from “Quatour pour la fin du temps” by Olivier Messiaen, and a “Quintet for Flue, Oboe, Clarinet” by Claude-Paul Taffanel, from 1908, and featuring the ensemble of musicians. Refreshments will be available.
Beattie-Powers Place, a historic home overlooking the Hudson River, is owned by the Village of Catskill, and maintained by the Friends of Beattie-Powers, a non-profit volunteer organization whose goal is to preserve this exceptional community resource for the benefit of all citizens of Catskill and Greene County.
Beattie-Powers Place is the continuation of Bridge Street. From exit #21 of the New York State Thruway, turn left onto Route 23B, Main Street, to Bridge Street in Catskill, turn left onto Bridge Street, continue to Prospect Avenue; or from the east, cross the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, Route 23, to the first traffic light, turn left onto Spring Street, Route 385, to Bridge Street, turn left again to Prospect Avenue.
For information, call (518) 943-4764, or visit online – http://webmail.mhcable.com/redir.php?http://webmail.mhcable.com/redir.php?http://www.friendsofbeattiepowers.org/
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