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The Trout Quintet 6/12/2022 at 3:00 p.m.
Susannah Woodruff, mezzo-soprano Eugene Drucker, violin William Frampton, viola Ronald Feldman, cello Timothy Cobb, bass Gili Melamed-Lev, piano |
Irish Songs Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
"The kiss, dear maid, thy lip has left" from 20 Irish Songs, WoO 153, no. 9
"Put round the bright wine" from 12 Irish Songs, WoO 154, no. 6
"Since Graybeards inform that youth will decay" Wo0 153, no. 4
"On the Massacre of Glencoe" from 25 Irish Songs, WoO 152, no. 5
Of Troubled Times Eugene Drucker (1952-
Of Troubled Times
The Love of Morning
On the Mystery of the Incarnation
Threnody
Threnody No. 2
Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47 Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
-Intermission-
The Swan from Carnival of the Animals Camille St. Saëns (1835-1921)
Quintet in A major, D. 667 “Trout” Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
I. Allegro vivace
II. Andante
III. Scherzo: Presto
IV. Andantino - Allegretto
V. Allegro giusto
Music at Bunker Hill piano tuning by Anthony Darrow Piano Service
SUSANNAH WOODRUFF is a mezzo-soprano from Carlisle, PA, currently based in Dallas, TX. She was most recently heard as the Mother in Opera Amici’s inaugural production of Hansel and Gretel. Previous roles include Ottone (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Anna (The Prodigal Child, US premiere), Bradamante (Alcina), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Giulietta (Les contesd’Hoffmann), and Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi). In 2013, she made her European debut as Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro at the Amalfi Coast Festival in Maiori, Italy. In March 2020,Susannah sang a recital at the Susquehanna Art Museum titled “Turning Into Song: ACelebration of Songs by American Composers,” featuring poetry by Lucy Miller Murray set to music by leading contemporary composers Jake Heggie, Paul Moravec, Jeremy Gill, MichaelBrown, and Richard Wilson.
In the spring of 2020, Susannah was set to sing the alto solo in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Harrisburg Symphony as part of their 90th anniversary celebration concert, and the alto solo in Beethoven’s Mass in C at Pine Street Presbyterian Church in Harrisburg, but unfortunately both concerts were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2022, she will sing selections from a cycle for voice, piano, and cello titled “Of Troubled Times,” composed by Eugene Drucker of the Emerson Quartet, and performed with Drucker and Paul Watkins at Market Square Concerts in Harrisburg, PA. Susannah received a Masters of Music from Florida State University and a Bachelor of Music from University of North Texas.
Violinist EUGENE DRUCKER, a founding member of the Emerson String Quartet, is also an active soloist. He has appeared with the orchestras of Montreal, Brussels, Antwerp, Liege, Hartford, Richmond, Louisville, Jerusalem, Raanana and the Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as with the American Symphony Orchestra and Aspen Chamber Symphony. A graduate of Columbia University and the Juilliard School, where he studied with Oscar Shumsky, Mr. Drucker was concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra, with which he appeared as soloist several times. He made his New York debut as a Concert Artists Guild winner in the fall of 1976, after having won prizes at the Montreal Competition and the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. Mr. Drucker has recorded the complete unaccompanied works of Bach, reissued by Parnassus Records, and the complete sonatas and duos of Bartók for Biddulph Recordings. His first novel, The Savior, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2007 and later appeared in a German translation called Wintersonate, published by Osburg Verlag in Berlin. Yearning, his second novel, was published in September 2021. Mr. Drucker's suite for string quartet, Series of Twelve, was commissioned in 2018 by the New Music for Strings Festival in Denmark. It was premiered in Copenhagen and Reykjavik in August of that year.
Eugene Drucker has been on the faculty of Stony Brook University since 2002, and was appointed Music Director of the Berkshire Bach Society’s Bach at New Year’s Concerts in 2017. He lives in New York City with his wife, cellist Roberta Cooper.
Violist WIILLIAM FRAMPTON has been praised by critics for his “impressive” performances (The New York Times) and “a glowing amber tone” (The Boston Globe). Since his New York recital debut in 2009 at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, William has enjoyed a career of diverse performances around the world as a chamber musician, soloist, orchestral player, and teacher. Recent highlights include over 100 performances with a string quartet led by Midori Goto in tours of Asia and North America, numerous appearances as principal viola with the American Symphony Orchestra, appearances as guest artist with the Johannes Quartet, and world premieres of chamber music by J. Mark Stambaugh and a concerto by Peter Homans. He can be heard frequently in the broadway orchestras of Hamilton, Wicked, and The Lion King, and on film scores including The Joker, The Greatest Showman, The Girl on the Train, and many others.
Pandemic era projects have included outdoor concerts in New York and New Jersey with colleagues from American Symphony Orchestra (featured on the Media page) and an upcoming video concert project which will be posted regularly on this website and social media, and www.vintagesessions.us
William is the Artistic Director of Music at Bunker Hill, which he co-founded in 2008. He has performed at festivals including Bard Summerscape, Verbier, and IMS Prussia Cove, and as soloist with conductors Joseph Silverstein and David Hoose. He holds degrees from New England Conservatory and the Juilliard School, and studied with Kim Kashkashian, Samuel Rhodes, Choong-Jin Chang, and Byrnina Socolofsky. William teaches viola and chamber music at Queens College, CUNY.
Twice winner of the American Symphony League’s ASCAP Award for Adventuresome Programming of Contemporary Music, RONALD FELDMAN has achieved critical acclaim for his work as conductor and cellist. He has appeared as guest conductor with major orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony, and Quebec Symphony. In August of 2016 Mr. Feldman recorded three albums of music by Kevin Kaska with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
Mr. Feldman joined the Boston Symphony at the age of 19. He has appeared as cello soloist performing a wide range of concerto repertoire from Dvorak to Ligeti. His many chamber music affiliations have included performances with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Collage New Music Ensemble, the Boston Conservatory Chamber Players, and the Williams Chamber Players. His performances include collaborations with artists Peter Serkin, Emanuel Ax, Garrick Ohlsson, Gil Shaham, and Yo-Yo Ma.
After successful appearances as guest conductor for three consecutive seasons at Symphony Hall and at Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony’s summer home, composer and conductor John Williams appointed Mr. Feldman Assistant Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra. He served as assistant to John Williams from 1989-1993.
Mr. Feldman is on the faculty of Williams College where he is Artist in Residence, Lecturer in Music, Chamber Music coordinator He currently directs the award-winning Berkshire Symphony, the orchestra in residence at Williams College.
TIMOTHY COBB joined the New York Philharmonic as Principal Bass in May 2014, after serving as principal bass of The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and principal bass of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra since 1989. He has appeared at numerous chamber music festivals worldwide, and has toured with the Musicians from Marlboro series. Mr. Cobb also serves as principal bass for Valery Gergiev’s World Orchestra for Peace, an invited group of musicians who donate their time biannually and perform to promote international harmony. Mr. Cobb has been designated a UNESCO Artist for Peace from this affiliation. He has an ongoing collaboration with actor Stephen Lang, for whom he recorded a solo bass sound track for Mr. Lang’s animated short film The Wheatfield, which depicts a human drama from the Battle of Gettysburg.
Mr. Cobb serves on the faculties of The Juilliard School (bass department chair), the Manhattan School of Music, Purchase College, and Rutgers University. He is also a distinguished visiting artist for Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. A native of Albany, New York, Timothy Cobb graduated from The Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Roger Scott. During his senior year at Curtis, Mr. Cobb joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Georg Solti. Mr. Cobb can be heard on all Metropolitan Opera recordings released after 1986, as well as on a recording of Giovanni Bottesini’s duo bass music with bassist Thomas Martin on the Naxos label.
Pianist GILI MELAMED-LEV is recognized for her artistic vision, unique artistry and innovative programing. She is an engaging, multi-faceted pianist who enjoys a career as a soloist, chamber musician, and collaborative artist.
Ms. Melamed-Lev is the co-founder and Artistic director of Jazz and Classics for Change, a concert series in Columbia County (NY) and the Berkshires (MA) that is dedicated to connect and to heal through music in our changing world.
She is also a member of the Lev-Evans duo with pianist Mark Evans. Ms. Melamed-Lev garnered rave reviews for her collaboration with Australian actor John McManus during their extended tour of The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico. She also partnered with the Actors’ Ensemble
and Walking the Dog Theater (WTD).
She has collaborated with Eugene Drucker, Aaron Boyd, Michael Roth, Kenneth Cooper, Jenia Pikovsky, Joana Genova, Joel Pitchon, Gilad Rivkin, William Frampton, Ariel Rudiakov, Dima Ratosh, Roberta Cooper, Ashley Bathgate, Ronald Feldman, Inbal Segev, Nathaniel Parke, Linor Katz, Volcy Palletier, Peter Weitzner, Paul Green, Gili Sharett, Judith Mendenhall, Eugenia Zuckerman, Lior Eitan, Shira Eliassaf, Omri Rave, Michael Slatkin, Uzi Shalev, Amanda Boyd-Grout, Lucille Beer, and composers Philip Lasser, Victor Bloom and Sheila Silver.
She has performed throughout the US, Europe and Canada, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (NY), BPL Concert Series (NY), The Daniel Arts Center (MA), PS21 (NY), The Jerusalem Theater, Jerusalem Music Center, with members of the Israeli Philharmonic at the Eden-Tamir Music Center (Jerusalem), Tzavta 11:11 Music Series (Tel-Aviv), Renewal Conference center (NH), Schenectady College Chamber Music Series (NY), The Goetheanum (Switzerland), Wisteria Chamber Music Society (NY), at Camphill Ghent, Camphill Village Copake (NY), Camphill Triform (NY), Kimberton Hills (PA) and at Taconic Music Series (VT) to name a few.
Ms. Melamed-Lev was the founder and Artistic Director of The Concerts at Camphill Ghent from 2012-2019.
A passionate advocate of music education, she has coached, performed, and gave master classes at the Schenectady Community College School of Music, Williams College, Bard College and at her private studio.
Born in Jerusalem, Gili Melamed-Lev studied with Bracha Eden, Susan Swilich-Cohen, Sascha Gorodnitzki, Miyoko Nakaya-Lotto and György Sándor, and was a scholarship student at The Juilliard School, Montclair State College and The Rubin Academy (Jerusalem).
"The kiss, dear maid, thy lip has left" from 20 Irish Songs, WoO 153, no. 9
"Put round the bright wine" from 12 Irish Songs, WoO 154, no. 6
"Since Graybeards inform that youth will decay" Wo0 153, no. 4
"On the Massacre of Glencoe" from 25 Irish Songs, WoO 152, no. 5
Of Troubled Times Eugene Drucker (1952-
Of Troubled Times
The Love of Morning
On the Mystery of the Incarnation
Threnody
Threnody No. 2
Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47 Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
- Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo
- Scherzo: Molto vivace – Trio I – Trio II
- Andante cantabile
- Finale: Vivace
-Intermission-
The Swan from Carnival of the Animals Camille St. Saëns (1835-1921)
Quintet in A major, D. 667 “Trout” Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
I. Allegro vivace
II. Andante
III. Scherzo: Presto
IV. Andantino - Allegretto
V. Allegro giusto
Music at Bunker Hill piano tuning by Anthony Darrow Piano Service
SUSANNAH WOODRUFF is a mezzo-soprano from Carlisle, PA, currently based in Dallas, TX. She was most recently heard as the Mother in Opera Amici’s inaugural production of Hansel and Gretel. Previous roles include Ottone (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Anna (The Prodigal Child, US premiere), Bradamante (Alcina), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Giulietta (Les contesd’Hoffmann), and Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi). In 2013, she made her European debut as Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro at the Amalfi Coast Festival in Maiori, Italy. In March 2020,Susannah sang a recital at the Susquehanna Art Museum titled “Turning Into Song: ACelebration of Songs by American Composers,” featuring poetry by Lucy Miller Murray set to music by leading contemporary composers Jake Heggie, Paul Moravec, Jeremy Gill, MichaelBrown, and Richard Wilson.
In the spring of 2020, Susannah was set to sing the alto solo in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Harrisburg Symphony as part of their 90th anniversary celebration concert, and the alto solo in Beethoven’s Mass in C at Pine Street Presbyterian Church in Harrisburg, but unfortunately both concerts were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2022, she will sing selections from a cycle for voice, piano, and cello titled “Of Troubled Times,” composed by Eugene Drucker of the Emerson Quartet, and performed with Drucker and Paul Watkins at Market Square Concerts in Harrisburg, PA. Susannah received a Masters of Music from Florida State University and a Bachelor of Music from University of North Texas.
Violinist EUGENE DRUCKER, a founding member of the Emerson String Quartet, is also an active soloist. He has appeared with the orchestras of Montreal, Brussels, Antwerp, Liege, Hartford, Richmond, Louisville, Jerusalem, Raanana and the Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as with the American Symphony Orchestra and Aspen Chamber Symphony. A graduate of Columbia University and the Juilliard School, where he studied with Oscar Shumsky, Mr. Drucker was concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra, with which he appeared as soloist several times. He made his New York debut as a Concert Artists Guild winner in the fall of 1976, after having won prizes at the Montreal Competition and the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. Mr. Drucker has recorded the complete unaccompanied works of Bach, reissued by Parnassus Records, and the complete sonatas and duos of Bartók for Biddulph Recordings. His first novel, The Savior, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2007 and later appeared in a German translation called Wintersonate, published by Osburg Verlag in Berlin. Yearning, his second novel, was published in September 2021. Mr. Drucker's suite for string quartet, Series of Twelve, was commissioned in 2018 by the New Music for Strings Festival in Denmark. It was premiered in Copenhagen and Reykjavik in August of that year.
Eugene Drucker has been on the faculty of Stony Brook University since 2002, and was appointed Music Director of the Berkshire Bach Society’s Bach at New Year’s Concerts in 2017. He lives in New York City with his wife, cellist Roberta Cooper.
Violist WIILLIAM FRAMPTON has been praised by critics for his “impressive” performances (The New York Times) and “a glowing amber tone” (The Boston Globe). Since his New York recital debut in 2009 at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, William has enjoyed a career of diverse performances around the world as a chamber musician, soloist, orchestral player, and teacher. Recent highlights include over 100 performances with a string quartet led by Midori Goto in tours of Asia and North America, numerous appearances as principal viola with the American Symphony Orchestra, appearances as guest artist with the Johannes Quartet, and world premieres of chamber music by J. Mark Stambaugh and a concerto by Peter Homans. He can be heard frequently in the broadway orchestras of Hamilton, Wicked, and The Lion King, and on film scores including The Joker, The Greatest Showman, The Girl on the Train, and many others.
Pandemic era projects have included outdoor concerts in New York and New Jersey with colleagues from American Symphony Orchestra (featured on the Media page) and an upcoming video concert project which will be posted regularly on this website and social media, and www.vintagesessions.us
William is the Artistic Director of Music at Bunker Hill, which he co-founded in 2008. He has performed at festivals including Bard Summerscape, Verbier, and IMS Prussia Cove, and as soloist with conductors Joseph Silverstein and David Hoose. He holds degrees from New England Conservatory and the Juilliard School, and studied with Kim Kashkashian, Samuel Rhodes, Choong-Jin Chang, and Byrnina Socolofsky. William teaches viola and chamber music at Queens College, CUNY.
Twice winner of the American Symphony League’s ASCAP Award for Adventuresome Programming of Contemporary Music, RONALD FELDMAN has achieved critical acclaim for his work as conductor and cellist. He has appeared as guest conductor with major orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony, and Quebec Symphony. In August of 2016 Mr. Feldman recorded three albums of music by Kevin Kaska with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
Mr. Feldman joined the Boston Symphony at the age of 19. He has appeared as cello soloist performing a wide range of concerto repertoire from Dvorak to Ligeti. His many chamber music affiliations have included performances with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Collage New Music Ensemble, the Boston Conservatory Chamber Players, and the Williams Chamber Players. His performances include collaborations with artists Peter Serkin, Emanuel Ax, Garrick Ohlsson, Gil Shaham, and Yo-Yo Ma.
After successful appearances as guest conductor for three consecutive seasons at Symphony Hall and at Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony’s summer home, composer and conductor John Williams appointed Mr. Feldman Assistant Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra. He served as assistant to John Williams from 1989-1993.
Mr. Feldman is on the faculty of Williams College where he is Artist in Residence, Lecturer in Music, Chamber Music coordinator He currently directs the award-winning Berkshire Symphony, the orchestra in residence at Williams College.
TIMOTHY COBB joined the New York Philharmonic as Principal Bass in May 2014, after serving as principal bass of The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and principal bass of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra since 1989. He has appeared at numerous chamber music festivals worldwide, and has toured with the Musicians from Marlboro series. Mr. Cobb also serves as principal bass for Valery Gergiev’s World Orchestra for Peace, an invited group of musicians who donate their time biannually and perform to promote international harmony. Mr. Cobb has been designated a UNESCO Artist for Peace from this affiliation. He has an ongoing collaboration with actor Stephen Lang, for whom he recorded a solo bass sound track for Mr. Lang’s animated short film The Wheatfield, which depicts a human drama from the Battle of Gettysburg.
Mr. Cobb serves on the faculties of The Juilliard School (bass department chair), the Manhattan School of Music, Purchase College, and Rutgers University. He is also a distinguished visiting artist for Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. A native of Albany, New York, Timothy Cobb graduated from The Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Roger Scott. During his senior year at Curtis, Mr. Cobb joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Georg Solti. Mr. Cobb can be heard on all Metropolitan Opera recordings released after 1986, as well as on a recording of Giovanni Bottesini’s duo bass music with bassist Thomas Martin on the Naxos label.
Pianist GILI MELAMED-LEV is recognized for her artistic vision, unique artistry and innovative programing. She is an engaging, multi-faceted pianist who enjoys a career as a soloist, chamber musician, and collaborative artist.
Ms. Melamed-Lev is the co-founder and Artistic director of Jazz and Classics for Change, a concert series in Columbia County (NY) and the Berkshires (MA) that is dedicated to connect and to heal through music in our changing world.
She is also a member of the Lev-Evans duo with pianist Mark Evans. Ms. Melamed-Lev garnered rave reviews for her collaboration with Australian actor John McManus during their extended tour of The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico. She also partnered with the Actors’ Ensemble
and Walking the Dog Theater (WTD).
She has collaborated with Eugene Drucker, Aaron Boyd, Michael Roth, Kenneth Cooper, Jenia Pikovsky, Joana Genova, Joel Pitchon, Gilad Rivkin, William Frampton, Ariel Rudiakov, Dima Ratosh, Roberta Cooper, Ashley Bathgate, Ronald Feldman, Inbal Segev, Nathaniel Parke, Linor Katz, Volcy Palletier, Peter Weitzner, Paul Green, Gili Sharett, Judith Mendenhall, Eugenia Zuckerman, Lior Eitan, Shira Eliassaf, Omri Rave, Michael Slatkin, Uzi Shalev, Amanda Boyd-Grout, Lucille Beer, and composers Philip Lasser, Victor Bloom and Sheila Silver.
She has performed throughout the US, Europe and Canada, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (NY), BPL Concert Series (NY), The Daniel Arts Center (MA), PS21 (NY), The Jerusalem Theater, Jerusalem Music Center, with members of the Israeli Philharmonic at the Eden-Tamir Music Center (Jerusalem), Tzavta 11:11 Music Series (Tel-Aviv), Renewal Conference center (NH), Schenectady College Chamber Music Series (NY), The Goetheanum (Switzerland), Wisteria Chamber Music Society (NY), at Camphill Ghent, Camphill Village Copake (NY), Camphill Triform (NY), Kimberton Hills (PA) and at Taconic Music Series (VT) to name a few.
Ms. Melamed-Lev was the founder and Artistic Director of The Concerts at Camphill Ghent from 2012-2019.
A passionate advocate of music education, she has coached, performed, and gave master classes at the Schenectady Community College School of Music, Williams College, Bard College and at her private studio.
Born in Jerusalem, Gili Melamed-Lev studied with Bracha Eden, Susan Swilich-Cohen, Sascha Gorodnitzki, Miyoko Nakaya-Lotto and György Sándor, and was a scholarship student at The Juilliard School, Montclair State College and The Rubin Academy (Jerusalem).