5/26/24 at 3:00 pm Vocal Chamber Music
Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano
Joseph Lin, violin
William Frampton, viola
Michael Katz, cello
Bradley Brookshire, harpsichord
PROGRAM
Garden Songs for Soprano and String Trio Pablo Ortiz (1956 - )
String Trio in G Major, Op. 53 No. 1 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
1. Allegretto e innocente
2. Presto
Orphée Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Intermission
"Pieces de claveçin en concert" Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
1. La Pantomime
2. L'Indiscrette
3. La Rameau
Selections from the Neun deutsche Arien George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Praised for her “dazzling, virtuoso singing” (Boston Globe), soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon believes that creating new works and recreating those lost in centuries past makes room for the multiplicity of voices integral to classical music’s future. As such, Ms. Fitz Gibbon has given U.S. premieres of rediscovered works from the Baroque through the mid-20th century, including recording seminal Yiddish song cycles. She has also collaborated with notable composers of her own time, among them John Harbison, Kate Soper, Katherine Balch, Reena Esmail, Tan Dun, and Pauline Oliveros.
Lucy has appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Tafelmusik; the Naples Philharmonic; the Albany, Eureka, Lexington, Richmond, and Tulsa Symphonies; and the American Symphony Orchestra in her Carnegie Hall debut. In the 23-24 season, she appears in performances of major works by Johannes Brahms, Arnold Schoenberg, Unsuk Chin, and György Kurtág in venues throughout North America.
Hailing from Davis, California, Ms. Fitz Gibbon has spent summers at the Tanglewood Music Center and Marlboro Music Festival. She is on the faculty of Bard College Conservatory’s Vocal Arts Programs, having previously served as Director of the Vocal Program at Cornell University. For more information, see www.lucyfitzgibbon.com.
Appearing regularly as a performer and teacher throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe, Joseph Lin is on the faculty of the Juilliard School where he teaches violin and chamber music. First violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet from 2011 to 2018, his projects since then have included period instrument performances of Beethoven, Schubert, and Bach; performances of Bartók's Second Concerto; and Musicians from Marlboro tours on violin and viola.
As a professor at Cornell from 2007 to 2011, Joseph organized the inaugural Chinese Musicians Residency and led a project with Cornell composers to create new music inspired by Bach. Joseph Lin’s recordings include the music of Korngold and Busoni; an album of Debussy, Franck, and Milhaud; and the complete unaccompanied works of Bach and Ysaÿe. His recording of Mozart’s A major Concerto with original cadenzas was released in 2017. With the Juilliard Quartet, Mr. Lin recorded Schubert’s Death and the Maiden, Carter’s Fifth Quartet, as well as the JSQ’s album of Beethoven, Davidovsky, and Bartók.
Violist William 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 performances around the world as a chamber musician, soloist, and orchestral player. Highlights include over 100 performances with a string quartet led by Midori Goto in tours of Asia and North America, appearances as guest artist with Escher Quartet and Johannes Quartet, and world premieres of chamber music by J. Mark Stambaugh and a concerto by Peter Homans. William is Principal Viola of American Symphony Orchestra, Associate Musician with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and member of Harlem Chamber Players String Quartet. He performs in the Broadway orchestras of Hamilton, Wicked, and The Lion King, and on film scores including The Joker, West Side Story, The Greatest Showman, The Girl on the Train, the Barbie Movie, and many others.William is Artistic Director of Music at Bunker Hill. He has performed at festivals including Bard Summerscape, Verbier, and IMS Prussia Cove, and as soloist with conductors including 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 The College of New Jersey.
Hailed by the press for his “bold, rich sound” (Strad Magazine) and “nuanced musicianship,” (The New York Times), Grammy-nominated Israeli cellist Michael Katz has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician across North America, Europe, and Asia. His musicianship has been recognized with many awards, among them all three prizes at the 2011 Aviv Competition, and first prizes at the Juilliard School’s 2010 Concerto Competition and the 2005 Turjeman Competition.
As the cellist of the Lysander Piano Trio, Mr. Katz was a winner of the 2012 Concert Artists Guild Competition, and was awarded first prizes at the 2011 Coleman competition and 2011 J.C. Arriaga competition. He has performed with artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Midori, Anthony Marwood, Donald Weilerstein, Peter Frankl, Roger Tapping, and Charles Neidich. His festival appearances include Ravinia, Bravo! Vail, Chamber Music Northwest, Music@Menlo, Mostly Mozart, Bard, Malaga Classica, Luzern, and Yellow Barn.
Mr. Katz received degrees from the New England Conservatory, The Juilliard School, and Stony Brook University, and was a student of Laurence Lesser, Joel Krosnick, and Colin Carr. For more info www.michaelkatzcello.com
Bradley Brookshire is an Assistant Conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, where he has played harpsichord in a number of productions. At New York City Opera, he was assistant conductor and harpsichordist for Christopher Alden’s staging of Cosí. He also worked for many years at Glimmerglass Opera. Besides his operatic work, he has regularly performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Trinity Wall St. Baroque Orchestra, among others. Anthony Tommasini, writing in the New York Times praised his “fleet, imaginative, and probing performances” in a “challenging and important series of recitals devoted to the complete harpsichord works of Bach.” James Oesterich (NYT) noted his "wonderful musicality, personality, and wit.” Reviewing a later recital, Oestreich added, “Mr. Brookshire's playing has grown more rhapsodic over the years…[It] showed a canny blend of calculation and spontaneity.” The Times named his solo album of Bach’s French Suites a Critic’s Choice recording of the year (2001). His 2007 release of The Art of Fugue was similarly recognized with a five-star rating by Goldberg magazine. He is an Associate Professor of Music at SUNY-Purchase. Among his scholarly publications are “’Bare ruin'd quires where once the sweet birds sang’ – covert speech in William Byrd's Walsingham Variations,” “Traces of the Magnificat: Marian devotion in William Byrd's My Lady Nevill's Book,” "Edwin Fischer's Bach-Pianism in Context,” and “Chopin’s Ornamentation and the Legacy of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.” Brookshire lives in Manhattan, where he is the devoted servant of a Boston Terrier named Liza.
Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano
Joseph Lin, violin
William Frampton, viola
Michael Katz, cello
Bradley Brookshire, harpsichord
PROGRAM
Garden Songs for Soprano and String Trio Pablo Ortiz (1956 - )
String Trio in G Major, Op. 53 No. 1 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
1. Allegretto e innocente
2. Presto
Orphée Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Intermission
"Pieces de claveçin en concert" Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
1. La Pantomime
2. L'Indiscrette
3. La Rameau
Selections from the Neun deutsche Arien George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Praised for her “dazzling, virtuoso singing” (Boston Globe), soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon believes that creating new works and recreating those lost in centuries past makes room for the multiplicity of voices integral to classical music’s future. As such, Ms. Fitz Gibbon has given U.S. premieres of rediscovered works from the Baroque through the mid-20th century, including recording seminal Yiddish song cycles. She has also collaborated with notable composers of her own time, among them John Harbison, Kate Soper, Katherine Balch, Reena Esmail, Tan Dun, and Pauline Oliveros.
Lucy has appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Tafelmusik; the Naples Philharmonic; the Albany, Eureka, Lexington, Richmond, and Tulsa Symphonies; and the American Symphony Orchestra in her Carnegie Hall debut. In the 23-24 season, she appears in performances of major works by Johannes Brahms, Arnold Schoenberg, Unsuk Chin, and György Kurtág in venues throughout North America.
Hailing from Davis, California, Ms. Fitz Gibbon has spent summers at the Tanglewood Music Center and Marlboro Music Festival. She is on the faculty of Bard College Conservatory’s Vocal Arts Programs, having previously served as Director of the Vocal Program at Cornell University. For more information, see www.lucyfitzgibbon.com.
Appearing regularly as a performer and teacher throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe, Joseph Lin is on the faculty of the Juilliard School where he teaches violin and chamber music. First violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet from 2011 to 2018, his projects since then have included period instrument performances of Beethoven, Schubert, and Bach; performances of Bartók's Second Concerto; and Musicians from Marlboro tours on violin and viola.
As a professor at Cornell from 2007 to 2011, Joseph organized the inaugural Chinese Musicians Residency and led a project with Cornell composers to create new music inspired by Bach. Joseph Lin’s recordings include the music of Korngold and Busoni; an album of Debussy, Franck, and Milhaud; and the complete unaccompanied works of Bach and Ysaÿe. His recording of Mozart’s A major Concerto with original cadenzas was released in 2017. With the Juilliard Quartet, Mr. Lin recorded Schubert’s Death and the Maiden, Carter’s Fifth Quartet, as well as the JSQ’s album of Beethoven, Davidovsky, and Bartók.
Violist William 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 performances around the world as a chamber musician, soloist, and orchestral player. Highlights include over 100 performances with a string quartet led by Midori Goto in tours of Asia and North America, appearances as guest artist with Escher Quartet and Johannes Quartet, and world premieres of chamber music by J. Mark Stambaugh and a concerto by Peter Homans. William is Principal Viola of American Symphony Orchestra, Associate Musician with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and member of Harlem Chamber Players String Quartet. He performs in the Broadway orchestras of Hamilton, Wicked, and The Lion King, and on film scores including The Joker, West Side Story, The Greatest Showman, The Girl on the Train, the Barbie Movie, and many others.William is Artistic Director of Music at Bunker Hill. He has performed at festivals including Bard Summerscape, Verbier, and IMS Prussia Cove, and as soloist with conductors including 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 The College of New Jersey.
Hailed by the press for his “bold, rich sound” (Strad Magazine) and “nuanced musicianship,” (The New York Times), Grammy-nominated Israeli cellist Michael Katz has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician across North America, Europe, and Asia. His musicianship has been recognized with many awards, among them all three prizes at the 2011 Aviv Competition, and first prizes at the Juilliard School’s 2010 Concerto Competition and the 2005 Turjeman Competition.
As the cellist of the Lysander Piano Trio, Mr. Katz was a winner of the 2012 Concert Artists Guild Competition, and was awarded first prizes at the 2011 Coleman competition and 2011 J.C. Arriaga competition. He has performed with artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Midori, Anthony Marwood, Donald Weilerstein, Peter Frankl, Roger Tapping, and Charles Neidich. His festival appearances include Ravinia, Bravo! Vail, Chamber Music Northwest, Music@Menlo, Mostly Mozart, Bard, Malaga Classica, Luzern, and Yellow Barn.
Mr. Katz received degrees from the New England Conservatory, The Juilliard School, and Stony Brook University, and was a student of Laurence Lesser, Joel Krosnick, and Colin Carr. For more info www.michaelkatzcello.com
Bradley Brookshire is an Assistant Conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, where he has played harpsichord in a number of productions. At New York City Opera, he was assistant conductor and harpsichordist for Christopher Alden’s staging of Cosí. He also worked for many years at Glimmerglass Opera. Besides his operatic work, he has regularly performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Trinity Wall St. Baroque Orchestra, among others. Anthony Tommasini, writing in the New York Times praised his “fleet, imaginative, and probing performances” in a “challenging and important series of recitals devoted to the complete harpsichord works of Bach.” James Oesterich (NYT) noted his "wonderful musicality, personality, and wit.” Reviewing a later recital, Oestreich added, “Mr. Brookshire's playing has grown more rhapsodic over the years…[It] showed a canny blend of calculation and spontaneity.” The Times named his solo album of Bach’s French Suites a Critic’s Choice recording of the year (2001). His 2007 release of The Art of Fugue was similarly recognized with a five-star rating by Goldberg magazine. He is an Associate Professor of Music at SUNY-Purchase. Among his scholarly publications are “’Bare ruin'd quires where once the sweet birds sang’ – covert speech in William Byrd's Walsingham Variations,” “Traces of the Magnificat: Marian devotion in William Byrd's My Lady Nevill's Book,” "Edwin Fischer's Bach-Pianism in Context,” and “Chopin’s Ornamentation and the Legacy of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.” Brookshire lives in Manhattan, where he is the devoted servant of a Boston Terrier named Liza.