W.M.P Concert Hall

W.M.P CONCERT HALL PRESENTS

PERFORMANCE  Thursday, May 9th, 2013 I 7:30 PM

PERFORMERS  

Noreen Polera, Piano

Clancy Newman, Cello

PROGRAM 

L. V. BEETHOVEN    Sonata in D Major for cello and piano, Op. 102 No. 2

C. NEWMAN    Palindromicanon, for two cellos

C. NEWMAN    The Pizzicato Piece

J. BRAHMS      Sonata in E minor for cello and piano, Op. 38

C. NEWMAN    From Method to Madness

         The pianist Noreen Polera ranks among the most highly-regarded collaborative pianists and diverse chamber artists performing today, and maintains a career that has taken her to every major American music center and abroad to Europe, Russia, and Asian centers of Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and Seoul.

         Recent performances include those at Alice Tully Hall, Zankel Hall, Weill Recital Hall, 92nd Street Y, Jordan Hall, Gardner Museum, Kennedy Center, Salle Cortot, and appearances at festivals including Caramoor, Bard and Grand Teton, as well as engagements at the Chamber Music Societies of Philadelphia and La Jolla. She has recorded for Sony, EMI, Audiophon and Centaur Records. Noreen Polera has collaborated with leading soloists including David Shifrin, Matt Haimovitz, Carter Brey, Antonio Menesis, Aurora-Natalie Ginastera, Yo-Yo Ma and Leonard Rose.
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          Cellist Clancy Newman, first prize winner of the prestigious Walter W. Naumburg International Competition and recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant. He has performed as soloist throughout the United States, as well as in France, Switzerland, Australia, Canada, and Korea, and he can often be heard on NPR’s “Performance Today”.  He was also featured on A&E’s “Breakfast With the Arts”.  A sought after chamber musician, he is a member of the Chicago Chamber Musicians and the Weiss-Kaplan-Newman trio, and a former member of Chamber Music Society Two of Lincoln Center.  He has also toured as a member of “Musicians from Marlboro”.

“I will be joined by cellist/composer Clancy Newman in works by Beethoven, Brahms and Newman.  Winner of the 2001 Naumburg Competition,Clancy is a dynamic performer and as a composer he pushes the boundaries of technical possibilities for the cellist with exciting results.  Among other pieces, he will be joined by the wonderful cellist Ramen Ramakrishnan for his Palindromicanon, for two cellos.”
    -Noreen Cassidy Polera

Suggested Donation: $20, $10 for students

This Wednesday, come join us at 12.30 for our weekly Strad for Lunch series. This week we welcome violinist Noemí Gasparini and pianist MunTzung Wong to the stage as they perform Brahms' F.A.E. Sonate III. Scherzo, Bach's Violin Partita for Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 V. Chaconne, Debussy's Violin Sonate and Lutosławski's Subito. 

We will have audio available in the coming days for those who are not able to make it to this week's performance.



W.M.P CONCERT HALL PRESENTS

PERFORMANCE  Friday, April 26th, 2013 I 7:30 PM

PERFORMERS  

SungYun Lim, Violin

Spencer Myer, Piano

CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES PROGRAM

MOZART    Violin Sonata in G major, K 301 (293a)

BRAHMS     Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78

FAURÈ    Sonate No. 1 in A Major

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As a recitalist and chamber musician, SungYun Lim has given recitals in Seoul Art Center, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Weill Hall, Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall and Dimenna Center in New York. She regularly performs with Philadelphia Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic. 

Gold Medalist of the 2008 New Orleans International Piano Competition and Steinway Artist, Spencer Myer is garnering stellar audience and critical acclaim from around the globe.

Suggested Donation: $20, students $10

W.M.P CONCERT HALL PRESENTS

PERFORMANCE  Thursday, April 18th, 2013 I 7:30 PM

PERFORMERS  

Natasha Lipkina, Violin

Miho Zaitsu, Cello

FUNDRAISER PROGRAM  I wine served at reception

SCHULHOFF    Duo for Violin and Cello

DE LASSUS     Six Fantasies

RAVEL    Sonate for Violin and Cello   

         Russian violinist Natasha Lipkina received her education in the Central Special School of Music, the Moscow Conservatory, and Indiana University where she studied with Boris Belenky, Igor Bezrodny, and Miriam Fried. Ms. Lipkina has performed as a recitalist in Russia and in the Republics of the former Soviet Union and has performed with orchestras in Russia, Romania, Germany, Finland, Japan, and the United States. She has won prizes in the Enescu Violin Competition (Romania) and in the Shostakovich Chamber Music Competition (St. Petersburg). 

           Cellist Miho Zaitsu is known for her thrilling performances throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Recent performances have included a recital at Carnegie’s Weill Hall and Robert Moran’s Trinity Requiem for children’s chorus, four violoncelli and harp for the tenth anniversary of 9/11 at Trinity Church Wall Street. The premiere was released by Naxos to great acclaim and presented on over 450 radio stations around the world. A tour of Japan brought her to all of its major cities. In New York, she regularly performs at Lincoln Center, Carnegie’s Stern Auditorium and Weill Hall, the Stone, Symphony Space, and the United Nations.

Admission: $25

April 12th, 2013

       Next Wednesday, come join us at 12.30 for our weekly Strad for Lunch series. This week we welcome violinist Dina Nesterenko and pianist Alexandria Le to the stage as they perform Beethoven's Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No.1, Brahms' Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108, and P. de Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs), Op. 20. 

We will have video and audio available in the coming days for those who are not able to make it to this performance.

April 8th, 2013

     This Wednesday, come join us at 12.30 for our weekly Strad for Lunch series. This week we welcome violinist Kathy Kang and pianist Pavel Gintov to the stage as they perform Mozart's Sonata for Violin and Piano KV 304, Prokofiev's Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 and Tchaikovsky's Waltz Scherzo. 

We will have audio available in the coming days for those who are not able to make it to this week's performance.

April 3, 2013

     We would like to thank all of the incredible musicians who have performed at the W.M.P concert hall

this season. It has been an incredible journey and we are very thankful to have this abundance of

wonderful music light the hall with blissful melodies. Listening to music is an art, and we have had the

privilege of enhancing this skill in the intimacy of our beloved concert hall. We have some wonderful

performances on the horizon and look forward to seeing you all in the coming weeks!

September 2012

We are thrilled to welcome 3 additional new concerts Series this season at WMP Concert Hall.

Please visit our pages for more information: Pairings Series, Noreen Polera Concert Series, Music in Dialogue

Looking forward to seeing you even more!

Every WEDNESDAY at 12:30pm, we offer a 45 minute to one hour long chamber music concert. It is free admission with a suggested donation of $10.00. This concert series offers high quality music to the public during their lunch break. Our mission is to give something back to the community while promoting talented musicians. The musicians play on an Antonio Stradivari violin.



No food or beverage in the concert hall

This Concert Series is sponsored by www.gostrings.com

News from WMP written on Aug 20th, 2012



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If you want to watch a five minute selection of the Bach Project DVD's presentation, please follow this link:

http://www.mlfilms.com/files/mlfmusic/b&fopeningbb.mov

Amazing performance of the Chaconne by famous violinist Joshua Bell:

http://www.mlfilms.com/

You can purchase the DVD Bach & Friends on : www.gostrings.com