White Light Festival 2011, October 20–November 16. Sponsored by Time Warner Foundation.
Late Night Elegies

Stephen Prutsman

Wednesday, November 16 at 10:30

Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
165 West 65th Street

Stephen Prutsman, piano

RAVEL: Noctuelles; La vallée des cloches
MESSIAEN: La colombe
PRUTSMAN: Preludes “On Scriabin” and
“Night Wish”
SCRIABIN: Désir; Etude in C-sharp minor
DEBUSSY: Des pas sur la neige
HOOSHYAR KHAYAM: Ravi-e Khyal (world premiere)
RACHMANINOFF: Etude-tableau in D minor
COSMA: Promenade sentimentale from Diva
COUPERIN: L’âme-en peine
EVANS: Turn out the Stars
KORNGOLD (arr. Prutsman): Farewell Moon
BERLIN: What’ll I Do?

Stephen Prutsman reflects on yearning and contentment, desire and stillness in this meditative program of works for solo piano.

Please note: This performance begins promptly at its scheduled time.
There is no late seating.

This performance is approximately one hour long, with no intermission.


RACHMANINOFF: Etude-tableau in D minor
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Sepharad: Jewish Songs from the Mediterranean

Friday, November 18 at 10:30

Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
165 West 65th Street

Ensemble Sarband
Fadia el-Hage, vocalist
Ahmet Kadri Rizeli, kemençe
Celaleddin Biçer, kanun and ney
Vladimir Ivanoff, percussion, oud,
and music director

Program Notes

Lebanese singer Fadia el-Hage joins Ensemble Sarband to tell stories from the lives and history of Spanish Jews around the Mediterranean, encompassing eight centuries of lullabies, songs of romance, and wedding songs.

Also hear Ensemble Sarband as part of Passio-Compassio on November 19.

Please note: This performance begins promptly at its scheduled time.
There is no late seating.

This performance is approximately one hour long, with no intermission.