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** Thank you so much for doing this for all of our health and peace of mind.
Mahler in Progress:
Alma, Patricia Alessandrini, Sang Song
April 20, 2022 8 PM
Dimenna Center
450 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018
Program Order:
Semi-staged songs by Alma Mahler arranged for narrator, voice and piano
interspersed with texts from letters written by Gustav Mahler:
Laue Sommernacht
Ansturm
Ich wandle unter Blumen
Ekstase
Ariadne Greif, voice & Piers Playfair, narrator
Patricia Alessandrini - Canto d’Alma (2018/2020)
for soprano, chamber ensemble, and electronics
(inspired by Alma Mahler’s fünf Lieder)
Ariadne Greif, soprano
Gustav Mahler - Purgatorio and Scherzo: Nicht zu schnell from Symphony no. 10
Completed by Michel Galante (2022) for 15 musicians
World Premiere
-Intermission-
Sang Song - Gretel (2021) for ensemble
I. To the Little House - New York premiere
II. Vein of Shame - World premiere
III. Kindertotenmusik - New York premiere
(inspired by Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder)
Piece Assignments below. Please confirm the spelling of your name!
Isabel Lepanto Gleicher, flute (Alessandrini, Song, Mahler)
Lillian Copeland, oboe (Song, Mahler)
Carol McGonnell, clarinet (Alessandrini, Song, Mahler)
Nanci Belmont, bassoon (Mahler)
Sean Statser, percussion (Song, Mahler(timp))
Josh Perry, percussion (Alessandrini, Mahler (perc))
Mun-Tzung Wong, piano (Song, Mahler letters)
Jacqui Kerrod, harp (Mahler)
Brad Siroky, trumpet (Song, Mahler)
Karl Kramer, horn (Mahler)
Jen Baker, trombone (Song)
David Whitwell, trombone (Alessandrini, Mahler)
Doori Na, violin (Alessandrini (VII), Song, Mahler (VI)
Mari Lee, violin (Alessandrini (VI), Mahler (VII)
Will Hakim, viola (Alessandrini, Song, Mahler)
Madeline Fayette, cello (Alessandrini, Song, Mahler)
Tristan Kasten-Krause, double bass (Alessandrini, Song, Mahler)
Ariadne Greif, soprano (Alessandrini, Mahler letters)
Piers Playfair, narrator (Mahler letters)
Rehearsal Schedule by Day
April 17 (easter sunday) - National Opera Center - 330 7th Ave, 7th floor, New York, NY 10001
—-2:30pm-3:00pm load-in ALL percussion (all 3 pieces) to building
3pm-4pm move all percussion into the rehearsal room and setup for Gretel
4:00pm- 7:00pm Gretel rehearsal room
7:00pm-8pm Dinner Argento orders dinner for everyone who stays for Alessandrini
we can eat in the rehearsal room, but we are totally cleared out of that room by 8pm
7:30pm-8pm move ALL percussion into Scorca Hall, setup for Song for Alma (with no electronics)
8pm-9pm Song for Alma TUTTI, but no electronics - Scorca Hall
note for Sean: we can actually do the rehearsal for Alma on the east side of the room, if you want to set up the percussion for Gretel on the west side (stage) for the following morning.
April 18 - NOC - National Opera Center, whole day in Scorca Hall
10:00-10:30 setup buffer (they open at 10)
10:30-1:30 –Gretel
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Lunch break, 1:30-2:30
2:30-4pm Mahler 10 - tutti
4pm-5pm setup for tutti with Patricia
4:30pm - soundcheck Patricia, Sound person, percussion, viola, and voice*
5pm-7pm rehearsal for Song for Alma
7pm-8pm load-out
April 19 - CHANGE IN RECORDING VENUE LOCATION: Studio C at Power Station at BerkleeNYC
441 West 53rd Street between Ninth and Tenth avenues
10am-3pm: Gretel recording
April 20 - Dimenna Center (Cary Hall) 450 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018
12:00- 2:00 - load in of percussion, all setups
2:00-2:45 Sang Song
3:00-4:30 Mahler Scherzo/Purgatorio tutti
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Argento serves dinner -
5pm-6pm: Alma/Gustav - (I have to find someone to stage direct it a bit)
6:15pm-6:45pm Patricia, Sound person, percussion, viola, and voice - we will need a voice and
6:45pm-7:30pm: Alessandrini full ensemble
8pm: concert
Rehearsal Schedule by Piece
Patricia Alessandrini, Song for Alma
Ensemble: Flute (+ alto/bass), Clarinet (+bass), Trombone, Soprano, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Contrabass, Percussion,
Patricia runs sound, conductor
April 17 (easter sunday) - National Opera Center
7:30pm-8pm move ALL percussion into Scorca Hall, setup for Song for Alma (with no electronics)
8pm-9pm Song for Alma TUTTI, but no electronics - Scorca Hall
April 18 - NOC - whole day in Scorca
4pm-5pm setup for tutti with Patricia
4:30pm - soundcheck Patricia, Sound person, percussion, viola, and voice*
5pm-7pm rehearsal for Song for Alma
7pm-8pm load-out
April 20 - Dimenna
6:15pm-6:45pm Patricia, Sound person, percussion, viola, and voice
6:45pm-7:30pm: Alessandrini full ensemble
8pm: concert
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Gustav/Alma Letters
Piano, soprano, narrator
April 20 - Dimenna
5pm-6pm: Alma/Gustav - (I have to find someone to stage direct it a bit)
8pm: concert
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Gustav Mahler - Purgatorio and Scherzo: Nicht zu schnell from Symphony no. 10
Flute (+ picc)
Oboe (+ E horn)
A clarinet (+ bass clarinet)
Bassoon (+ contra-B)
Horn
Trumpet
Trombone
Perc
Timp
Harp - or piano if necessary
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Double bass
April 18 - NOC - whole day in Scorca
2:30-4pm Mahler 10 - tutti
April 20 - Dimenna
3:00-4:30 Mahler Scherzo/Purgatorio tutti
8pm: concert
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Sang Song - Gretel (2021) for ensemble
Alto Flute (doubling (i) Piccolo, (ii) C Flute & (iii) Rocks I)
Oboe (doubling (i) Rocks II & (ii) English Horn)
Clarinet in A (doubling (i) Rocks III, (ii) Clarinet in B-flat« & (iii) Bass Clarinet in B-flat)
Trumpet in C (doubling (i) Rocks IV, (ii) Wood Block II & (iii) Death Whistle)
Trombone (doubling Rocks V)
Percussion (1 player)
Piano (doubling Rocks VII
Violin (doubling Rocks VIII)
Viola (doubling Rocks IX)
Violoncello (doubling Rocks X)
Contrabass (w/ C-extension) (doubling Tambourine II (+ Contrabass Stool))
Audio Playback
April 17 (easter sunday) - National Opera Center
—-2:30pm-3:00pm load-in ALL percussion (all 3 pieces) to building
3pm-4pm move all percussion into the rehearsal room and setup for Gretel
4:00pm- 7:00pm Gretel rehearsal room
April 18 - NOC - whole day in Scorca
10:00-10:30 setup buffer (they open at 10)
10:30-1:30 –Gretel
April 19 - CHANGE IN RECORDING VENUE LOCATION: Studio C at Power Station at BerkleeNYC
441 West 53rd Street between Ninth and Tenth avenues
10am-3pm: Gretel recording
April 20 - Dimenna
12:00- 2:00 - load in of percussion, all setups
2:00-2:45 Sang Song
8pm: concert