TAOS SOUNDSCAPES
MUSIC FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Announces the 8th Season of Regular Concerts
Presented by El Monte Sagrado Living Resort and Spa™
At the Rio Grande Ballroom, 317 Kit Carson Road, Taos, New Mexico 87571

FALL CONCERTS

Saturday, October 24th, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 25th, 2009, 2:30 p.m.

“FRENCH CONNECTIONS”

C. Debussy (1862-1918)
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Allegro vivo - Intermède: fantasque et Léger – Finale: Tres animé

La plus que Lente, for solo piano

F. Poulenc (1899-1963)
Nocturne No. 1 in C Major, for solo piano

INTERMISSION

L. Berio (1925)
Chansons folkloriqes (1964) for mezzo soprano, flute, clarinet, viola, cello harp and percussion

M. Ravel (1875-1937)
Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet

Performing Artists: Sergio Rodriguez – piano; Kay Newnam and Peter Isaacson – violin; Julia Lacy Armstrong – mezzo soprano, Kristin Woolf – soprano (encore) – Andreas Tischhauser – flute; Anne Sanchez – clarinet; Joy Plesner – viola; Rebecca Carón – violoncello; Anne Eisfeller – harp; James Doyle - percussion.

WINTER CONCERTS
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010, 4:30 p.m.

          “CZECH-LISZT”

L. Janácek (1854-1928)
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Con moto – Ballada, con moto – Allegretto – Adagio

F. LISZT (1811-1886)
Etude d’execution transcendante, #11, Harmonies du soire

INTERMISSION

A. Dvorák (1841-1904)
Rusalka’s Song to the Moon, for soprano and piano

Dumky Trio No. 4 in E minor for piano, violin and cello, Op. 90

Performing Artists: Ronald F. Grinage – piano; Heather Antonissen – soprano; Elizabeth Baker and Stephen Redfield – violin; Rebecca Carón - violoncello

SPRING CONCERTS
Saturday, March 27th, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 28th, 2010, 2:30 p.m.

          “NOUNS AND VERBS”

Selections for soprano and piano, TBA

Kathleen Ryan (b. 1953)
Verbs, Book One
1.Wait to be in readiness or expectation – 2. Begin to come into being – 3. Crackle to make a succession of slight sharp snapping noises; to show liveliness or brilliance – 4. Weave to interlace into a whole; to spin, as a web – 5. Fling to throw violently; to throw (oneself) into an activity with abandon and energy – 6. Drift to oscillate randomly around a fixed setting – 7. Play to occupy oneself in recreation, amusement or sport; to perform on a musical instrument; to move quickly or lightly – 8. Accuse to charge with a shortcoming or error – 9. Push to force (one’s way); to move (an object) by exerting force; to urge forward; to urge insistently to do something – 10. Forgive to renounce anger of resentment against – 11. Zoom to rise rapidly; to move rapidly toward or away from – 12. Close to bring to an end; to draw together

INTERMISSION

F. Schmidt (1874-1939)
Quintet in G Major for Piano Left Hand, 2 Violins, Viola and Cello