Bridge Records releases its third album of Mr. Karchin's music, including his Quintet for Winds, Sonata-Fantasia, Three Images, Summer Song, A Jersey Reverie on New York Notes, and Processions. Performers include Windscape, the faculty woodwind quintet of the Manhattan School of Music, pianists Stephen Drury, Michael Stephen Brown and Han Chen, clarinettist Marianne Gythfeldt, and organist Carson Cooman.
The Horszowski Trio joins the The Village Trip Arts Festival to perform works by composers who have lived in and around Greenwich Village. The New York premiere of Karchin's 25-minute Piano Trio (2018) is presented alongside works by Paul Chihara, Wang Jie and Elliott Carter. Shostakovich’s landmark Second Trio rounds out the program.
Violinist Domenic Salerni presents the first live performance of Pastorale/Galop. Other works are by Paul Salerni, Steven Sametz, and Domenic himself, and will be performed by Antonello DiMatteo, Marisa Karchin, Steven Beck, Susan Grace, and others.
The Da Capo Chamber Players present the world premiere of Mr. Karchin's Incantations and Dances (2023) for “Pierrot” ensemble with percussion. James Baker conducts, and the evening shines a spotlight on the music of Elliott Carter, with a performance of his Triple Duo among other works. Carter scholar John Link will host a panel discussion with Mr. Karchin, and Tyson Davis, whose work also appears on the program.
The inaugural concert of the Marshall Opera (named for the founder of the Center for Contemporary Opera, Robert Marshall) will present arias from a host of operas that CCO curated under the leadership of its recent director, James Schaeffer. Mr. Karchin's aria from his opera, Jane Eyre, will be performed by soprano Monica Niemi, and composers Victoria Bond, Daron Hagen, Tobias Picker, Judith Shatin, Scott Wheeler and many more, will be represented.
Philadelphia’s Jasper String Quartet performs the 1st movement (a stand-alone work) of Kachin's extended, four-movement String Quartet #3 on a wide-ranging program.
The Argus String Quartet performs the NY premiere of String Quartet #3 as part of the Washington Square Contemporary Music Society’s spring concert. Also featured is Matthew Quayle's Third String Quartet and additional works TBA.