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Patricia McCarty, Viola
Eric Larsen, Piano
October 15, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Christ and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
120 West 69th Street (East of Broadway), New York City
Admission: New York Viola Society members: Free
General Admission: $15, Seniors: $10, Students: $5
More information: (212) 592-7785
Program
J.S. Bach - Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Robert Fuchs - Phantasiestücke for Viola and Piano, Op. 117
Harry Taub - Evocation I, Perspectov, for Solo Viola, (1971) (New York premiere)
Arthur Benjamin - Sonata for Viola & Piano (1942)
Bernstein/Rosen - Maria, a Paraphrase of West Side Story
Piano courtesy of Yamaha Pianos
About the Artists:
Patricia McCarty has performed in Europe, Japan, Australia, Venezuela, and throughout North America, appearing as soloist with the Detroit, Houston, Kyoto and Shinsei Nihon symphonies, Boston Pops, Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn, líOrchestre de la Suisse Romande, and Turiae Camerata of Valencia. Her recital appearances include New York, San Francisco, Boston, Detroit, Caracas, Valencia, Geneva, five International Viola Congresses, and a debut at Londonís Wigmore Hall. Winner of the First Silver Medal and Radio Prize in the Geneva International Competition when she was eighteen and a student of Francis Bundra at the University of Michigan, Ms. McCarty has also been awarded two National Endowment for the Arts Solo Recitalist Grants. Her recordings for Ashmont, ECM, and Northeastern featuring viola works by Clarke, Bach, Telemann, Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann and Jarrett have received international acclaim. As chamber musician she has performed at festivals including Aspen, Marlboro, Tanglewood, Sarasota, Bowdoin, Aria (Canada), Hokkaido (Japan), and the Australian String Academy. She has recorded works by Brahms and Dvorak with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, and has toured with them as well as with Music from Marlboro, the Lenox Quartet and Boston Chamber Music Society. Former assistant principal violist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ms. McCarty presently is faculty member of the Boston Conservatory, Longy Conservatory, and Meadowmount School of Music.
Pianist Eric Larsen has been heard in the major concert halls of Russia, Europe, South America, Asia and the United States. He has recorded for Melodiya, Russian Disc, Albany, Equilibrium and New World Records and his live performances have been broadcast on NPR, WQXR, WFMT, Moscow State Radio and Colombian National Television. His musical collaborators have included Joseph Silverstein, Joshua Bell, Carol Wincenc, Ransom Wilson and the Mendelssohn, Alexander and Wihan String Quartets. As the recipient of major grants from the Mary Duke Biddle and Andrew Mellon Foundations, he has pursued extensive research in the Edvard Grieg Manuscript Collection at Norwayís Bergen Bibliotek. He has been engaged by International Music Company to edit the three Brahms Trios for Piano, Violin and Cello. His students have won prizes in major international competitions including the Casagrande, Busoni, International Bach and Pretoria Competitions. Mr. Larsen tours regularly with the Meadowmount Trio and is the director of the piano program at the Meadowmount School of Music in New York. He has been a member of the Artist-Faculty of the North Carolina School of the Arts since 1979.
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