Sample Program I - A Journey Through Bulgaria

Music by Bulgarian composers featuring traditional asymmetrical rhythms as well as works with impressionist character. Detailed program available upon request 

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Sample Program II - Kaleidoscope Jewish Heritage 

Music by Bulgarian-Jewish, American-Jewish and Israeli composers. Detailed program available upon request 
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Sample Program III - Rhythmic Movement

Tania Stavreva
Rhythmic Movement (2012)

Pancho Vladigerov (1899-1978)
Ratchenitza, Op. 29, No.6 
Rhythmic Movement, Op.37, No.6

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Danzas Argentinas Op.2:
Danza del viejo boyero (“Dance of the Old Herdsman”)
Danza de la moza donosa (“Dance of the Beautiful Maiden”)
Danza del gaucho matrero (“Dance of the Arrogant Cowboy”)

Nikolai Kapustin (b.1937)
Two Concert Jazz Etudes:
No.1 "Prelude" & No.3 "Toccatina"

Mason Bates (b. 1977)
White Lies for Lomax - with electronics (2007)
Indigo Workshop (2014)

Gil Shohat (b. 1973)
"The Scream" based on the painting "The Scream" by E. Munch

Tania Stavreva
"The Dark Side of the Sun" (2012)

Federico Mompou (1893-1987)
Selected Preludes

Alexander Vladigerov (1933-1993)
Variations on a Bulgarian Folk Song "Dilmano, Dilbero" Op.2

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Sample Program IV - From East to West 

Program Description: What can classical music reveal about the ties between France and Eastern Europe? In addition to the many composers from the region who were influenced by French music, some even composed and debuted their most significant works in Paris. Eastern Europe and France meet in this program featuring works by quintessential French composers Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie and Claude Debussy, as well as pieces composed by Frederic Chopin and Igor Stravinsky during their time in France.

​Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Trois Gnossiennes (1890) 

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Etude No. 1 in F Minor from"Trois nouvelles etudes" (1939)
Etude Op. 25, No.12 "Ocean" (1837)
Selected Preludes & Nocturnes

- Intermission -

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)]
Menuet in C-sharp Minor (1904)
Jeux d'eau (1901) 

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Clair de lune - (from Suite bergamasque, 1905)
L'isle joyeuse, L. 106 (1904) 

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Trois mouvements de Petrouchka (1921, Anglet, France)

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Sample Program V - Impressions Intimes 

Program description: "Impressions Intimes" is a unique blend of intimate and atmospheric musi-colors particularly prominent in the piano works of French and French influenced composers. In this program you will hear pieces by ten composers from seven different nationalities inspired by French Impressionism, including two Tributes to Satie (Steve Holtje - USA and Houston Dunleavy - Australia/UK), highlighting music as a truly universal language with no barriers no matter the politics or the status of the countries where it was composed.

Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Gymnopedie No. 1                                                                         
Gymnopedie No. 2
Gymnopedie No. 3

Steve Holtje (b. 1961)
Gymnopedie No. 4                                                                                 
Gymnopedie No. 5 (for Tania Stavreva)
Gymnopedie No. 6
Gymnopedie No. 7 
(Tribute to Satie)

Houston Dunleavy (b. 1962)
Meditation on Satie (2003)

Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
Three Preludes (1923)

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
Nocturne op.119, No.13

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Selected Nocturnes & Etudes

Federico Mompou (1893-1987)
From Impresiones intimas:
La barca
Cuna
Pajaro triste

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)  
Voiles (from Preludes, Book I, 1909-1910)   
Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir (from Preludes, Book. I, 1909-1910)    
1re Arabesque, L.66                                                                                                              

Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992)
Selected Preludes 

Pancho Vladigerov (1899-1978)
Feuille D’Album, op.24, No. 6
Chant ancien, Op. 69
Mouvement rythmique, op.37, No.6 in 9/8       

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