The Tenri Chamber Players (TCP-NYC) is a new chamber music ensemble performing at the Tenri Cultural Institute of New York City. Founded by distinguished performers, faculty, and graduates from the Manhattan School of Music, Mannes Conservatory and the Juilliard School, it is a testament to the power of collaboration between artists of varied generations, genres, and backgrounds through the transformative powers of music. Rising from the ashes of COVID-19 the Tenri Chamber Players unique series will present “Music and the Spoken Word” with well known speakers. The series is held in a less formal atmosphere in the midst of the Union Square and Greenwich Village neighborhoods, an area underserved by classical music concerts.

May 22nd, 2022 at 7:30PM

Music and the Spoken Word - Slavic Tales

Tenri Chamber Players: Albert Lotto, piano - Gena Raps, piano - Nicholas Pappone, violin

Featured Guests: Carol Wincenc, flute - Jeffrey Zeigler, cello, - Sooah Jeon, flute

Special Guest Speaker: Joan Behrens Bergman - Former Excutive Director of the Hoff-Barthelson Music School and the Mannes College of Music Preparatory Division

Hungarian Dances for Piano Four Hands - WoO 1 - Johannes Brahms

No. 1 in G minor

No. 4 in F minor

No. 5 in F # minor

Albert Lotto and Gena Raps, piano

Violin Sonata - Leoš Janáček

1. Con moto

2. Ballada

3. Allegretto

4. Adagio

Nicholas Pappone, Violin

Albert Lotto, Piano

Love Song (Píseň lásky) Op. 7, No. 1 - Joseph Suk, arr. Kocian

From The Homeland ( Z domoviny) Two Pieces for Violin and Piano - Bedřich Smetana

2. Andantino - Allegro Vivo

Nicholas Pappone, violin

Albert Lotto, piano

Intermission

Slavonic Dances for Piano Four Hands, from Ops. 46 & 72 - Antonín Dvořák

Op. 72, No. 4 in D flat major

Op. 46, No. 7 in C minor

Op. 72, No. 2 in E minor

Albert Lotto and Gena Raps, piano

Suite Modale, B. 95 - Ernest Bloch

1. Moderato

2. L’istesso tempo

3. Allegro giocoso

4. Adagio - Allegro

Carol Wincenc, flute

Gena Raps, piano

From Jewish Life, B.54 - Ernest Bloch

1. Prayer

Jeffrey Zeigler, Cello

Gena Raps, Piano

Andante et Rondo for Two Flutes and Piano, Op. 25 - Franz Doppler

Carol Wincenc and Sooah Jeon, Flute

Gena Raps, Piano

**Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required for all audience members. All audience will be required to wear a mask that covers their nose and mouth at all times. We sincerely thank you for your cooperation!