Concert Archive
2025
March 9, 2025
WIND MINIATURES
Carrie Koffman, nee Elizabeth Rose Sipes, Saxophone; Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima, Clarinet; Mohamed Shams, Piano​
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Reynold Hahn, Sarabande et thème varié pour clarinet et piano; Elinor Armer, Double Sonner for Two Bb clarinet; Takashi Yoshimatshtu, Parallel Bird Etude Op.39; Gilda Lyons, “hush ” for solo Alto saxophone; Ellen Taaffe Zwilich nee Mary Teresa, Remembrance (Lullaby and Lament) 2024 for Alto Saxophone and Piano; Gabriela Ortiz, Las Dolly Sisters for Bb Clarinet and Alto Saxophone; Camille Saint-Saens, Clarinet Sonata, Op.167
2024
March 1, 2024
The World of the Expanded Clarinet
Michael Lowenstern, Bass Clarinet; Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima, Clarinet;
Mohamed Shams, Piano
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Ernest Chausson, Nadia Boulanger, Edison Denisov, Yayoi Kitazumi, Michael Lowenstern, the in-person world premiere of Charles Neidich's “Why?” for two clarinets, ending with the monumental César Franck Sonata in a new version for clarinet and piano.
2021
April 25, 2021
To Be Remembered
Livestream Concert
Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima, Clarinet; Mohamed Shams, Piano
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Works by Ethel Smyth, Grazyna Bacewicz, Lili Boulanger, Keiko Fujiie, Amy Beach, Julia Perry, and Germaine Tailleferre.
March 28, 2021
Not to be Forgotten
Livestream Concert
Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima, Clarinet; Mohamed Shams, Piano
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Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884): Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1870?); Ed Bland (1926-2013): One on One (1996) (for 2 clarinets); Gary Powell Nash (b.1964): Deformation and Tranquility (1987); Dorothy Rudd Moore (b.1940): Night Fantasy (1979); Alvin Singleton (b.1940): Fifty Times Around the Sun (1999); Andile Khumalo (b.1978): Tracing Hollow Traces (2016); Florence Price (1887-1953): Fantasy No.2 in F-sharp minor based on a folk melody arranged for clarinet and piano by Charles Neidich
2020
March 8, 2020
The Return of the Quintet
The New York Woodwind Quintet: Carol Wincenc, Flute; Stephen Taylor, Oboe; Charles Neidich, Clarinet; Marc Goldberg, Bassoon; William Purvis, Horn
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Framed by 3 Fugues from Johann Sebastian Bach's Art of the Fugue and Ludwig van Beethoven's Quintet op. 4, their program will include works of three very important composers from the 12th century to the present day: Hildegard von Bingen, Amy Beach, and Thea Musgrave.
January 26, 2020
Beyond Space and Time
Charles Neidich, Clarinet; Mohamed Shams, Piano
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Maurice Ravel, Sonate Posthume (1897); Gabriel Fauré, Sonate No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13; Alban Berg, Piano Sonata, Op. 1; Gabriel Fauré, Sonate No. 2 in E min, Op. 108
2019
December 8, 2019
The Perilous Pursuit of Perfection
Katie Hyun, Violin; Fred Sherry, Cello; Charles Neidich, Clarinet & Basset Horn; Ayako Oshima, Clarinet & Bass Clarinet; Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Soprano
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Anton Webern, 6 Lider nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl, op. 14; J.S. Bach, Selections from the Art of the Fugue (arranged by Charles Neidich); Anton Webern, 5 Canons, op. 16; J. S. Bach, Selections from the Art of the Fugue (arranged by Charles Neidich)
November 24, 2019
The Return of the NY Licorice Ensemble
The New York Licorice Ensemble: Ayako Oshima, Michiyo Suzuki, Akari Yamamoto, Ikuko Tsukamoto, Fusayo Oike, Yumi Ito, Chie Mastura, Saerom Kim
George Gershwin, 3 preludes arr, Satoshi Ipponjima; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Adagio in B for 2 clarinets and 3 basset horns KV 411; Elliott Carter, Canonic suit for 4 Clarinets; Satoshi Ipponjima, Minimal de KOKIRIKO (Japanese folk song); Ginka Mizuki, Kokiriko (Japanese folk song); Yuriko Keino, Mt. Semba Fantasy (Japanese folk song); Lukas Ligeti, Simultaneous Variations (Japanese folk song); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Adagio in F for clarinet and 3 basset horns KV 580a
(Completed by Charles Neidich); Charles Neidich, Chi-Lai
October 20, 2019
Memory and the
Expressiveness of Time
Vera Beths, Violin; Charles Neidich, Clarinet; Mohamed Shams, Piano
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Alban Berg, Vier Stücke, op. 5; Franz Schubert, Sonata for Piano and Violin in A Major, D574; Anton Webern, Variations, op. 27; Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Sonata for Solo Clarinet, op. 110; Alban Berg, Adagio from the Kammerkonzert (1925)
May 10, 2019
The Nordic Voice
Charles Neidich & the Danish Award-Winning Ensemble MidtVest
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Works by Nielsen, Mozart, Mahler, and Dohnányi.
April 12, 2019
Wind Power
The New York Woodwind Quintet: Carol Wincenc, Flute; Stephen Taylor, Oboe; Charles Neidich, Clarinet; Marc Goldberg, Bassoon; William Purvis, Horn; Bryan Wagorn, Piano
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John Harbison (b.1938), Quintet for Winds (1978); György Kurtág (b.1926), Woodwind Quintet, Op. 2; Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Quartet for Piano and Strings in B minor, op. 25 (Arranged for Piano and Wind Quintet by Samuel Baron)
March 30, 2019
The Golden Triangle
The Parker Quartet: Daniel Chong, Violin; Ken Hamao, Vioiin; Jessica Bodner, Viola; Kee-Hyun Kim, Cello; Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima, Clarinet
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Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) Serenade for 2 clarinets and string trio (1951); György Kurtág Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánszky, Opus. 28; Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Quintet in B minor, op. 115 for Clarinet and String Quartet
March 1, 2019
Classical Classics
Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima, Clarinet; Mariko Furukawa, Piano
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Francis Poulenc, Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1953); Charles Neidich, Threnos (for unaccompanied clarinet); Johannes Brahms, Sonata in F minor op. 120 no. 1; Meyer Kupferman, Four Double Features; Charles-Marie Widor, Introduction et Rondo, op. 72; Camille Saint-Saëns, Introduction et Rondo Capriccio, op. 28
February 23, 2019
Old is New
Charles Neidich, Clarinet & Basset Clarinet; Ayako Oshima, Clarinet; William Purvis, Horn; Cynthia Roberts, Violin; Chloe Fedor, Violin; Edson Sheid, Viola; Madeline Bouissou, Cello
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George Frideric Handel, HWV 424, Sonata in D Major for 2 clarinets and French Horn; Bernhard Crusell, Quartet in Eb op. 2 No. 1; W.A. Mozart, Quintet in A, Kv. 581
2018
December 7, 2018
Intellect and Excitement
Charles Neidich, Clarinet & Bass Clarinet; Ayako Oshima, Clarinet; Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Soprano; Fred Sherry, Cello; Tengku Ahmad Irfan, Piano; Ryan McCullough, Piano; Katie Hyun, Violin; Yezu Elizabeth Wo, Violin; En-Chi Cheng, Viola
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Milton Babbitt: Quatrains for Soprano and 2 Clarinets, My Ends are my Beginnings for solo Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, More Melismata for solo Cello, Du for Soprano and Piano, and Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet
Charles Wuorinen: A Song to the Lute in Musicke for Soprano and Piano, Cello Variations for Cello without accompaniment, and Fortune for Violin, Cello, Clarinet and Piano
December 7, 2018
Virtuosity and Beyond
Charles Neidich, Clarinet; Ayako Oshima, Clarinet & Bass Clarinet; Mariko Furukawa, Piano
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Krzysztof Penderecki (b. 1933), 3 Miniatures for clarinet and piano (1954); Shulamit Ran (1949), Spirit (2017) (NY premiere); John Ireland (1879-1962), Fantasy Sonata (1943); Larry Alan Smith (b. 1955), Le maschere (from Commedia delarte)(2018) (New York premiere); Charles Neidich (b.1953), Firefly (2014) (NY premiere); Charles Neidich (1953), Icarus reborn (2016, rev. 2018) (NY premiere);
Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960), le Tombeau de Ravel (1949)
September 29, 2018
John Harbison & Joan Tower
Birthday Celebration
Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima, Clarinet; Sally Chisholm, Viola; Mohamed Shams, Piano
Franz Krommer, from 13 Trios op.47 for 2 clarinets and viola; Joan Tower, Wings; John Harbison, The 9 Rasas (New York Premiere); Joan Tower, Fantasy; John Harbison, Minuet (for Joan Tower); Jean Françaix, Trio for viola, clarinet and piano
May 4, 2018
Celebrating Winds
The New York Woodwind Quintet: Carol Wincenc, Flute; Stephen Taylor, Oboe; Charles Neidich, Clarinet; Marc Goldberg, Bassoon; William Purvis, Horn
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John Dowland (1563-1626), Set of Four Pieces (arranged by William Purvis); Richard Wernick (b. 1934), Quintet No. 2 (2017) (world premiere); Elliott Carter (1908- 2012), 9 by 5 (2009); Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Quartet in op.13 in A minor, (arranged by William Purvis)
April 21, 2018
Schubert's Masterworks
The Smithsonian Chamber Players: Vera Beths and Cynthia Roberts, Violins; Steven Dann, Viola; Kenneth Slowik, Violoncello; Anthony Manzo, Bass; Charles Neidich, Clarinet; Andrew Schwartz, Bassoon; William Purvis, Horn
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Schubert Octet in F Major on Period Instruments.
March 11, 2018
Hidden Masterpieces
Charles Neidich, Clarinet; Mariko Furukawa, Piano; Parker Quartet: Daniel Chong, Violin; Ken Hamao, Violin; Jessica Bodner, Viola; Kee-Hyun Kim, Cello
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Works by Mieczysaw Weinberg, Vassili Lobanov, and Alexander Lokshin.
2017
December 16, 2017
The Originality of Greatness
Celebrating Elliott Carter's
109th Birthday
Charles Neidich, Clarinet; Ayako Oshima, Clarinet; Fred Sherry, Cello; Lucy Shelton, Soprano; Mohamed Shams, Piano; Alexi Kenney, Violin
Works by Elliott Carter.
November 10, 2017
Emotion and Intellect
Charles Neidich, Clarinet; Mariko Furukawa, Piano
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Works by Robert Schumann and Max Reger.
September 29, 2017
Old and New
Charles Neidich, Clarinet; Ayako Oshima, Clarinet; Mariko Furukawa, Piano
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Works by Josef Rheinberger, Louise Farrenc, Akira Miyoshi, Ursula Mamlok, George Perle, and Mendelssohn.
June 17, 2017
The Future is NOW
Charles Neidich, Clarinet; Ayako Oshima, Clarinet; Mariko Furukawa, Piano
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On Period instruments: Telemann Fantasy No. 2 in A minor Charles Neidich, Performing on Rudolph Tutz Clarinet afterAugust GrenserC.(1800); Francois Devienne, Duo No. 3 Charles Neidich, Ayako Ohsima, Performing on Rudolph Tutz Clarinets after August Grenser C. (1800)
On Modern Instruments: Leonard Bernstein, Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1941); Schumann Soiréestücke (original version of his Fantasiestücke, op. 73); Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in B Major, Op. 139b; Charles Neidich, Icarus reborn (World Premiere); Pablo Sarasate, Zapatedao/Playera//Zigeunerweisen
May 16, 2017
The JOY of Virtuosity
Charles Neidich, Clarinet; Ayako Oshima, Clarinet; Mariko Furukawa, Piano; Samuel Katz, Violin; Hahnsol Kim, Violin; Matthew Cohen, Viola; Julian Langford, Cello
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Luigi Bassi, Gran Duetto Concertanto from Bellini's La Sonnambula; Felix Mendelssohn,
Violin Sonata Op. 4 in F (trans. Charles Neidich); Carl Maria von Weber, Clarinet Quintet in Bb Major, Op. 34
March 24, 2017
The Language of Affect
Charles Neidich, Clarinet; Ayako Oshima, Clarinet; Mariko Furukawa, Piano
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Works by Alban Berg, Elliott Carter, Robert Schumann, Charles Neidich, and Isang Yun.
2016
December 17, 2016
Il Convegno
Charles Neidich, Clarinet; Ayako Oshima, Clarinet; Mariko Furukawa, Piano
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Camille Saint-Saens, Clarinet Sonata Op.167 for Clarinet and Piano; Takashi Yoshimastu, 4 Pieces in Bird Shape for Clarinet and Piano; Kosaku Yamada, Japanese Songs for Clarinet and Piano; Charles Neidich, Tempest (in a teapot) for Two Clarinets; Sergey Prokofiev, Sonata, Op.94 for Clarinet and Piano arr. by Charles Neidich; Amilcare Ponchielli, Il Convegno Op.76 for Two Clarinets and Piano