Saxophonist Kenneth Radnofsky has appeared as soloist with leading orchestras including the Leipzig Gewandhaus and New York Philharmonic under Kurt Masur, Jerusalem Symphony with Gisele Ben-Dor, and Boston Pops with John Williams. Radnofsky premiered Gunther Schuller’s Concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony (composer conducting), and David Amram’s Concerto with the Portland Symphony, under Bruce Hangen. He has commissioned more than 100 works from composers, including Colgrass, Harbison, Martino, Gandolfi, Olivero, Yannatos, Perker, Jakoulov, Schwartz, Yang, Netzer and Bell. He is President of the Boston Woodwind Society, teaches at New England Conservatory, Longy School, Boston University, co-founded the Amram Ensemble, and is a Selmer Artist.
St. John’s in the Village
Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 1PM
Listen to Amram Greenwich Village Portraits,
Jordan Hall 2014 recital
Ken Radnofsky, saxophone and clarinet with Damien Francoeur-Kryczek, piano
| 1 | Greenwich Village Portraits: mvt. 1 MacDougal Street (for Arthur Miller) | David Amram |
| 2 | Greenwich Village Portraits: mvt. 2 Bleecker Street (for Odetta) | David Amram |
| 3 | Greenwich Village Portraits: mvt. 3 Christopher Street (Frank McCourt) | David Amram |
| 4 | Sonata: mvt. 1, Grazioso | Leonard Bernstein |
| 5 | Sonata: mvt. 2, Andantino-Vivace e leggiero | Leonard Bernstein |
| 6 | Three Preludes: 1, Allegro ben ritmico e deciso | George Gershwin |
| 7 | Three Preludes: 2, Andante con moto e poco rubato | George Gershwin |
| 8 | Three Preludes: 3, Agitato | George Gershwin |
| 9 | Goodbye | Gordon Jenkins |
| 10 | A Sigh Felt Across the Earth for Sax and electronics | Jeremy Van Buskirk |
| 11 | Antiphon for Sax and Electronic Sounds | Michael Horvit |
| 12 | Piccolo Studio for solo sax | Donald Martino |