Now Is the Time jumps into the Giving Thanks for Philadelphia weekend on WRTI Saturday, November 19th at 9 pm. All the composers and many of the performers live in and around Philadelphia, or studied here. Retired Haverford College professor Harold Boatrite’s music is always smart and tuneful, and his Sonata for Flute and Piano is no exception. Daniel Kellogg and Zhou Tian both went through Curtis, and both have their works played here by Mimi Stillman, from her CD Odyssey.
David Bennett Thomas teaches at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts and is here represented by Sketches for Flute and Guitar. Vistas is by Ingrid Arauco, one of Boatrite’s successors at Haverford, and David Laganella (from Penn a while back), leaves us with a luscious Sundarananda, celebrating the woodworked sculpture of another Philadelphia-area artist, George Nakashima.
PROGRAM:
Harold Boatrite: Sonata for Flute and Piano
Daniel Kellogg: Five Sketches for Solo Flute
Zhou Tian: Duet for Flute and Piano
David Bennett Thomas: Sketches for Flute and Guitar
Ingrid Arauco: Vistas
David Laganella: Sundarananda