Melodies in Motion with Medina-Zimmermann DUO

Melody is the narrative that drives the emotions in music.  Each composer explores the lyrical beauty of the piano and the clarinet.  Melody has always been a significant aspect of communication in music and is enhanced when harmonies intertwine with notes. Listeners will hear how each century used melody to express artistic ideas and emotion.  

In the 19th century, women were expected not to have serious or concrete musical knowledge.  Composition was never considered a venture for women.  However, women did compose and defy society's expectations, creating music despite what their male counterparts thought.  In our present time, women are free to be composers, but continue to experience challenges being seen and heard.

Alice Mary Smith and Marie Elisabeth von Sachsen-Meininngen give the clarinet a song-like dialogue with the piano. In the Schumann, we hear melody as a story of love and longing with lyrical lines from both the clarinet and piano.  Julia Perry provides the listener with melody as a meditative state of solitude and peace, while Margarita Zelenaia takes the audience back to the sounds of sacred Byzantine Chants.  Chen Yi drives her melodies in rapid flourishes, and Alla Borzova Scherzo makes the clarinet and piano spirited dance partners mixed with a contemplative, mellow jazz-inspired song.

Free admission, concert partly sponsored by the New York Women Composers. Start time 12:15pm

• Clara Schumann, Three Romances, Op. 22

• Chen Yi, The Soulful from The Soulful and the Perpetual 

• Julia Perry, Serenity for Solo Clarinet

• Margarita Zelenaia, Cherubic Hymn/Angels Singing

• Amy Beach, Invocations, Op. 55

• Alla Borzova, Scherzo

• Alice Mary Smith, Sonata - Andante, Allegro Pastorale

Trinity Presbyterian Church, 325 W. Patent Rd. Mount Kisco, NY 10549