". . . a marvelous blend of flute and guitar. The cohesive warmth of their playing is a unique form of wedded bliss,and New York is the richer for it."                      CLASSICAL GUITAR Magazine London, England

CONCERT AND EVENT CALENDAR 

Not always updated nor complete, but some of the places where we have been and will be this coming year.

FOR INFORMATION ON THESE AND OTHER PERFORMANCES, PLEASE CALL US AT 718 643-4608, OR EMAIL US AT THIS WEBSITE.

2009

AUGUST 3-9, 2009 - "A Midsummer Music Dream/ Songe d'été en musique" Pat and Kathy along with Harris Becker continue with the 3rd annual festival in rural Quebec. Concerts are scheduled along with classes in guitar, flute and voice. www.midsummermusiquebec.com

APRIL 1, 2009 8:00PM - Ladegard Museum, Oslo, Norway  The McDonald-Bianculli Flute and Guitar Duo

MARCH 22, 2009 3:00PM - Brooklyn Historical Society, Kathy performs with BaroQue Across the River at the For more info, please visit: www.brooklynhistory.org

MARCH 27, 2009 8:00PM - Kirjke oude Jan, Velp (Arnhem, Netherlands) The McDonald-Bianculli Flute and Guitar Duo

2008

September 28, 2008 4:00pm GEMS Early Music/Early Season, The Times Center
For more information: http://www.gemsny.org/emes2008.html

September 10, 2008 - The McDonald-Bianculli Flute and Guitar Duo releases their first CD - "Hill of Slane - Psalms, Sonatas & Sojourns". For information go to CD BABY.

September 7, 2008 - Paumanock Vinyards, Aquebogue, Long Island -  McDonald-Bianculli Duo perform for WSHU Fund Raising Event. Watch WSHU's web site for information: http://www.wshu.org/

AUGUST 4-10, 2008 - "A Midsummer Music Dream/ Songe d'été en musique" Pat and Kathy along with Harris Becker continue with the 3rd annual festival in rural Quebec. Concerts are scheduled along with classes in guitar, flute and voice. www.midsummermusiquebec.com

2007

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2007 - 8:15 p.m. mCDONALD-bIANCULLI DUO performs at the Long Island Guitar Festival in a program of Bach, Paganini, Hand, Domeniconi, Charlton and McKinnon. Concert is at the Great Hall. www.liu.edu/gfest for further information. See program

Sunday, Feb 11, 2007 - 4:00 P.M. KAMMERMUSIK CONCERT - Pat and Kathy, along with Harris Becker perform on lute, baroque flute and baroque guitar with this amazing young baroque band. Concert is conducted by Dale Stuckenbruck. For details,  Click Here

2006  and before

December 1, 2006 - 8:00 PM - Pat and Kathy perform at the Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, Port Washington, NY - Benefit for Helping Hands Behavioral Outreach, Inc.

NOVEMBER 11, 2006 - 8:00 PM - Kathy performs with BaroQue Across the River at the Brooklyn Historical Society - The program is entitled, "Psalms of Thanksgiving"

NOVEMBER 5, 2006 - St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (E. 10th and 2nd Avenue) 2:00 PM - Pat and Kathy perform selections by J.S. Bach for the Continuum Hospice Care Interfaith Memorial Service.

JULY 31 - AUGUST 5,2006 "A Midsummer Music Dream" Pat and Kathy along with Harris Becker begin an annual festival in rural Quebec. Six concerts are scheduled along with classes in guitar, flute and voice. http://www.guitarx2.com/Quebec.htm

DECEMBER 31, 2005 - 8:30PM - Pat performs with the Cady Finlayson Band at First Night celebrations in Bridgeport CT. For information visit their website: www.firstnightbridgeport.com

DECEMBER 10, 2005 - 7:30pm - Kathy performs with BaroQue Across the River at The Stevenson Academy
 of Fine Art in Oyster Bay, New York  For Information:
Phone (516) 922-8011
 E-mail  info@thestevensonacademy

 

Current Program
PROGRAM: MCDONALD–BIANCULLI FLUTE GUITAR DUO


Sonata in e minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Johann Sebastian BACH
                                                                                   (1685 – 1750)
     Adagio ma non tanto
     Allegro
     Andante
    Allegro


Hill of Slane (1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arlo McKINNON, Jr.
                                                                                    (b. 1952)


Sonata Concertata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicolo PAGANINI
                                                                                      (1782-1840)
     Allegro Spiritoso
     Adagio assai espressivo
     Allegretto con brio, Scherzando


INTERMISSION


Sonata (Opus 37) (1989) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carlo DOMENICONI
                                                                                     (b. 1947)


A Psalm of Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frederic HAND
                                                                                    (b. 1947)


Sonata (?) (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard CHARLTON
                                                                                       (b. 1955)
     Allegro, meno mosso
     Andante espressivo
     Allegretto animato

 

This program was performed on Sept. 30, 2001 at the Rockville Centre Public Library

 

“Hamburg” Sonata………………..........................C.P.E. Bach   (1714-1788) 

Allegretto - Rondo  

Potpourri on Melodies of Beethoven ……………arr. A. Diabelli (1781-1858)     

 (from an edition of 1817)                   

 Adagio non tanto - Andante - Allegro vivace - Allegretto - Allegro - Allegro molto

  Cantos de las Sierras…………………………Louis Moyse   b 1912

 Allegro - Andante  - Allegro  

Intermission

 

Six Pieces from the Jane Pickering and Rowallen (1620) Lute Books  ............................Anonymous

A Scots Tune ♦ I Never Knew I Loved Thee ♦ The Scottish Huntsupe A Scots Tune ♦ Corne Yards ♦ Curent

( lute solo)

 

Deuxiéme Suite…………………………………Joseph Bodin de Boismortier  (1689-1755)

     Prelude; Lentement  Bourée Musette en Rondeau; Gracieusement ♦  Gigue

  (baroque flute solo)

A Psalm of Thanksgiving.......................……...............Frederic Hand  (b.1947)           

Libertango…………..................................................……Astor Piazzolla  (1921-1992)

 

 

 

TOURING PROGRAM   Fall, 1998  (Italy, Holland, Germany and France)

 

Fantasie Brilliante, Opus 12............................Onorato Costa (published in Vienna c.1832)
Prelude, Fugue and Allegro BWV 998............Johann Sebastian Bach   (1685 -1750)
(solo guitar)    
Deuxiéme Suite…………………Joseph Bodin de Boismortier   (1689 -1755)
Prelude; Lentement
Bourée
Musette en Rondeau; Gracieusement
Gigue
(baroque flute solo)    

 

Sonata Op 37......................................................Carlo Domeniconi (b. 1947) 
1989                                                                             
Intermission

 

Sonata in a minor "Arpeggione"..............Franz Schubert (1797-1882)
(adapted from arpeggione (cello) & piano) 
Allegro moderato
Adagio
Allegretto
A Psalm of Thanksgiving............................................Frederic Hand (b. 1947)

 

Histoire du Tango.....................................................Astor Piazzolla   (1921-1992)
Bordel 1900
Café 1930
Nightclub 1960