Cross Island - cellist Suzanne Mueller and pianist Elinor Abrams Zayas - return to Manhasset Public Library, this time joined by clarinetist Joshua Redman. The program will span centuries, styles, and genres, seamlessly blending beloved classics with works written and arranged for CROSS ISLAND - music we love and can't wait to share with our audience:

Franz Schubert: Shepherd on the Rock

Frank Bridge: Cradle Song (Mueller & Zayas)

Gerald Finzi: Bagatelle 5 (Redman & Zayas)

George Gershwin: Prelude (Redman & Zayas) It Ain't Necessarily So (Mueller & Zayas)

Cécile Chaminade: Piano rio in G Minor, Movement 1 - Allegro

INTERMISSION

Mark McCarron: The Big Picture

Cheryl Edelman: Just for Fun (Mueller & Zayas)

Schumann: Fantasy Piece 1 -Tender and with Expression (Redman & Zayas) Piece in Folk Style 5 - Stark and marked (Mueller & Zayas)

Roger Blanc: Saint Vitus Was Here (Redman & Mueller)

Cole Porter (arr. J. Redman): So in Love

Antonio Carlos Jobim: Wave

Arkadie Kouguell: Melodie et Danse Hébraique

The performers will share information to enhance the audience's understanding and appreciation of the composers and works presented

Two lucky Audience members will receive a CD in free drawings at the end of the concert.

Admission is free. Manhasset residents will be seated first, but we have never had anyone turned away.