CROSS ISLAND returns to Great Neck House with a duo program spanning centuries, styles, and genres, seamlessly blending well-loved favorites with new discoveries - all music we l love and can't wait to share:
Igor Stravinsky: Introduction to Suite Italienne
Keri Degg: Fuerza Tranqulla
Paul Carlon: Bent Blues
Astor Piazzolla: Milonga del Angel (piano solo )
Cesar Cui: Scherzando & Cantabile
Frank Bridge: Cradle Song
Cheryl Edelman: Just for Fun
Carl Maria von Weber: Adagio & Rondo
INTERMISSION
George Gershwin: It Ain't Necessarily So Embraceable You
Shostakovich: Romance from "The Gadfly"
Bettie Ross: Milestone (cello solo)
Jacques Offenbach: Serenade
Antonin Dvorak: Gypsy Melody
Robert Schumann: Piece in Folk Style #5
Note: Great Neck House gives seating preference to Great Neck residents, but we've never had anyone turned away! The performers will share information to enhance the audience's understanding and appreciation of the composers and works presented
Admission is free. Great Neck Park District residents will be seated first, but we have never had anyone turned away.