Program

Water

(Theater Premiere)
Music: George Frideric Handel – Suite in F Major, HWV 348 (Water Music),
arranged by Colin Fowler

Adagio e staccato
Air
Bourrée
Hornpipe

Lighting Design: Nick Kolin

Colin Jacobsen, violin; Grace Park, violin; Greg Luce, viola; Wolfram Koessel, cello; Colin Fowler, piano

Mica Bernas, Karlie Budge, Brandon Cournay, Domingo Estrada, Jr., Sarah Haarmann, Aaron Loux, Laurel Lynch, Matthew McLaughlin, Brandon Randolph, Christina Sahaida, Billy Smith, Noah Vinson, Malik Q. Williams

Premiere: September 25, 2021 – Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, New York

Jenn and Spencer

Music: Henry Cowell – Suite for Violin and Piano

Largo
Allegretto
Andante tranquillo
Allegro marcato
Andante calmato
Presto

Costume Design: Stephanie Sleeper
Lighting Design: Michael Chybowski

Colin Jacobsen, violin; Colin Fowler, piano

Karlie Budge, Brandon Randolph

Premiere: April 3, 2013 – James and Martha Duffy Performance Space,
Mark Morris Dance Center, Brooklyn, New York

Dancing Honeymoon

Music: “Limehouse Blues,” “You Were Meant for Me,” “Do Do Do,” “Someone to Watch Over Me,” “A Cup of Coffee, A Sandwich, and You,” “Wild Thyme,” “Experiment,” “Dancing Honeymoon,” “And Her Mother Came Too,” “Fancy Our Meeting,” “Who,” “Two Little Bluebirds,” “Goodnight, Vienna,” “It’s Not You,” “There’s Always Tomorrow”

Transcribed and arranged by Ethan Iverson, from historical recordings of Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan

Costume Design: Elizabeth Kurtzman
Lighting Design: Michael Chybowski

Mark Morris and Mary Sherhart, vocals; Colin Jacobsen, violin; Colin Fowler, piano; Stefan Schatz, percussion

Mica Bernas, Brandon Cournay, Sarah Haarmann, Aaron Loux, Laurel Lynch, Billy Smith, Noah Vinson

Premiere: September 22, 1998 – University of Washington World Series, Meany Hall, Seattle, Washington

This dance was created under the auspices of the Mark Morris Dance Group New Works Fund, sponsored by Philip Morris Companies Inc.

INTERMISSION

V

Music: Robert Schumann – Quintet in E flat major for Piano and Strings, Op. 44

Allegro brillante
In modo d’una Marcia. Un poco largamente – Agitato
Scherzo molto vivace
Allegro, ma non troppo

Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting Design: Michael Chybowski

Colin Jacobsen, violin; Grace Park, violin; Greg Luce, viola; Wolfram Koessel, cello; Colin Fowler, piano

Mica Bernas, Karlie Budge, Brandon Cournay, Domingo Estrada, Jr., Sarah Haarmann, Deepa Liegel, Aaron Loux, Laurel Lynch, Dallas McMurray, Maile Okamura, Brandon Randolph, Christina Sahaida, Billy Smith, Malik Q. Williams

Premiere: October 16, 2001 – Sadler’s Wells, London, United Kingdom