Boston, MA, USA

Rehearsal, Luth Concert Hall, Liudmila Georgievskaya

MYSTERIUM DOLORIS QUINTAE (TROPEN-KREUZ) OP.6

“A Century of Piano Music”

Venues & Dates:
• Luth Concert Hall, Prior Performing Arts Center, Worcester, MA (College of the Holy Cross) — October 25, 2025
• Gasson Hall, Boston College — October 27

Performer:
• Liudmila Georgievskaya, piano

Clara Meloni

ŹRÓDŁO (THE SOURCE) OP.12

SOPRANO SOLO, CHORUS (SATB), LARGE ORCHESTRA

US première

Venue: Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Chestnut Hill, MA
Date: February 14, 2025

Performers:

  • • Clara Meloni, soprano
  • • University Chorale of Boston College
  • • Riikka Pietiläinen Caffrey, chorus preparation
  • • Boston College Symphony Orchestra
  • • Anna Wittstruck, conductor

Ralf Gawlick, Clara Meloni, Anna Wittstruck, Riikka Pietiläinen Caffrey, Julia Scott Carey

Francesco Erspamer (Professor of Romance Literatures and Languages [Itaiian], Harvard University, Clara Meloni, Nicoletta Pellegrino (History Professor, Regis College)

Ralf Gawlick, Clara Meloni, Barbara Gawlick

Ralf Gawlick, Clara Meloni, Anna Wittstruck, Riikka Pietiläinen Caffrey

Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Julian Wachner, Ralf & Barbara Gawlick

MISSA GENTIS HUMANÆ OP.16

Eight-voice a cappella chorus (CCAATTBB)

(Texts drawn from the Ordinary of the Mass, Borges, Virgil, Brecht, Dostoevsky, Plautus, Herbert, Scott and the Gospel of St. John)

World première
Venue: Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Chestnut Hill, MA
Date: February 17, 2014

Performers:

  • • Choir of Trinity Wall Street
  • • Julian Wachner, conductor
  • • Sarah Brailey, Soprano 1  |  Linda Lee Jones, Soprano 2
  • • Luthien Brackett, Alto 1  |  Melissa Attebury, Alto 2
  • • Steven Caldicott Wilson, Tenor 1  |  Timothy Hodges, Tenor 2
  • • Thomas McCargar, Bass 1  |  Jonathan Woody, Bass 2
Choir of Trinity Wall Street

Bradford Gleim, baritone
Chi-Chen Wu, pianist

Herzliche Grüße Bruno ~ Briefe aus Stalingrad (Eine musikalische Gedenkstätte) op.21

Baritone, 2 Pianos, Sound Montage

World première

Venue: First Baptist Church, Newton, MA
Date: March 30, 2019

Performers:

  • Bradford Gleim, baritone
  • Chi-Chen Wu, piano
  • Joel Gordon, sound engineer

Ralf Gawlick with Dieter & Mechthild Gawlick

Barbara & Ralf Gawlick

Joel Gordon, sound engineer

Ralf Gawlick, Eliot Fisk, Anne Harley

KOLLWITZ-KONNEX (…IM FRIEDEN SEINER HÄNDE) OP.19

Soprano, Guitar

World première

Venue: Boston College Gasson Hall, Newton, MA
Date: April 8, 2013

Performers:

  • Anne Harley, soprano
  • Eliot Fisk, guitar

Eliot Fisk

Ralf Gawlick, Eliot Fisk, Anne Harley

Anne Harley, soprano
Eliot Fisk, guitar

Barbara & Ralf Gawlick, Eliot Fisk, Anne Harley

Eliot Fisk and Ralf Gawlick for the Kollwitz-Konnex rehearsal

Anne Harley, soprano
Eliot Fisk, guitar

KOLLWITZ-KONNEX (…IM FRIEDEN SEINER HÄNDE) OP.19

Soprano, Guitar

Boston GuitarFest X ‘The Eternal Feminine’

Venue: Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Date: June 20, 2015

Performers:

  • Anne Harley, soprano
  • Eliot Fisk, guitar

Anne Harley, Eliot Fisk, Ralf Gawlick

Eliot Fisk, Ralf Gawlick, Anne Harley

Richard Shaughnessy, clarinet
Diane Heffner, bass clarinet
Omar Chen Guey, violin
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello

SORORES (FRAUENPARTITA) OP.18

Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello

‘Berlin Walls ~ What Still Divides Us’

Venue: Boston College Gasson Hall, Chestnut Hill, MA
Date: September 22, 2019

Performers:

  • Richard Shaughnessy, clarinet
  • Diane Heffner, bass clarinet
  • Omar Chen Guey, violin
  • Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello

Richard Shaughnessy, Rafael Popper-Keizer, Omar Chen Guey, Diane Heffner

Richard Shaughnessy, Rafael Popper-Keizer, Diane Heffner, Omar Chen Guey

Diane Heffner, Rafael Popper-Keizer, Omar Chen Guey, Richard Shaughnes

‘Berlin Walls ~ What Still Divides Us’ dress rehearsal: Diane Heffner, Rafael Popper-Keizer, Omar Chen Guey, Richard Shaughnessy

Ralf Gawlick; Brooks Hall, Holy Cross

O LUNGO DROM OP.22

Soprano, Baritone, Flute, Clarinet, Cimbalom, Piano, String Quartet

(Texts drawn from Maya, Mãnuš, Schöpf, Iliaz, Makhotin, Stojka, Haliti, Smith, Krasnici, Lagrene, Papusza, Loleshyte, Maximoff)

US world premières:
• Brooks Concert Hall, Worcester, MA (College of the Holy Cross) — April 5, 2024
• Gasson Hall, Chestnut Hill, MA (Boston College) — April 6, 2024

Performers:

  • • Clara Meloni, soprano
  • • Christoph Filler, baritone
  • • Laszló Rácz, cimbalom
  • • Alban Berg Ensemble Wien:
  • • Silvia Careddu, flute
  • • Marlies Wieser, clarinet
  • • Ariane Haering, piano
  • • Régis Bringolf, violin
  • • Sebastian Gürtler, violin
  • • Subin Lee, viola
  • • Florian Berner, cello

(L to R): Ralf Gawlick, László Rácz, Régis Bringolf, Sebastian Gürtler, Ariane Haering, Subin Lee, Clara Meloni, Christoph Filler, Florian Berner, Marlies, Wieser, Silvia Careddu; Brooks Hall, Holy Cross

(L to R): Régis Bringolf, Ariane Haering, Sebastian Gürtler, Subin Lee

Ralf and Basia Gawlick

(L to R): Basia Gawlick, Clara Meloni, Ariane Haering

(L to R): László Rácz, Sebastian Gürtler, Ariane Haering, Florian Berner, Règis Bringolf, Christoph Filler, Ralf Gawlick, Clara Meloni, Marlies Wieser, Silvia Careddu, Subin Lee