Konstantza Chernov, piano
Lady Jess, violin
Peter Ryan, Tenor

Die Selbstdarstellung #1
Naughty Boy (3 Kipling Songs)
18 amuse-bouches
Jeeves and Wooster (Ode to Anne Dudley)

Konstantza Chernov, piano
Jin-Xiang Yu, soprano

E. Chernov: 18 amuse-bouches
E. Chernov: Naughty Boy (3 Kipling Songs)
F. Poulenc: Fiançailles pour rire

Konstantza Chernov, piano

E. Chernov: Parts I and II from 18 amuse-bouches

And works by Sunny Knable, Joel Mandelbaum, Joseph Prestamo, Karol Rathaus, and Bruce Saylor.
Performances by Lynn Bechtold, Kyle Miller, Gil Morgenstern, Charles Neidich, Donald Pirone, Morey Ritt, Lydia Saylor, and Mioi Takeda.

Here are notes on the piece:

In 2014, I had a remarkable ear training class at Queens College. There were only six students in the class, all of them very good, and we managed to get a lot of great work done in advanced ear training studies in a relaxed, joyful atmosphere. Part of the levity came about because not one, but two of the students – a third of the class – had the effrontery to be violists! Of course, I was not going to let such a golden opportunity pass me by, and several times per class lighthearted jabs would escape my lips. The violists – Paulina Salcedo-Watson and Christian Barros – took the ribbing with great humor, knowing in their hearts that the violists almost always end up getting the last laugh.

As a small measure to make amends, I wrote these little viola duets for them. The last of the three manages to work in a few viola jokes, and the title itself is a sly ruse: whenever the piece gets formally programmed, the audience is confronted with the very word "Apologies" printed in the program, as if they are being apologized to for having made them sit through the work. Apparently, I still get the last laugh.