So the challenges for Continuum have been enormous.
The original merger, announced in October, was considered a victory for Continuum and Governor Paterson.
Her daughter, Renée, has earned praise among the same ranks as a violinist for Continuum and other groups.
Nearly $900 million of the grants announced yesterday by President Clinton have been designated for Continuum of Care groups.
Scriabin, too, would have been pleased with Mr. Schwimmer's adaptation of his "Feuillet d'Album" (Op. 45) for Continuum.
A spokesman for Continuum said that the company had sold three properties belonging to Long Island College Hospital in the past year, for a total of $33.4 million.
"In the last five years, it seemed like all the money at LICH was being drained into Manhattan for Continuum and not being spent over there," Dr. Weinstock said.
Also on the program were two pieces written for Continuum in 1987 -- "Glosa a la Sombre," to an obscure and shapeless text, and "Descarga," a miniature piano concerto with a thumping close -- and two exuberant instrumental trios.
"Urgent care centers are opening at the pace of Starbucks, and we are affiliating with as many of them as we can," said Adam Henick, senior vice president of Ambulatory Care and Medical Enterprise for Continuum.
Martha Elliott sang the work with suppleness and beauty, qualities she also brought to "In Search of Lost Time" (1999), a more expansively scored chamber work -- the instrumentation includes piano, clarinet, triangle, violin, cello and a Persian drum -- composed for Continuum.
Any merger would have to be reviewed by the Federal Trade Commission, which would consider any antitrust implications, as well as by the State Health Department and the State Dormitory Authority, a financing and construction agency that carries some debt for Continuum.
