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Choral Music, Chamber Music, Opera, Theater and the Performing Arts
Arts at The Park is orchestral and choral music, political and theological discourse, and family and holiday events at the Park Avenue Christian Church.
Our mission is to entertain, empower, and inspire while turning neighbors into friends.
The building is wheelchair accessible through the Adams Building entrance on Park Avenue.
Upcoming Events
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september
BLOOD ROSE
World Premiere of a new Opera by Hannah Lash
Friday, September 24 and Saturday, September 25 at 8 pm
$30 General admission, $20 Students/Seniors at SmartTix.com
Jack Quartet
Eric Brenner, countertenor
Kirsten Solek, mezzo-soprano
Program:
Four Still (2005) - Lash
Frayed (2009) - Lash
Blood Rose (2010) - Lash
A chilling interpretation of the legend "Beauty and the Beast," Hannah Lash's new 40-minute chamber opera titled "Blood Rose" explores concepts of violation, loss, revenge, and identity. Lash's stark libretto stands out in a visceral and disturbing setting for alto, high countertenor, and string quartet. The program will also feature two contrasting works for string quartet performed by the Jack Quartet, whose "viscerally exciting performances" (New York Times) and "explosive virtuosity" (Boston Globe) have earned international acclaim.
"Blood Rose" renders the character of Beast as the victim of defilement, evidenced by his ravaged garden. It is dawn; he has just discovered the devastation in his garden. Beauty enters: a mysteriously pure woman who sings seductively. Beast is eager to make her suffer to alleviate his own sense of rage. Her blood will water his broken flowers to make them bloom again. She bleeds, but the only flowers that are revived are those with ugly meanings: rage, revenge, mistrust. Their terror builds; Beauty's life is draining and Beast's fevered anger has not abated. They grow closer in their mutual suffering, desperate for hope. But the flower of hope cannot be revived. Not with blood. Beauty and Beast become increasingly enmeshed in one another's identities as the opera draws to its heartbreaking conclusion.
NEW YORK PHILOMUSICA: Beloved Gems of the Repertory
Thursday, September 30 at 8 pm
Meet the Artist program at 7:30 pm
Single concert: $30 regular, $25 seniors, $10 students.
Four-Concert Subscription: $110 regular, $90 seniors, $25 students.
Tickets online at nyphilomusica.org
Joseph Rabbai, clarinet
Christopher Oldfather, piano
Naoko Tanaka, violin
Yonah Zur, violin
Junah Chung, viola
Gerald Appleman, violoncello
Program:
Concerto in d minor, BWV 1052 - Bach
Divertimento in C, Hob. XIV:4 (1764) - Haydn
Piano Quintet in A Major ("The Trout") - Schubert
New York listeners in the know follow New York Philomusica for the thoughtful programming, varied repertoire and talented musicians brought from the world over to create a perfect blend. The ensemble's wide appeal continues in the 2010-2011 season, with a little something for everyone, presented by supremely talented musicians in an intimate space that brings the audience as close as possible to the music.
october
MANHATTAN STRING QUARTET WORKSHOP
October 16 at 4 pm
Free and open to the public. No tickets required. Doors open 1 hour prior to performance.
Manhattan String Quartet
Eric Lewis, violin
Calvin Wiersma, violin
John Dexter, viola
Chris Finckel, violoncello
Program:
String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20 - Franz Joseph Haydn
Critically acclaimed as one of America's leading ensembles, the Manhattan String Quartet is celebrating its 41st season. Since 1981 the ensemble has hosted annual teaching and performing conferences in the United States and Europe for young professional quartets and amateur string players. Join them for a free performance that concludes their day-long workshop at Park Avenue Christian Church.
WORLD PREMIERE OF NEW WORK FOR CHOIR AND ORGAN
Sunday, October 10 at 11 a.m.
Free and open to the public. Performance part of the 11 am worship service.
Park Avenue Christian Church Sanctuary Choir
Paul Vasile, director
As part of its bicentennial celebration, the Park Avenue Christian Church has sponsored a composition competition inviting new sacred works for chorus and chamber ensemble. The world premiere of the winning work will be held during our 11 a.m. Worship Celebration.
CHILDREN'S CONCERT
Sunday, October 17 at 3 pm
Free and open to the public / Donations gratefully accepted. Tickets not required. Doors open 1 hour prior to performance.
Park Avenue Youth Chorale
Paul Vasile, director
Joseph Hudson, assistant director and accompanist
Enjoy a program of music for children performed by the Park Avenue Youth Chorale and special musical guests.
PIANO RECITAL
Wednesday, October 27 at 8 p.m.
Free and open to the public / Donations gratefully accepted. Tickets not required. Doors open 1 hour prior to performance.
Vivian Cheng, piano
Program:
Sonata in E Major, Op. 109 - Beethoven
Kreisleriana, Op. 16 - Schumann
Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 - Chopin
Piano Variations - Copland
Vivian Cheng, born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1990, has been praised as an "artist with artistic sensibilities far beyond her years." Vivian became the Second Prize-winner of the Fourth New York Piano Competition in June, 2008, a biennial event presented under the auspices of the Stecher and Horowitz Foundation. Vivian's participation in this competition will be viewed nationally in the forthcoming documentary On a Personal Note, a behind-the-scenes look at the competition, to be shown on PBS.
Performing as guest soloist with many orchestras, she has been featured with the Winston-Salem Symphony, Tar River Philharmonic, and Raleigh Civic Symphony. Also an active chamber music player, Vivian collaborated with various musicians from around the world and has been showcased with different groups throughout New York and North Carolina.
OMEGA ENSEMBLE
Sunday, October 31 at 3 pm
Musical dialogue and reception with the artists will follow after the concert.
Free tickets at the door and through SmartTix.com.
We cannot guarantee seating if you do not register through SmartTix.
Ayano Ninomiya, violin
Mark Halloway, viola
Sophie Shao, violoncello
Doris Konig, piano
Program:
Sonata in F Major, Op. 24 for piano and violin - Beethoven
Elegie for violincello and piano - Faur
Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2 for violincello and piano - Chopin
String Trio in D major. Op. 9, No. 3 for violin, viola and violincello - Beethoven
The Omega Ensemble, a non-profit chamber music group whose mission is to introduce outstanding young artists to the public, is proud to introduce extraordinary, award-winning young classical musicians to the public. The Omega Ensemble's free "Gift to the City" concert series has been presented to New Yorkers since 1980. Omega Ensemble's young artists have won major competitions, performed with major orchestras, won Avery Fisher Grant Awards and perform with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two.
Featured Omega Ensemble artists include: Ayano Ninomiya, violinist and prize winner of the Naumberg Foundation violin competition; Sophie Shao, cellist and recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant Award; Mark Halloway, violist and member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two; Doris Konig, pianist and Omega Ensemble artistic director.
YALE SCHOLA CANTORUM
Sunday, October 31 at 8 pm
Free tickets through SmartTix.com
We cannot guarantee seating if you do not register through SmartTix
Yale Schola Cantorum
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
Program:
Vespers of 1610 - Monteverdi
Founded in 2003 by Simon Carrington, the Yale Schola Cantorum is a 24-voice chamber choir specializing in music from before 1750 and from the last hundred years. In addition to performing regularly in New Haven and New York Schola Cantorum records and tours nationally and internationally. Their live recording on CD with Robert Mealy and Yale Collegium Musicum of Heinrich Biber�s 1693 Vesperae longiores ac breviores received international acclaim from the early music press, as have their subsequent CDs of J.S. Bach's rarely heard 1725 version of the St. John Passion and Antonio Bertali's Missa Resurrectionis. The choir has sung under the direction of internationally renowned conductors Helmuth Rilling, Krzysztof Penderecki, Sir Neville Mariner, Stephen Layton, Paul Hillier, and Nicholas McGegan.
november
DAVID HIGGS ORGAN RECITAL
Sunday, November 7 at 3 pm
$75 "Console" seating, $25 general admission, $15 seniors/students through SmartTix.com
David Higgs, organ
Program:
Five Dances for Organ - Hampton
Additional works TBA
One of America's leading concert organists, David Higgs is also Chair of the Organ Department at the Eastman School of Music. He performs extensively throughout the United States and abroad, and has inaugurated many important new instruments including St. Stephan's Cathedral, Vienna; the Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas; St. Albans Cathedral, England; St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Ireland; and the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City. His performances with numerous ensembles have included the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Orpheus Ensemble, Chanticleer, and the Empire Brass.
David served as the organist at Park Avenue Christian Church from 1981-1983 and was the first to play the church's 51-rank mechanical action Holtkamp organ when it was installed in 1982. As part the church's Bicentennial Celebration, he returns to perform a varied program including Calvin Hampton's Five Dances for Organ which were commissioned by the organ builder specifically for the instrument.
MANHATTAN STRING QUARTET
Tuesday, November 9 at 8 pm
$50 "Angel" seating, $25 general admission through SmartTix.com
Manhattan String Quartet
Eric Lewis, violin
Calvin Wiersma, violin
John Dexter, viola
Chris Finckel, violoncello
Guest artist: Soojin Ahn, piano
Program: TBA
Critically acclaimed as one of America's leading ensembles, the Manhattan String Quartet is celebrating its 41st season. Hailed by Michael Steinberg of the Boston Globe as "a national treasure", The Manhattan Quartet has appeared throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, Canada, Mexico and South America. Well known for their performances of 20th-century classics the Manhattan String Quartet has established a significant international reputation as today's pre-eminent interpreter of the fifteen string quartets of Dmitri Shostakovich. In 2005, they presented the cycle to sold-out houses in Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan. The ensemble's benchmark transversal of the Shostakovich cycle was the only chamber music recording to make TIME Magazine's "Best of 1991" classical music list.
The Quartet appears regularly in the musical capitals of Europe including Paris, Prague, Budapest, Leipzig and Vienna. In 2005 they presented the Shostakovich quartet cycle in Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan to sold-out audiences. Since 1981 the Manhattan String Quartet has hosted annual teaching and performing conferences in the United States and Europe for young professional quartets and amateur string players.
Soojin Ahn is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes from international competitions, most notably the Gilmore Young Artist Award and the audience prize at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Subsequently, she has been the guest soloist with The Boston Pops, Colorado Springs, Jupiter (NYC), Kalamazoo and Omaha symphony orchestras and the Chicago and New England chamber orchestras.
Soojin Ahn comes from a very distinguished musical family: Her grandfather, Byong-Soh Ahn, was a violinist and the founding music director of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and her grandmother, Aene Lee, was a foremost pianist in Korea.
WIRED: Baroque Music for Two Flutes
Sunday, November 21 at 3 pm
$20, $15 seniors/students at SmartTix.com
Claire Chase and Eric Lamb, flute
Program:
Works by Telemann, J.S. Bach, W.F. Bach and Vivaldi
Claire Chase and Eric Lamb have been performing as a duo since the acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble was founded in 2001. Together, they have cultivated a tight-knit virtuosity and emotional chemistry well-suited to the challenges of contemporary repertoire. In this unique concert the ensemble brings their dazzling musicianship to music from the Baroque period, including duo concertos by Bach and Vivaldi.
Claire Chase, winner of the 2008 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, has premiered hundreds of works for the flute in venues ranging from Lincoln Center to warehouses, galleries, clubs, and public spaces. Chase is Executive Director and co-founder of ICE and is known as widely for her energy and vision as an arts entrepreneur as she is for her prowess as a performer. Eric Lamb's career as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player has earned him a reputation for versatility and virtuosity. He has won prestigious awards in both Europe and the U.S., and is a committed champion of the music of the avant-garde.
december
UNITED NATIONS SINGERS HOLIDAY CONCERT
Friday, December 3 at 8 pm
$15 general admission at SmartTix.com.
$20 at the door
United Nations Singers
Guillermo Vaisman, director
The United Nations Singers are a recreational choir formed in 1947 under the UN Staff Recreation Council to spread the message of harmony and understanding through music. As a microcosm of the world, the group is composed largely of present and former staff of the UN and its agencies and permanent missions. The Singers come from many countries, including Argentina, China, Egypt, Ghana, Guyana, Lebanon, the Philippines, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States. With a repertoire of folk songs and choral music sung mostly a cappella in some 50 languages and wearing colorful national costumes, the choir has given many concerts at the UN itself and also in churches and concert halls in the New York area.
Their annual Holiday Concert will feature festive songs from around the world in over 10 languages.
VINGT REGARDS
Saturday, December 11 at 8 pm
Free pre-concert lecture with musicologist Robert Fallon at 7 pm
$20, $15 seniors/students at SmartTix.com
Thomas Rosenkranz, piano
Program:
Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus for piano - Messiaen
Thomas Rosenkranz's interests range from traditional classical music and chamber music to recent developments of the Avant-Garde. From improvisation with electronics, to collaborations with musicians from different cultures, he seeks to bridge the gap between these forms of musical expression. He studied with Robert Shannon at the Oberlin Conservatory and with Nelita True at the Eastman School of Music where he holds a Doctorate degree in Performance and was awarded the Performer's Certificate. He also studied privately with Yvonne Loriod- Messiaen in Paris. His recital activities have taken him throughout the world with recent performances at the Shanghai Contemporary Festival; International House of Tokyo; L'Acropolium in Tunisia; Poly Theatre of Beijing, the Kennedy Center, and the 92 Street Y in New York City. He has appeared as soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony, the National Orchestra of Beirut, Northwest Chamber Orchestra and was the featured soloist for the Oberlin Orchestra's 2006 Tour of China.
The program features Messian's epic cycle, Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jesus ("Twenty Contemplations of the Christ Child"), which explores the depths of Messiaen's Christian faith. Alternating virtuosic, ecstatic flights and tender slow movements, the piece contemplates many of the figures associated with the story of the Nativity, and the theological implications of the same event.
A BACH CHRISTMAS
CLARION MUSIC SOCIETY
Wednesday, December 15 at 8 pm
$50 "Angel" seating, $35 general admission at SmartTix.com
The Clarion Choir
The Clarion Orchestra
Steven Fox, conductor
Program:
The Christmas Oratorio (Parts 2 & 5), BWV 248
Herr Gott, dich Loben wir, BWV 16
Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 133
The Clarion Music Society, playing on period instruments, repeat its Bach Christmas concert, presented in 2008 by the Miller Theatre and described by James Oestreich of the New York Times as "a deeply satisfying evening". Clarion will perform Bach's celebratory Cantata No. 16, Herr Gott, dich Loben wir, Cantata No. 133 for the Third Day after Christmas and the second and fifth cantatas from the Christmas Oratorio.
NEW YORK PHILOMUSICA: The Piano Quartet
Thursday, December 16 at 8 pm
Meet the Artist program at 7:30 pm
Single concert: $30 regular, $25 seniors, $10 students.
Tickets online at nyphilomusica.org
Christopher Oldfather, piano
Naoko Tanaka, violin
Yonah Zur, violin
Junah Chung, viola
Gerald Appleman, violoncello
Program:
Quartet for Piano and Strings (1950) - Copland
Sonata No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 12 - Beethoven
Quartet in A, Op. 26 - Brahms
New York listeners in the know follow New York Philomusica for the thoughtful programming, varied repertoire and talented musicians brought from the world over to create a perfect blend. The ensemble's wide appeal continues in the 2010-2011 season, with a little something for everyone, presented by supremely talented musicians in an intimate space that brings the audience as close as possible to the music.
ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE'S: The Christmas Oratorio
Sunday, December 19 at 3 pm
$70 "Angel" seating, $35 general admission at SmartTix.com
Orchestra of St. Luke's
New York Baroque Soloists
Mary Greer, conductor
Program:
Christmas Oratorio, parts 1-3, BWV 248 - Bach
Noted Bach scholar and conductor Mary Greer leads America's foremost chamber orchestra and the New York Baroque Soloists in a performance of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, his monumental composition celebrating the birth of Christ. Full of amazing orchestral colors, riveting arias and beloved chorales, this performance is a beautiful way to celebrate the season.
There is a free, pre-concert lecture with renowned Bach scholar, Christoph Wolff at 2 pm in the Idleman Parlor.
A PARK AVENUE CHRISTMAS
Tuesday, December 21 at 7:30 pm
Free and open to the public / Donations gratefully accepted
Park Avenue Christian Church Sanctuary Choir
Park Avenue Gospel Choir
Park Avenue Youth Chorale
Park Avenue Christian Church Recorder Consort
Paul Vasile, director
Joseph Hudson, assistant director and accompanist
and special musical guests
Join us for the annual Christmas concert featuring the choirs and musicians of the Park Avenue Christian Church. See a video of last year's concert here.
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES
Friday, December 24
Family service at 4pm
Jazz/Gospel service at 8 pm
A Service of Carols and Candles at 11 pm
january
SPIRITUALS SING!
A tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sunday, January 16 at 4 pm
Free and open to the public / Donations gratefully accepted
Alice Parker, song leader
Pamela Warick-Smith, contralto
Charles Brown, reader
Join us for our annual event with Alice Parker, legendary composer, arranger, conductor and teacher, who has championed the singing of Spirituals by Americans of all ethnic backgrounds for nearly five decades.
HESCHEL-KING INTERFAITH SERVICE
Monday, January 17 at 7 pm
Free and open to the public
Park Avenue Christian Church Sanctuary Choir
Congregation Da'at Elohim Choir
Join us for a unique service celebrated by the Park Avenue Christian Church and Congregation Da'at Elohim, honoring the friendship and lifework of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This year's service will feature Alice Parker's jazz-inspired cantata, A Sermon from the Mountain: Martin Luther King, featuring songs, spirituals and quotes from Dr. King's speeches.
HYMN SING!
Wednesday, January 19 at 7 pm
$15 general admission at SmartTix.com. Tickets go on sale November 1.
SINGS led by Alice Parker have delighted groups all over the United States and Canada since she started leading this kind of program forty years ago. Begun as an introduction to her Writing for Voices classes, the concept grew to include church congregations and choirs, then people of all ages and background who wish to sing together.
This SING will feature music from Alice Parker's Melodious Accord Hymnal which contains 150 tunes composed and/or set by Alice Parker; many are her own settings of texts ranging from Biblical texts to contemporary poets. Intended for choirs and adventurous congregations, the hymns include many titles familiar to those who have sung them in Parker-Shaw arrangements.
SCHUMANN LIEDER RECITAL
Sunday, January 23 at 3 pm
$20, $15 seniors/students at SmartTix.com. Tickets go on sale November 1.
Darren Chase, baritone
Sergey Schepkin, piano
february
WORLD MUSIC AT THE PARK: BRAZIL
Wednesday, February 2 at 8 pm
Tickets go on sale November 1.
VALENTINE'S DAY CONCERT
Sunday, February 13 at 3 pm
Tickets go on sale November 1.
Jonathan Coombs and Michael Brown, piano
Choir Assistants of the Park Avenue Christian Church Sanctuary Choir
Program:
Spanisches Liederspiel, Op.74 - Schumann
Romantic song transciptions
SCHUBERT LIEDER AND CHAMBER MUSIC
Sunday, February 27 at 3 pm
$20, $15 seniors/students at SmartTix.com. Tickets go on sale November 1.
Dan Lippel, guitar
Tony Arnold, soprano
Program:
Quartet for Flute, Guitar, Viola and Violoncello, D.96 - Schubert
Lieder and Lieder transcriptions for guitar
march
NEW YORK PHILOMUSICA: Winds and Piano
Thursday, March 3 at 8 pm
Meet the Artist program at 7:30 pm
Single concert: $30 regular, $25 seniors, $10 students.
Tickets on sale now at nyphilomusica.org.
Program:
Sonata for clarinet and piano - Saint-Saens
Chasons et Danses - d'Indy
Sextet for piano and wind quintet (1930-32) - Poulenc
New York listeners in the know follow New York Philomusica for the thoughtful programming, varied repertoire and talented musicians brought from the world over to create a perfect blend. The ensemble�s wide appeal continues in the 2010-2011 season, with a little something for everyone, presented by supremely talented musicians in an intimate space that brings the audience as close as possible to the music.
BICENTENNIAL OPERA GALA
Saturday, March 5 at 8 pm
$100 "Angel" seating, $50 general admission through SmartTix.com. Tickets on sale November 1.
Enjoy an evening of arias, choruses, and other musical delights and raise funds for Park Avenue Christian Church's Alberti/Caplinger Music Fund.
MANHATTAN STRING QUARTET
Tuesday, March 22 at 8 pm
$50 "Angel" seating, $25 general admission through SmartTix.com. Tickets on sale November 1.
Manhattan String Quartet
Eric Lewis, violin
Calvin Wiersma, violin
John Dexter, viola
Chris Finckel, violoncello
Program:
TBD
Critically acclaimed as one of America's leading ensembles, the Manhattan String Quartet is celebrating its 41st season. Hailed by Michael Steinberg of the Boston Globe as "a national treasure", The Manhattan Quartet has appeared throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, Canada, Mexico and South America. Well known for their performances of 20th-century classics, the Manhattan String Quartet has established a significant international reputation as today's pre-eminent interpreter of the fifteen string quartets of Dmitri Shostakovich. In 2005, they presented the cycle to sold-out houses in Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan. The ensemble's benchmark transversal of the Shostakovich cycle was the only chamber music recording to make TIME Magazine's "Best of 1991" classical music list.
The Quartet appears regularly in the musical capitals of Europe including Paris, Prague, Budapest, Leipzig and Vienna. In 2005 they presented the Shostakovich quartet cycle in Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan to sold-out audiences. Since 1981 the Manhattan String Quartet has hosted annual teaching and performing conferences in the United States and Europe for young professional quartets and amateur string players.
PARK AVENUE GOSPEL FESTIVAL
Saturday, March 26 at 7 pm
$20 suggested donation at the door. Tickets on sale November 1.
april
PIANO RECITAL
Sunday, April 3 at 3 pm
Free and open to the public / Donations gratefully accepted
Igor Lovchinski, piano
CANTATAS IN CONTEXT: Good Friday Concert/Meditation
Friday, April 22 at 7 pm
$15 suggested donation at the door. Tickets on sale now at SmartTix.com
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Mary Greer, conductor
Program:
Tilge, Hoechster meine Sunden, BWV 1083 - Bach
EASTER SUNDAY SERVICES
Sunday, April 24
Quiet Joy Service at 9 am
Tradition service with Brass and Organ at 11 am
Gospel Service at 1 pm
MANHATTAN STRING QUARTET WORKSHOP
Saturday, April 30 at 4 pm
Free and open to the public
Eric Lewis, violin
Calvin Wiersma, violin
John Dexter, viola
Chris Finckel, violoncello
Program:
String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77 - Haydn
Critically acclaimed as one of America's leading ensembles, the Manhattan String Quartet is celebrating its 41st season. Since 1981 the ensemble has hosted annual teaching and performing conferences in the United States and Europe for young professional quartets and amateur string players. Join them for a free performance that concludes their day-long workshop at Park Avenue Christian Church.
may
WORLD MUSIC AT THE PARK: IRISH/CELTIC
Sunday, May 1 at 3 pm
$15 through SmartTix.com. Tickets on sale November 1.
NEW YORK PHILOMUSICA: The String Quintet as Divertissment
Thursday, May 5 at 8 pm
Meet the Artist program at 7:30 pm
Single concert: $30 regular, $25 seniors, $10 students.
Tickets on sale now at nyphilomusica.org.
Program:
Divertimento in D, Hob. IV:11 - Haydn
Quintet in B-flat - Mendelssohn
Quintet in E-flat, Op. 97 - Dvorak
New York listeners in the know follow New York Philomusica for the thoughtful programming, varied repertoire and talented musicians brought from the world over to create a perfect blend. The ensemble's wide appeal continues in the 2010-2011 season, with a little something for everyone, presented by supremely talented musicians in an intimate space that brings the audience as close as possible to the music.
St. Matthew Passion
Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 8 p.m.
Free tickets through SmartTix.com. Tickets available November 1.
Yale Schola Cantorum
Juilliard415
Program:
S t. Matthew Passion - Bach
CLARION MUSIC SOCIETY COLLEGIUM WEEK
Thursday, May 12 to Wednesday, May 18
Free and open to the public
OMEGA ENSEMBLE
Sunday, May 15 at 3 pm
Musical dialogue and reception with the artists will follow after the concert.
Free tickets through SmartTix.com. Tickets available November 1.
Elena Urioste, violin
Vicki Powell, viola
Nicholas Canellakis, violoncello
Doris Konig, piano
Program:
Sonata in B flat KV454 for piano and violin - Mozart
Seven Variations in E Flat Major from Mozart's "The Magic Flute" - Beethoven
String Trio for violin, viola and violincello - Martinů
The Omega Ensemble, a non-profit chamber music group whose mission is to introduce outstanding young artists to the public, is proud to introduce extraordinary, award-winning young classical musicians to the public. The Omega Ensemble's free "Gift to the City" concert series has been presented to New Yorkers since 1980. Omega Ensemble's young artists have won major competitions, performed with major orchestras, won Avery Fisher Grant Awards and perform with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two.
CLARION MUSIC SOCIETY: Judas Maccabaeus
Tuesday, May 17 at 8 pm
Free pre-concert lecture by Ellen Harris at 7 pm
$50 "Angel" seating, $35 general admission through SmartTix.com
Clarion Orchestra and Choir
Anna Dennis, soprano
Daniel Taylor, counter-tenor
Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor
Jesse Blumberg, bass-baritone
Steven Fox, conductor
Program:
Judas Maccabaeus - Handel
The Clarion Orchestra and Choir perform George Frideric Handel's masterpiece, Judas Maccabaeus. Written five years after Messiah to celebrate the English victory over the Scots at the Battle of Culloden, Judas Maccabaeus tells the story of the great Judean freedom fighter. This three-part oratorio, featuring virtuosic arias and rousing choruses, is a rich, emotional journey from grief and hopelessness to the dream of peace and triumph. This performance caps Clarion's educational week spotlighting Handel, and presented together with the New York Collegium.
Clarion Collegium Week offers free master classes and lectures on Baroque performance practice and performance on period instruments. For information on attending or participating in a class, please check the Clarion website.
OTTOWA BACH CHOIR
Sunday, May 22 at 3 pm
$20, $15 seniors/students through SmartTix.com. Tickets on sale November 1.
june
SymphoNY CHORUS
Sunday, June 5 at 3 and 7 pm
$20, $15 seniors/students through SmartTix.com. Tickets on sale November 1.
BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION CONCERT
Sunday, June 12
$20, $15 seniors/students through SmartTix.com. Tickets on sale November 1.
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