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New York City Classical Concerts A selection of upcoming live music |
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| 23 July 2014 | |
| 7.30pm Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia 2537 Broadway (at 95th St) New York NY United States of America Details: Web site | New York Choral Society 54th Annual Summer Sings - Handel: Messiah |
| 25 July 2014 | |
| 6pm The Lincoln Center Hearst Plaza 40 Lincoln Center Plaza New York NY 10023 United States of America Details: Web site | John Luther Adams: Sila: The Breath of the World (first performance) In a co-presentation with Lincoln Center Out of Doors, the 2014 summer festivities begin: Doug Perkins, musical director M|M Mark DeChiazza, choreographer M|M Featuring members of Contemporaneous M|M The Crossing M|M eighth blackbird M|M Face the Music M|M Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble M|M Hotel Elefant M|M JACK Quartet M|M Meehan/Perkins Duo M|M Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players M|M TIGUE M|M TILT Brass M|M JOHN LUTHER ADAMS: Sila: The Breath of the World (world premiere) |
| 26 July 2014 | |
| 7.30pm Avery Fisher Hall 10 Lincoln Center Plaza #132 New York NY 10023 United States of America Details: Web site | Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Our summer celebration launches with typical joie de vivre as Louis Langrée leads the acclaimed Festival Orchestra. |
| The Lincoln Center Hearst Plaza 40 Lincoln Center Plaza New York NY 10023 United States of America Details: Web site | John Luther Adams: Sila: The Breath of the World In the Inuit tradition, sila is the spirit that animates all things, including the wind and the weather ... John Luther Adams, Composer M|M Doug Perkins, musical director M|M Mark DeChiazza, choreographer M|M Featuring members of Contemporaneous M|M The Crossing M|M eighth blackbird M|M Face the Music M|M Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble M|M Hotel Elefant M|M JACK Quartet M|M Meehan/Perkins Duo M|M Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players M|M TIGUE M|M TILT Brass M|M JOHN LUTHER ADAMS: Sila: The Breath of the World (world premiere) |
| 29 July 2014 | |
| 8pm Avery Fisher Hall 10 Lincoln Center Plaza #132 New York NY 10023 United States of America Details: Web site | Richard Goode, interpreter Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Louis Langrée, leader Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23 Mozart: 'Jupiter' Symphony Louis Langrée and the Festival Orchestra launch another unforgettable summer with an evening of Mozart. |
| 8pm Queens Theatre 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens New York NY United States of America Details: Web site +1 718 760 0064 US$ 30 | GlamourTango, Tango in Feminine Form 2014 Latino Cultural Festival GlamourTango is a celebration of tango in feminine form, performed by an international company of world-renowned female musicians, dancers, and vocalists. This unique multimedia music and dance show, conceived by Polly Ferman, and directed by her from the piano, is a tribute to women in Tango, with an all-female cast. It includes clips from 1940s-era black and white Argentinean films and takes the audience on a musical journey through the 20th century with a different and renewed vision of the role of the woman in Tango. |
| 30 July 2014 | |
| 7.30pm Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia 2537 Broadway (at 95th St.) New York NY United States of America Details: Web site | Verdi: Requiem New York Choral Society 54th Annual Summer Sings! |
| 8pm Avery Fisher Hall 10 Lincoln Center Plaza #132 New York NY United States of America | Opening Night: Richard Goode Louis Langrée Festival Orchestra Richard Goode, piano Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23 Mozart: 'Jupiter' Symphony Louis Langrée and the Festival Orchestra launch another unforgettable summer with an evening of Mozart. |
| 31 July 2014 | |
| Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse 165 West 65th St New York NY United States of America | A Little Night Music Richard Goode, piano J S Bach: Preludes and Fugues Nos 1 and 16 from the Well-tempered Clavier, Book II Schubert: Sonata in B-flat major, D 960 The masterful pianist and native New Yorker captures the wistfulness and yearning of Schubert’s final piano sonata. |
| 1 August 2014 | |
| 10pm Stanley H Kaplan Penthouse 165 West 65th St, 10th Floor New York NY United States of America Details: Web site | A Little Night Music: Steven Osborne, piano Acclaimed Scottish pianist Steven Osborne offers an evening of Schubert gems, including his first set of Impromptus. |
| 2 August 2014 | |
| 10pm Stanley H Kaplan Penthouse 165 West 65th St, 10th Floor New York NY United States of America Details: Web site | A Little Night Music Antoine Tamestit, viola The impeccable Antoine Tamestit was so enamored of Bach's Cello Suites the first time he heard them, he briefly considered switching instruments. He performs two suites on viola, juxtaposed with Hindemith's Sonata for solo viola, alternately moving and wild. |
| 4 August 2014 | |
| 10pm Stanley H Kaplan Penthouse 165 West 65th St, 10th Floor New York NY United States of America Details: Web site | Martin Fröst, clarinet Mozart: Trio in E-flat major ('Kegelstatt') Debussy: Première rhapsodie Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata 'Until you've heard Martin Fröst, you really haven't heard the clarinet.' - The Times |
| 6 August 2014 | |
| 7.30pm Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia 2537 Broadway (at 95th St) New York NY United States of America Details: Web site | New York Choral Society 54th Annual Summer Sings! - Vivaldi: Gloria; Fauré: Requiem |
| 7 August 2014 | |
| 7.30pm David H Koch Theater 20 Lincoln Center Plaza New York NY 10023 United States of America | Mark Morris Dance Group - Acis and Galatea Mark Morris Dance Group Mark Morris, director and choreographer Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale Nicholas McGegan, conductor Sherezade Panthaki, soprano M|M Thomas Cooley, tenor M|M Zach Finkelstein, tenor Douglas Williams, bass-baritone M|M Adrianne Lobel, scenic design Isaac Mizrahi, costume design Michael Chybowski, lighting design Handel (arr Mozart): Acis and Galatea Morris partners with longtime collaborator and early-music specialist Nicholas McGegan to tell Ovid’s triumphant love story of the shepherd Acis and the sea nymph Galatea. |
| 7.30pm Alice Tully Hall 1941 Broadway New York NY United States of America Details: Web site | The acclaimed Paavo Järvi and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen deliver this all-Brahms program |
| 8 August 2014 | |
| 7.30pm David Koch Theater 20 Lincoln Center Plaza New York NY United States of America | Mark Morris Dance Group - Acis and Galatea Mark Morris Dance Group Mark Morris, director and choreographer Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale Nicholas McGegan, conductor Sherezade Panthaki, soprano M|M Thomas Cooley, tenor M|M Zach Finkelstein, tenor Douglas Williams, bass-baritone M|M Adrianne Lobel, scenic design Isaac Mizrahi, costume design Michael Chybowski, lighting design Handel: Acis and Galatea Morris partners with longtime collaborator and early-music specialist Nicholas McGegan to tell Ovid’s triumphant love story of the shepherd Acis and the sea nymph Galatea. |
| 9 August 2014 | |
| 7.30pm David H. Koch Theater 20 Lincoln Center Plaza New York NY United States of America Details: Web site | Mark Morris Dance Group: Acis and Galatea Morris partners with longtime collaborator and early-music specialist Nicholas McGegan to tell Ovid’s triumphant love story of the shepherd Acis and the sea nymph Galatea. Mark Morris Dance Group Mark Morris, director and choreographer Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale Nicholas McGegan, conductor Sherezade Panthaki, soprano M|M Thomas Cooley, tenor M|M Zach Finkelstein, tenor Douglas Williams, bass-baritone M|M Adrianne Lobel, scenic design Isaac Mizrahi, costume design Michael Chybowski, lighting design |
| 13 August 2014 | |
| 7.30pm Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia 2537 Broadway (at 95th St.) New York NY United States of America Details: Web site | New York Choral Society 54th Annual Summer Sings!-Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem |
| 14 August 2014 | |
| 10pm Stanley H Kaplan Penthouse 165 West 65th St, 10th Floor New York NY United States of America Details: Web site | A Little Night Music Xavier de Maistre, harp Pescetti: Sonata in C minor Mozart: Keyboard Sonata in C major, K 545 Liszt: Le rossignol Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra Fauré: Impromptu, Op 86 Caplet: Divertissements Smetana: Moldau |
| 17 August 2014 | |
| 5pm Park Avenue Armory, Board of Officers Room 643 Park Ave New York NY United States of America Details: Web site | International Contemporary Ensemble |
| 19 August 2014 | |
| 7.30pm Park Avenue Armory, Board of Officers Room 643 Park Ave New York NY United States of America Details: Web site | International Contemporary Ensemble |
| 20 August 2014 | |
| 7.30pm Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia 2537 Broadway (at 95th St) New York NY United States of America Details: Web site | New York Choral Society 54th Annual Summer Sings!-Mozart: Requiem |
| 21 August 2014 | |
| 7.30pm Park Avenue Armory, Board of Officers Room 643 Park Ave New York NY United States of America Details: Web site | International Contemporary Ensemble |
| 10pm Stanley H Kaplan Penthouse 165 West 65th St, 10th Floor New York NY United States of America Details: Web site | A Little Night Music Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin Enescu: Ménétrier, from Impressions d'enfance J S Bach: Chaconne, from Partita No 2 Bartók: Sonata Moldovan ingénue Patricia Kopatchinskaja shows off her fiery style with Enescu, Bach and Bartók. |
| 27 August 2014 | |
| 7.30pm Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia 2537 Broadway (at 95th St.) New York NY United States of America Details: Web site | New York Choral Society 54th Annual Summer Sings!-Orff: Carmina Burana |
| 9 November 2014 | |
| 8pm Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center 1941 Broadway New York NY 10023 United States of America Details: Web site US$20-100 | An emotional, musical journey through the Holocaust Distinguished Concerts Orchestra Distinguished Concerts Singers International Donald McCullough, conductor Jonathan Griffith, DCINY artistic director Donald McCullough: Holocaust Cantata: Songs from the Camps Zane Zalis: I Believe – A Holocaust Oratorio for Today Based on original music sung by incarcerated inmates in Holocaust concentration camps, Holocaust Cantata: Songs from the Camps is an emotional, musical journey through one of the bleakest episodes in human history. I Believe - A Holocaust Oratorio For Today is a singular large scale work divided into 12 movements using the artistic forces of a symphony orchestra, large mixed chorus, children’s chorus, ensembles, soloists and narrator. The artistic architecture is influenced by a host of sources all in service to capture the essence of a story that needs to be told, in a plea for awareness, understanding and peace. |