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New York City Classical Concerts A selection of upcoming live music |
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| 23 May 2013 | |
| 8pm Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall 154 West 57th Street New York NY 10019 United States of America Details: Web site +1 212 247 7800 US$35 general, $20 students and seniors | Sergei Kvitko in a Solo Piano Debut at Carnegie Hall Sergei Kvitko, piano with Lucas Segovia and Kara Zimmerman of Joffrey Ballet of Chicago Sergei Kvitko, acclaimed pianist, composer, recording engineer and producer, presents a solo piano recital that includes Enrique Granados’ rarely performed, exquisitely passionate and profoundly poetic suite Escenas Romanticas; Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition – the monumental interpretation, recording of which American Record Guide proclaimed “among the best ever made,” and his original virtuoso transcriptions of Bach’s Prelude in C Major – an unexpectedly romantic take on the famous piece; Mussorgsky’s Trepak from “Songs and Dances of Death”- dark and mysterious song transcribed for solo piano in tradition of Schubert-Liszt arrangements; and Eugène Ysaÿe’s Solo Violin Sonata No. 3 “Ballade” – violin bravura masterpiece in its first ever daring arrangement for piano. For the performance of Granados’ Escenas Románticas, Sergei will be joined on the stage by Lucas Segovia and Kara Zimmerman, the stars of the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, for a unique mini-ballet choreographed exclusively for this collaboration. |
| 31 May 2013 | |
| 8pm Elebash Recital Hall 365 Fifth Ave New York NY 10016 United States of America Free | Ensemble Linea Ensemble Linea: Maiko Matsuoka, violin Jessica Rona, viola Johannes Burghoff, cello Anna d'Errico, piano Keiko Murakami, flute Andrea Nagy, clarinet Jean-Philippe Wurtz, conductor Tristan Murail : treize couleurs du soleil couchant (1978) (flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello) Bruno Mantovani : d'un rêve parti (2000) (flute, clarinet, piano, violin, viola and cello) Georges Aperghis: Rasch (for bass clarinet and viola) (first performance) Philippe Hurel: Pour Luigi (1994) (flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello) Raphaël Cendo: Rokh I (2010) for flute, violin, cello and piano (first US performance) Ensemble Linea, internationally recognized as one of the best contemporary ensembles in France, is returning to the United States for its second overseas tour. In 2011, Linea made their US debut in a joint concert with the Talea Ensemble in a performance that earned high praise from the New York Times and Musical America. Steve Smith of Time Out New York calls the group 'a torchbearer for uncompromising modernism'. Ensemble Linea's 2013 visit to New York is a two day festival of free events culminating in a performance on Friday 31 May 2013 at 8 pm in Elebash Recital Hall featuring U.S. and world premieres. |
| 1 June 2013 | |
| 7pm Symphony Space 2537 Broadway New York NY 10025 United States of America Details: Emily Wong Web site US$25, 35, 45 | The Chelsea Symphony Season Finale, featuring Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor, violin The Chelsea Symphony Yaniv Segal, Mark Seto and Matthew Aubin, conductors Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town O'Connor: Improvised Violin Concerto (first NYC performance) O'Connor: Americana Symphony |
| 8pm Carnegie Hall 881 7th Avenue New York NY 10019 United States of America Details: Web site | Nicholas McGegan conducts the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in a program of Mozart and Haydn. |
| 4 June 2013 | |
| 8pm Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center 10 Lincoln Center Plaza New York NY 10023 United States of America Details: Glenn Askin Web site +1 212 362 2727 US$35-75 | Reformation Finale Concert Layla Claire, soprano Benjamin Butterfield, tenor American Classical Orchestra Thomas Crawford, conductor Witt: Symphony in C Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5, 'Reformation' Mozart and Rossini Arias Two Metropolitan Opera stars will grace the stage to conclude the ACO's season. Layla Claire, one of the most sought after young singers in today’s opera world, will give her Alice Tully Hall debut. Layla arrives in the afterglow of her February 2011 performances as Marenka in Smetana’s The Bartered Bride at the Metropolitan Opera under the baton of James Levine. Canadian tenor Benjamin Butterfield is a favorite among both early music and contemporary music audiences. His elegant tenor voice takes center stage in Mozart’s commanding aria ‘Misero…O sogno.' But our season finale may hold the best for last, as we perform the Reformation Symphony. Mendelssohn’s scoring of the hymn ‘Ein feste Burg’ is thrilling, edge-of-your-seat music. |