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| 10 October 2025 until 1 November 2025 | |
| 8.pm American Contemporary Ballet at Bank of America Plaza 333 S. Hope St., Suite C-150 Los Angeles 90071 Details: Alex Lusaka Web site +1213 304 3408 $65-$140 | Death and the Maiden with Burlesque: Variation IX DEATH COMES FOR US ALL. THIS OCTOBER. ACB presents Death and the Maiden with Burlesque: Variation IX The annual October start of American Contemporary Ballet’s performance season has become an unmissable way for the culturally inclined to celebrate Halloween. The company opens its 14th season with two mysterious new ballets. When Franz Schubert realized his death from syphilis was imminent he created one of the most moving meditations on death — and greatest pieces of music — ever written. Haunting, otherworldly, and seductive, it’s as powerful today as when it was created. ACB Director Lincoln Jones sets his ballet Death and the Maiden to a live performance of the composer’s memento mori, complete with opera singers and an eerie staging in which characters appear to levitate and disappear into darkness. The title of the piece is a motif from Renaissance art symbolizing the idea that no matter how young and beautiful you are, death can come at any time. It’s perhaps a fitting (if not somewhat chilling) reminder for a town that can be fixated on those attributes. “I love Halloween, but I never felt it went far enough,” says Jones. Once you’ve outgrown jump scares, there doesn't seem to be a way to revel in the mysteries and beauty of darkness.” Death and the Maiden is presented with Burlesque: Variation IX, a premiere that takes audiences further down the rabbit hole opened by last October’s Burlesque. Death and the Maiden is danced to live performances of Franz Schubert's Der Tod und Das Madchen, and vocal performances of several of his lieder: Du bist die Ruh, D.776 Gretchen am Spinnrade, D.118 String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor (Der Tod und das Mädchen), D.810 -Andante con moto -Scherzo.Allegro molto - Trio Presto -Allegro -Der Tod und das Mädchen, D.531 Burlesque: Variation IX is danced to live performances of several George Frederic Handle pieces, performed on harpsichord: -Suite for Piano No. 7 in G Minor HWV 432: VI. Passacaille -Sarabande Suite No. 4 in D Minor HMV 437 -“Lascia ch’io pianga” HWV 7 |
| 3 October 2025 | |
| 7.00pm The Ellington Room at Manhattan Plaza 400 W 43rd St New York 10036 Details: Gene Pritsker Web site 6465229442 Free Event | Composers Concordance Presents - Evan Francis and Steve Sandberg Duo Evan Francis, flute, clarinet, and saxophones Steve Sandberg, piano Frank Wagner, bass Composers Concordance On Friday, Oct. 3 at 7pm, Composers Concordance continues its 42nd season with a concert at Manhattan Plaza’s Ellington Room featuring multi-woodwind virtuoso Evan Francis, pianist/composer Steve Sandberg, and bassist Frank Wagner. They’ll perform new works by Dan Cooper, Francis, Eugene W. McBride, Gene Pritsker, Sandberg, and Wagner. The concert will also be live-streamed on Composers Concordance’s Facebook page. |
| 11 October 2025 | |
| 7.00pm Hardware Gallery 154 Chambers Street New York 10007 Details: Gene Pritsker Web site 6465229442 $20 in advance, $30 at the door | Composers Concordance Presents - Interpretations of Art @ Hardware Gallery Michiyo Suzuki, bass clarinet Gene Pritsker, guitar Artie Dibble, viola Laurence Goldman, bass CompCord Murderers' Row of Poets: Ruthie Adamson AKA Wonky Wordsmith Roger Aplon, Robert C. Ford, John S. Hall, Peter Christian Hall, Jim Kempner, Imelda O'Reilly, John Pietaro Artists: Ford Crull, Scot Borofsky Composers Concordance On Sat. Oct. 11 at 7pm, Composers Concordance presents Interpretations of Art at Hardware Gallery, where music, poetry, and visual art converge. The CompCord Ensemble—Michiyo Suzuki, Gene Pritsker, Artie Dibble, and Laurence Goldman—premieres works inspired by artists Ford Crull and Scot Borofsky, alongside new compositions by eight composers. The CompCord Murderers' Row of Poets will recite original poetry written for the occasion. |
| 3 October 2025 until 5 October 2025 | |
| 1.30pm Christ Church Christiana Hundred 505 E Buck Rd Wilmington 19118 Details: Rachel Romean Web site 215-755-8776 $35 | New World Recorders =Gwyn Roberts, recorder Heloïse Degrugillier, recorder Emily O'Brien, recorder Rainer Beckmann, recorder Matthew Locke: Suites No 3, 5 and 6 from Consorts in Fower Parts Henry Purcell: Chaconnes and Fantazias John Jenkins: Fantasia in F & Air in A minor |
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