Music in NYC: Schubert Quintet at Aspect Chamber Concert

September 16, 2019October 22, 2019 arts-NY 1 Comment

Music in NYC: Schubert Quintet at Aspect Chamber Concert

The ASPECT Chamber Music Series opens its 2019-2020 season of classical music performances and illustrated talks with Schubert Quintet on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 7:30 pm at the Italian Academy of Columbia University.

The concert features the Formosa Quartet and cellist Peter Wiley in Schubert’s String Quintet

Franz Schubert; Formosa Quartet; cellist Peter Wiley — Franz Schubert by W. A. Rieder (1875); Formosa Quartet, photo by Sam Zauscher; cellist Peter Wiley

Composed in the last year of composer’s short life, Schubert’s String Quintet is recognized as one of the finest compositions in the composer oeuvre. By adding a second cello to the string quartet, Schubert was able to exploit dark and mellow sounds. The result is surely the most poignant of all his chamber works – one in which light and shade, drama and serenity are presented in constant alternation.

Composer, writer, and producer Misha Donat presents an illustrated talk about the music composed by Schubert in his last year. The concert features the Formosa Quartet and cellist Peter Wiley.

Schubert Quintet performance on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 7.30 pm opens the 2019-2020 Aspect Chamber Music Series season of enlightening concerts and talks.

Program

Schubert — String Quintet in C Major, D956; Formosa Quartet with Peter Wiley, cello

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Music in NYC: Pavel Nersessian, Piano and Katrin Bulke, Soprano in GetClassical Recital

August 28, 2019October 1, 2019 arts-NY 1 Comment

Music in NYC: Pavel Nersessian, Piano and Katrin Bulke, Soprano in GetClassical Recital

GetClassical and the Foundation For The Revival Of Classical Culture in collaboration with St. John’s in the Village open their inaugural season with a program of Mozart, Schubert, Bellini, and Verdi performed by Pavel Nersessian, piano, and Katrin Bulke, soprano; on Sat. Sept. 21 at 7.30 pm

A very special selection of songs and arias by Mozart, Schubert, Bellini, and Verdi opens a new classical music series organized by GetClassical in School. Pavel Nersessian, a Russian piano master recognized for the lyrical breadth and elegance of style, is teaming up with a German soprano Katrin Bulke for an evening of gorgeous music.

Inspired by the success of Rhapsody in School, a popular program that introduces classical music and musicians to school students in Germany, GetClassical in School aims to share the joy and spark the love of classical music amongst school children in New York City. To do that, the musicians participating in the program are visiting city classrooms bringing with them the gift of classical music to students. The initiative is supported by the Foundation For The Revival of Classical Culture, Naxos of America, Inc., among other organizations.

The season-opening recital takes place at St.John’s in the Village on Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 7.30 pm.

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Music in NYC: Mozart a la Haydn by Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and Steven Osborne, piano

July 9, 2019October 1, 2019 arts-NY

Music in NYC: Mozart a la Haydn by Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and Steven Osborne, piano

Mostly Mozart Festival Finale with Mozart à la Haydn program performed by pianist Steven Osborne and Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra with Louis Langrée conducting on Friday, August 9, 2019 at 7:30 pm and Saturday, August 10, 2019 at 7:30 pm at David Geffen Hall

Steven Osborne, piano, Louis Langree, conductor, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra — Steven Osborne, piano (photo Benjamin Ealovega), Louis Langree, conductor (photo Jennifer Taylor), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra (photo Richard Termine)

The Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra’s 2019 season ends on a lighthearted note, with four works that are more connected than they may seem at first glance. Pianist Steven Osborne performs the cheerful piano concerto Shostakovich composed for his son Maxim’s 19th birthday. Maxim, then a budding pianist, is said to have been the inspiration for the tongue-in-cheek inclusion of the Hanon piano exercises in the final movement, a musical joke. Schnittke displays a similar sense of humor in his Moz-Art à la Haydn, in which every note in the piece has been repurposed from either Haydn or Mozart. Beginning with dimmed lights, it quotes Haydn’s “Farewell” Symphony and Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, incorporating stage-play among the musicians, and, like the Farewell, leaving the conductor alone at the end. Mozart’s beloved “Haffner” Symphony, one of the composer’s most challenging, yet fun, works, is a joyous conclusion to the summer.

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Program

Haydn: Overture in D major, Hob. Ia:7

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102

Schnittke: Moz-Art à la Haydn

Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K.385 (“Haffner”)

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Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Bandoneonist JP Jofre

June 7, 2019October 1, 2019 arts-NY 1 Comment

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Bandoneonist JP Jofre

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts Series presents Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with bandoneon virtuoso JP Jofre in free program Pasión – A Concert Of Spanish/South American Music; on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 7 pm at Temple Emmanu-El

On Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 7pm, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra returns to Naumburg Orchestral Concerts for the series’ 114th season, this year held in Temple Emmanu-El due to repairs on the iconic Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park.

The free program, titled Pasión – A Concert Of Spanish/South American Music, features bandoneon virtuoso JP Jofre in his own composition Tangodromo 1 for bandoneon and strings (2016) and Piazzolla’s Adiós Nonino for bandoneon and strings. Orpheus recorded Jofre’s Double Concerto for Violin and Bandoneon with Jofre and violinist Michael Guttman for a 2018 release on the Progressive Sounds Label.

JP Jofre, bandoneonist ; photo credit Mihyun Kang

The program also includes Turina’s La Oración del torero, Op. 34; Rodrigo’s Zarabanda lejana y villancico; Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas Brasilieras No. 9; Gabriela Lena Frank’s “Chasqui and Coqueteos” from Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout; and Ponce’s Estampas Nocturnas.

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Program:
Joaquin Turina (1882-1949): La Oración del torero, for string orchestra, Op. 34
Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999): Zarabanda lejana y villancico
Juan Pablo Jofre (b. 1983): Tangodromo 1 for bandoneon and strings
JP Jofre, bandoneon
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992): Adiós Nonino, for bandoneon and strings
JP Jofre, bandoneon
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959): Bachianas Brasilieras No. 9 for string orchestra
Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972): “Chasqui and Coqueteos” from Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout
Manuel Ponce (1882-1948): Estampas Nocturnas
La Noche
En tiempos del rey sol
Arrulladora
Scherzo de Puck

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Category: Classical Music