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Music in NYC: Bargemusic Masterworks Series with Sophia Agranovich, Piano

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Music in NYC: Bargemusic Masterworks Series with Sophia Agranovich, Piano

Music by Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn, and Liszt performed by Sophia Agranovich, pianist at Bargemusic Masterworks Series on Friday, August 4, 2023 at 7 pm

Sophia Agranovich, piano in Bargemusic Masterworks Series is sitting by the piano with a Manhattan skyline in the window of the Bargemuisc Hall
Sophia Agranovich, piano in Bargemusic Masterworks Series / Photo credit: Bill Walendzinski

Bargemusic Masterworks Series will feature a piano recital by an acclaimed musician Sophia Agranovich on Friday, August 4, 2023, at 7 pm. Called by the critics “a tigress of the keyboard,” Ms. Agranovich is best known for playing music by Golden Age Romantic composers. Her program at the Bargemusic includes works by Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn, and Liszt.

Bargemusic’s unbeatable location on a floating barge at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge will color your night with the unforgettable lower Manhattan skyline, shimmering lights reflected in the East River, and the gentle sound of waves. The concert runs without intermission; seats are limited so book ahead.

 

 

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Program:

  • Beethoven Fantasia in G minor – B major, Op. 77
  • Schumann Papillons, Op. 2
  • Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61
  • Mendelssohn Albumblatt in E minor, Op. 117 / Rondo Capriccioso in E Major, Op. 14
  • Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13 in A minor

 

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Opera in NY: New Opera Scenes by Emerging Composers

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Opera in NY: New Opera Scenes by Emerging Composers

NEW OPERA SCENES CREATED IN THE 2019-2021 COMPOSERS & THE VOICE PROGRAM

New Opera Scenes by Emerging Composers
Image courtesy of C&V/American Opera Project

This September, The American Opera Project (AOP) kicks off its 33rd season with premiere music from five distinctive new operas at an outdoor concert in its home neighborhood of Fort Greene, Brooklyn. C&V SCENE AND HEARD showcases opera scenes from five emerging composers  – Matt Frey, Alaina Ferris, Michael Lanci, Mary Prescott, and Jessica Rudman – who created the works during their fellowships in AOP’s opera writing program Composers & the Voice (C&V). The biannual event is a rare look at the creative process in action, hosted by C&V Artistic Director Steven Osgood.

The scenes will be performed by C&V’s resident opera singers Jasmine Muhammad (lyric soprano, Metropolitan Opera), Timothy Stoddard (tenor, Bare Opera), Justine Aronson (coloratura soprano, Bang on a Can Summer Festival), and Mario Diaz-Moresco (baritone, Glimmerglass Opera), as well as guest artists Nina Riley (soprano, Bronx Opera), Victoria Davis (soprano, Washington National Opera), Blythe Gaissert (mezzo-soprano, Metropolitan Opera, LA Opera), and Cáitlín Burke (mezzo-soprano, Wolf Trap Opera).

 

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Date: SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 | 3pm EDT
Venue: Tent next to the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, NY
www.nycgovparks.org/parks/fort-greene-park

Tickets: General admission tickets are available via Eventbrite for $25

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/composers-the-voice-scene-and-heard-tickets-168150004189

Health and Safety Protocols

All audience members will be required to show proof of full vaccination (your final dose was administered at least 14 days before the performance date). Masks are optional. At check-in, audience members will be required to show proof of full vaccination using either the NEW YORK STATE EXCELSIOR PASS or a hard copy/photo of your vaccination card alongside a form of ID. Performers will be distanced but unmasked.
https://www.aopopera.org/cvscenes21
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/composers-the-voice-scene-and-heard-tickets-168150004189

 

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Theater in NY: About Alice at TFANA in Brooklyn, NY

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Theater in NY: About Alice at TFANA in Brooklyn, NY

Theatre For a New Audience presents a play by Calvin Trillin “About Alice” on January 8 – February 3, 2019

Carrie Paff as Alice, Jeffrey Bean as Calvin in "About Alice" at TFANA
Carrie Paff as Alice, Jeffrey Bean as Calvin in “About Alice” at TFANA; photo by Henry Grossman

Shortly after Calvin Trillin’s memoir “About Alice” was published  in 2007, it was adapted by the author for a two-character play. Trillin, a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, wrote movingly about his late wife Alice in several books and essays.  At the suggestion of TFANA artistic director Jeffrey Horowitz who knew Alice when she was making an educational series on PBS, the work on the play “About Alice” continued for some time culminating in this theatrical run at TFANA.

The genuine performance by Jeffrey Bean as Calvin Trillin and Carrie Paff as Alice tell a touching story of how they met at a party, fell in love, and kept the precious light of their love burning for many years. It is telling that when a shorter version of the memoir “Alice, Off the Page” appeared in The New Yorker, people who did not know Alice personally kept writing to Mr. Trillin about their fascination with his wife’s cheerful nature, happiness with the world around her, and a sense of wholeness. With humor and utmost love the play tactfully lets the audience into the family life with all of its ups and downs. Get tickets at 56% off with TodayTIX

 

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Music in NY: Bargemusic Piano Recital by Asiya Korepanova

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Music in NY: Bargemusic Piano Recital by Asiya Korepanova

Music by Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, and Poulenc by pianist Asiya Korepanova at Bargemusic in Brooklyn, NY on Friday, August 17, 2018

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Pianist Asiya Korepanova; photo by Emil Matveev

Unique and intimate Brooklyn hangout spot for the classical music connoisseurs, Bargemusic is presenting a rising star Asiya Korepanova with a solo recital in the Masterworks Series program of Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, and Poulenc. Originally conceived as the “3B with a twist” concert program, the evening promises to offer the depth of interpretation which will be appreciated by both the consummate piano fans and those in search of new experiences.

Bargemusic’s nonpareil location on a floating barge at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge will color your night with the unforgettable lower Manhattan skyline, shimmering lights reflected in the East River and the gentle sound of waves. The concert runs without the intermission and seats are limited so book ahead.

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