Andrea Bocelli returns to MetOpera stage with Italian Opera Favorites recital on February 10, 2020 at 7.30 pm
Andrea Bocelli at Premio Faraglioni 2009; photo by Sannita / Image licensed by Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
Andrea Bocelli returns to New York for two Sunday evenings of operatic recitals at the Metropolitan Opera House. The program will feature the opera fan’s favorite love duets, arias, and songs. Bocelli will appear with renown international stars and members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra under the baton of Eugene Kohn. These unique musical events promise an unforgettable joy and entertainment.
This year recital by the master of Italian Opera follows a pair of triumphant recitals on the MetOpera stage in 2019. Before 2019, Bocelli was absent from the Met Opera stage for the past seven years, so his return was highly anticipated by the delighted fans. This year recital is another treat for the lucky audience promising a genuine performance of the timeless favorites. Click below for tickets:
World premiere arrangement for chamber orchestra of Tchaikovsky’s beloved collection of piano vignettes The Seasons and Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons will be performed at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, January 25, 7PM
Jessie Montgomery and Jannina Norpoth’s world premiere arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s endearing collection of piano miniatures The Seasons is paired with Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, performed by violinist Vadim Gluzman with the insight and warmth that make him one of Orpheus’ favorite collaborators.
Program:
TCHAIKOVSKY arr. Jessie Montgomery and Jannina Norpoth: The Seasons, Op. 37a
VIVALDI: The Four Seasons
Tickets start at $25 | Student tickets are $15 | Groups of 8 or more save 25%
Experience the music up close with Maestro David Bernard and Park Avenue Chamber Symphony on November 23, 2019; presenting two InsideOut™ Concert programs: the family event at 2 pm and the full experience at 5 pm at The Dimenna Center for Classical Music
Maestro David Bernard, Clarinetist Jon Manasse, Park Avenue Chamber Orchestra at InsideOut Concert / Image courtesy of the musicians
Immersive is a buzz word in a lot of disciplines from theater to engineering to art. Now you can get an immersive experience with a symphony orchestra. The highly acclaimed Maestro David Bernard and Park Avenue Chamber Symphony invites its audiences to sit right next to the musicians at their InsideOut Concerts.
The 2019-2020 InsideOut Concert season starts with the Sounds of America events on November 23, 2019 at The Dimenna Center for Classical Music. Covering American modern history from the austerity of the frontier exploration to the jazzy vibe of the Golden Age era to an all-American Romeo and Juliet love tale in Bernstein’s West Side Story, the program of music by Copland and Bernstein is bound to touch the hearts and minds of the audience in the almost literal sense. The movements of the bows in the string section, the clarity of the sound from the wind instruments absorbed while sitting next to the musicians and the tense beat of the percussionists will pull everyone in the sound fabric created under the maestro Bernard’s baton. Once experienced, that special appreciation of tuning in with those who make the music will stay with the concert-goers forever.
Elliott Forest, a beloved WQXR Radio Personality and multi-media producer, designed a montage of images that will be projected while the orchestra will perform Copland’s Appalachian Spring Suite. The combination of music, experienced from within the orchestra, and the visuals selected by Forrest, will be unforgettable.
Program
Copland Appalachian Spring Suite
Copland Clarinet Concerto Jon Manasse, Soloist
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Space is very limited, so reserve your seats now. The Family event at 2 pm is shorter (less music) and features an Instrument Zoo which is designed for children, their parents, and caregivers. The Full InsideOut Concert Experience is at 5 pm followed by reception.
Haunted Minds program of music by Bartok and Shostakovich on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 7:30 pm at the Italian Academy of Columbia University; performed by the Ariel Quartet with the illuminated talk by musicologist Nicholas Chong
Bela Bartok; Dmitry Shostakovich; the Ariel Quartet, photo credit Marco Borggreve
Aspect Chamber Music Series continues its season with Haunted Minds program. Music by Shostakovich and Bartok will be performed by Ariel Quartet with the illuminated talk by musicologist Nicholas Chong. Chong will dive deep into the circumstances and traumatic experiences that made lasting impressions on the composers. While quite different at their core, those experiences influenced not only composers’ day to day life but also led to an inward search for inspiration.
Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8 included in the program is interpreted as a requiem written Shostakovich to himself. In the atmosphere of distrust and political scapegoating orchestrated by Stalin’s regime, Shostakovich came under criticism for the complexity of his compositions and its incomprehensibility by the laypeople of Soviet Union. Rightfully fearing for his life and liberty, Shostakovich wrote String Quartet No. 8 as a musical response to personal crises. It is full of references to his prior works and his musical monogram. The music by both composers reveals a lot about how the confrontation with darkness can ultimately lead back to the light.
Recipient of numerous international awards, the Ariel Quartet is well known to audiences around the globe for the depth of musical interpretation and its passionate performances. The concert on November 14, 2019 will surely be no exception offering a delightful evening for music lovers.
