April 2008
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Monday, April 14
The New York Philharmonic
Merkin Concert Hall, at 10:30 am

Joseph Pereira, host   •   Dorian Rence, writer and narrator
Musicians of the New York Philharmonic


Very Young People's Concert

Featuring French music, with a focus on Maurice Ravel, set to the continuing adventures of Philippe the Penguin.

Designed especially for 3-6-year-olds


Roberta Michel
Trinity Church, St. Paul's Chapel, at 1:00 pm

Roberta Michel, flute   •   Chiu-Yuan Chen, clarinet   •   Mariko Furukawa, piano


Works by Danzi, Carter and Lin


Trinity Church
Broadway at Wall Street

Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church at 2:00 pm

Guest soloists: Adam Neiman piano   •  Rachel Barton Pine violin
Frank Morelli bassoon   •   Gina Cuffari mezzo

Françaix: Octuor
Villa-Lobos: Ciranda das sete notas
Turina:Piano Quartet in A Major Op. 67
Poulenc: Incidental Music from Leocadia
Hahn: Piano Quintet in f# minor


Gregory Zuber
Bruno Walter Auditorium, at 7:00 pm

Gregory Zuber, percussio


The Metropolitan Opera's Principal Percussionist performs a program based on the Library John Cage Music Manuscript Collection


The concert is free, no ticket required

Bruno Walter Auditorium
Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza

Bruce Levingston
Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, at 7:30 pm

Bruce Levingston, Piano


Mozart: Rondo in a minor, K. 511
Charles Wuorinen: Heart Shadow
Brahms: Waltz, Intermezzo, and Rhapsody

And works by Sebastian Currier, Debussy, Wolfgang Rihm, and Liszt


St. Ignatius Loyola Lecture Series
St. Ignatius Loyola, at 7:30 pm

An Organ Builder Speaks

John Mander, builder of the St. Ignatius organ, discusses building the Stradivarius of Organs, as part of the month-long 15th Anniversary celebration. Hear the Mander Organ in Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 the “Organ Symphony,” on Wednesday, April 16th.


A free talk on a topic relating to an upcoming St. Ignatius Loyola choral concert, and take place in St. Ignatius Loyola's Wallace Hall.

Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church at 7:30 pm

As above, a repeat of the 2:00 program


What Makes It Great? With Rob Kapilow
Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, at 7:30 pm

Rob Kapilow, host  •   Angela Cheng piano


Schubert: Fantasy in C major “Wandererfantasie”


Juilliard Chamber Ensembles
New York Society for Ethical Culture, at 8:00 pm

Program: TBA


Free, tickets required.

New York Society for Ethical Culture
2 West 64th Street at Central Park West

The Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center at 8:00 pm

Glass: Satyagraha

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Dante Anzolini, conductor
Rachelle Durkin   •   Richard Croft
Earle Patriarco   •   Alfred Walker

Sung in Sanskrit with Met Titles in English

Anne-Sophie Mutter & Lambert Orkis
Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, at 8:00 pm

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin   •   Lambert Orkis, Piano

Works by Brahms:
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78
Violin Sonata No. 3 in d minor, Op. 108


The New York New Music Ensemble
Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Center, at 8:00 pm

Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor
Jayn Rosenfeld, flute   •   Jean Kopperud, clarinet   •   Linda Quan, violin
Chris Finckel, cello   •   Stephen Gosling, piano   •   Daniel Druckman, percussion


Debussy: Syrinx (solo flute) (1913)
Gerard Grisey: Stèle (two bass drums) (1995)
Fabien Levy: Lexèmes hirsutes (cello solo) (2007)
Tristan Murail: Feuilles à travers les cloches (flute, violin, cello, piano) (1998)
Philippe Hurel: Step (sextet) World Premiere, written for NYNME (2007)
Pierre Boulez: Dèrive (sextet) (1984)


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